California Extreme 2006: PONG’s Creator Speaks on the Past, Present and Future of Retro Gaming

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California Extreme 2006: PONG’s Creator Speaks on the Past, Present and Future of Retro Gaming

08:10 | editor | Jul 14th, 2006 2:32pm |

Al Alcorn, former Vice President of Engineering at Atari, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about designing the classic video game PONG, the early days of gaming, game emulation and his prediction on where coin-op arcades will be in five to ten years.

For more information see:
www.caextreme.org

See photos on Flickr

Tags: Al Alcorn, Atari, PONG

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Al Alcorn, former Vice President of Engineering at Atari, spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about designing the classic video game PONG, the early days of gaming, game emulation and his prediction on where coin-op arcades will be in five to ten years.</p>
<p>For more information see:<br />
<a href="http://www.caextreme.org">www.caextreme.org</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/podtech/sets/72157594194705026/">See photos on Flickr</a></p>
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