FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Pong, groundbreaking electronic game released in 1972 by the American game manufacturer Atari, Inc. One of the earliest video games, Pong became wildly popular and helped launch the video game industry. The original Pong consisted of two paddles that players used to volley a small ball back and forth across a screen.

Detailed explanation-2: -No, despite popular belief, Pong, a video game designed by Atari, is not the first video game. However, according to The Museum of Play, it is the first video game to capture “wide-scale public attention."

Detailed explanation-3: -1972 saw the release of the first commercially successful video arcade game, Pong, and the first video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pong is a two-dimensional sports game that simulates table tennis. The player controls an in-game paddle by moving it vertically across the left or right side of the screen. They can compete against another player controlling a second paddle on the opposing side. Players use the paddles to hit a ball back and forth.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bushnell tested the Odyssey and its table tennis video game at a trade show in California in 1972. That same year, Atari came out with Pong and in 1976, Magnavox took the company to court. Atari and Magnavox settled and Magnavox gave Atari an exclusive license to reproduce the game.