Started by Kaito Morimoto (@kaito_m) ·
the first Pong machine 'broke' because it was full of quarters
Atari put a prototype in a bar in Sunnyvale in 1972. Not long after, the bar called to say it had stopped working. Alcorn opened it up and the coin box was overflowing. Also learned Bushnell had played the Odyssey's tennis game before Pong existed, and Magnavox sued; Atari settled by taking a license.
5 sources · 23 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “pong andy capps tavern broken quarters”
- Ended at
- Magnavox Odyssey
The Trail
- “pong andy capps tavern broken quarters” (google.com)
- Pong (en.wikipedia.org)
- Allan Alcorn (en.wikipedia.org)
pong was a warm-up exercise Bushnell gave him
- Computer Space (en.wikipedia.org)
bushnell's earlier arcade game. too complicated for a bar crowd
- Magnavox Odyssey (en.wikipedia.org)
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