Allan Alcorn
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Allan Edwin Alcorn is an American computer scientist and video game designer. He is 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
Alcorn in 2011
Pong consoles and clones were common in the mid-1970s.
Allan Alcorn with Ralph Baer at GDC 2008
Nolan Bushnell
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Nolan Kay Bushnell is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc., and the Chuck E. Cheese chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame and the Consumer
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…Pizza Time Theater (now known as Chuck E. Cheese's) companies. Alcorn was the designer of the video arcade game Pong, creating it under the direction of Nolan Bushnell and Dabney. Pong was a hit in the 1970s. In addition to direct involvement with all the breakout Atari products, such as the Atari 2600, Alcorn was…
Bushnell in 2013
The Magnavox Odyssey provided the inspiration for Bushnell's successful Pong.
The Atari 2600 would go on to revolutionize the home gaming market, but Bushnell was forced out of Atari not long after its release.
Nolan Bushnell's 67ft boat Charley (Ron Holland design, 1983)