A table-tennis-themed arcade video game released by Atari, Inc. in 1972, designed and coded by engineer Allan Alcorn at Nolan Bushnell's direction after Bushnell viewed the Magnavox Odyssey table-tennis game in May 1972. Pong became the first commercially successful video game, helping establish the video game industry as a lucrative business; Magnavox subsequently sued Atari over patent infringement, and Atari settled out of court in 1976 for 1.5 million dollars and became a Magnavox licensee.
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Pong was the first commercially successful video game, helping to establish the video game industry along with the Magnavox Odyssey.
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Pong is a 1972 sports video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades.
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- Created By: Atari, Inc.
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