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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Allan_AlcornAllan Alcorn - Wikipedia

    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.

  2. 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...

  3. 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.

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  5. www.computerhistory.org › profile › allan-alcornAllan Alcorn - CHM

    May 29, 2024 · 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.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PongPong - Wikipedia

    It was one of the earliest arcade video games; it was created by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, but Bushnell and Atari co-founder Ted Dabney were surprised by the quality of Alcorn's work and decided to manufacture the game.

  7. 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...

  8. On June 27, 1972 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in Sunnyvale, California, and hired Allan Alcorn to design the table tennis (ping-pong) game “PONG.” Pong was the first commercially successful video game (videogame).

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