The personal camcorder, the Atari game "Pong, " Microsoft's Xbox console and HDTV all chart their origins to CES, too.
In that time, everything from the Atari game "Pong, " which debuted in 1975, to the Camcorder, in 1981, has been rolled out at the show.
Atari's Pong was an arcade game credited with helping kick-start the multi-billion pound video games industry but more recent titles include 'Centipede', 'Missile Command' and Rollercoaster Tycoon'.
Anh and I hung out with the others kids in the basement, playing Atari and ping-pong and watching TV.
The gaming company is doing this to promote the 35th anniversary of the 2600's original release, as well as its latest creation, arcade.atari.com, which is an HTML5-driven, multitouch-supported hub that lets you play eight classic Atari games online (including Pong and Centipede).
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Here's a quick refresh: Atari is looking for indie developers to re-imagine Pong for iOS as a fun, original, visually interesting and overtly marketable title.
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During his second stint at Atari, in 1975, Jobs worked on a "Pong" knock-off called "Breakout" with the help of his longtime friend Wozniak, who did most of the engineering work on the video game, even though he wasn't being paid by Atari.
As the creator of iconic games like Asteroids, Centipede and Pong it saddens me to see video game trailblazer Atari file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Yes, the Pong Indie Developer Challenge is in full swing, and Atari has pared down some 90-odd submissions to mere 15.
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Bushnell's best-known accomplishments came at Atari, which helped launch the modern video game industry with the 1972 release of "Pong, " and at the Chuck E Cheese restaurant chain, which specializes in pizza, arcade entertainment and musical performances by animatronic animals.
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