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Play Pong Online

17 February 09

Play a version of the classic arcade game - originally launched in 1972 by our Video Games Fellow, Nolan Bushnell for Atari.

PONG machine

At this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards, Nolan Bushnell , one of the founding fathers of the video games industry will receive the Academy Fellowship.

In 1972 Nolan oversaw the release of what was to become one of the best-loved – and most-played – video games of all time: Pong. With its simple format and instantly accessible gameplay, Pong was the first video game to achieve widespread popularity in both the arcade and home console markets.