Atari, Nolan Bushnell, Pong, first video game, atari first game, pong first game

Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, introduces Pong, the first commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California in 1972.

November 29 Atari, Nolan Bushnell, Pong, first video game, atari first game, pong first game

On November 29, 1972, in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California, the modern video game business was established. The game was Pong, which had recently been built by Al Alcorn, an engineer working for gaming entrepreneurs Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, who had recently incorporated as "Atari." Others inserted quarters into the machine's slot as interested customers crowded around it. Although the attendees that night were obviously eager, we can only speculate as to whether any of them were aware that history was being created.

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