It started with an idea. Al Alcorn, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, pooled their efforts together to create not just the first commercially successful video game, but also one of the most famous video games ever. Many Pong articles out there offer few details to the events preceding the release of Pong, but only just recently has Gamasutra taken the opportunity to delve deep into the origins of Pong, starting with the computers used in World War 2. The article also details some of the non-commercial games that appeared prior to 1970, including a 1958 tennis game that is believed to be the official precursor to Pong.
The formation of one of the first commercial video games took almost half a century to create and not only was it just a long ride, it was an expensive one too considering the technology available at the time. So, how did it get to be just 25 cents per game and so easily accessible across the United States?
Read the full article to find out [Gamasutra]
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