The First sports arcade game that went viral.
WHY:The very first sports video game "Pong" was invented as a training exercise at first, but then realized that it went viral, so Nolan Bushnell started to make more games.
WHAT:
Pong is a table tennis sports game featuring simple 2-dimension graphics.The aim is to defeat an opponent in a simulated table-tennis game by earning a higher score. With the season of 1975, the sales were up to $40,000,000. ya thats a lot
WHO:
This man to the right is the man who invented the game of Pong for the Atari arcade and home systems.
Nolan Bushnell
WHEN And Where:
In 1969, a man named Ralph Baer had the idea of a game called "PONG" but Nolan Bushnell had the console ATATRI and used the idea to create the very first ever viral game. Bushnell created it in 1972. In 1969 Ralph Baer he created a video of his creation in New Hampshire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LsRGUODHlQ
Works cited:
Ament, Phil. "Pong Video Game History - Invention of the Pong Video Game." Pong Video Game History - Invention of the Pong Video Game. The Great Idea Finder, 28 Feb. 2007. Web. 12 Dec. 2016.
"Pong." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Dec. 2016. Web. 12 Dec. 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong>.
Winter, David. "Pong-Story : Main Page." Pong-Story : Main Page. David Winter, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2016. <http://www.pong-story.com/intro.htm>. hi