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Allan Alcorn (born January 1, 1948) is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist best known for creating Pong, one of the first video games. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
Nov 15, 2017 · Alcorn, determined to impress General Electric, drove to a department store on El Camino Real and bought its best black-and-white television.
Dec 2, 2022 · Atari released the original Pong as an arcade game. Fifty years ago this week, to mark the anniversary, we've called up Allan Alcorn, co-founder of Atari and computer scientist who designed...
Development and history. Atari engineer Allan Alcorn designed and built Pong as a training exercise. Pong was the first game developed by Atari. [7] [8] After producing Computer Space, Bushnell decided to form a company to produce more games by licensing ideas to other companies.
Mar 11, 2008 · Al Alcorn is one of the most important figures from the earliest days of the videogame industry. Not only was he there at the birth of Atari, alongside Nolan Bushnell, but he was the engineer...
Nov 29, 2022 · The first engineer to join the team was Allan Alcorn, a University of California graduate who had “never played a video game before”, according to Professor Allison Marsh, writing at IEEE...
Allan “Al” Alcorn, a major figure in the world of technology and gaming, is best known as the creator of Pong and as a key pioneer in the early days of the video game industry.
