Al Alcorn papers relating to the history of video games, 1973-1974.
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Alcorn, Allan.
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Al Alcorn is a pioneering engineer and computer scientist. He was the designer of the video arcade game Pong, creating it under the direction of Bushnell and Dabney. Pong was a hit in the 1970s. Alcorn was directly involved in several Silicon Valley startups, including Cumma, a re-programmable video game cartridge/kiosk system (and precursor to the similar Neo Geo system), and an advisor to Etak, one of the first practical, in-car navigation systems. He later became an Apple Fellow, and led and ...
Atari, Inc.
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Atari, Inc. was incorporated in California in 1972 to engage in the design, manufacture and sale of electronic entertainment systems. It was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The donor, Allan Alcorn, was Vice-President, Research, for the company. He designed and developed Pong video game, as well as Space Race, Gotcha, and Pong Doubles among other computer video amusement games. From the description of Atari, Inc. business plans, 1974-1975. (Unk...
