Pong (arcade game)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:video_game
arcade
gptkbp:audio simple beeps
gptkbp:category Atari arcade games
1972 video games
Discrete video arcade games
Table tennis video games
Two-player video games
gptkbp:controlScheme rotary dial (paddle controller)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Allan_Alcorn
gptkbp:developer gptkb:Atari,_Inc.
gptkbp:displayType black and white
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:Museum_of_the_Moving_Image
gptkbp:firstLocationTest gptkb:Andy_Capp's_Tavern,_Sunnyvale,_California
gptkbp:genre sports
table tennis simulation
gptkbp:hardware discrete logic circuits
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pong (arcade game)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:video_game
gptkb:Magnavox_Odyssey
home video game consoles
gptkbp:inPopularCulture referenced in TV, film, and art
gptkbp:inspiredBy table tennis
gptkbp:legacy iconic status in gaming history
inspired home console versions
spawned numerous clones
gptkbp:legalIssue Magnavox (Magnavox Odyssey patent infringement)
gptkbp:mechanic ball bounces between paddles and screen edges
players control paddles to hit a ball
score points when opponent misses the ball
gptkbp:mediaType arcade
gptkbp:mode multiplayer
single-player
gptkbp:notableEvent first arcade machine broke due to coin box overflow
gptkbp:notableFor popularizing video games
one of the first commercially successful video games
gptkbp:platform arcade
gptkbp:popularFor major commercial success
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Atari,_Inc.
gptkbp:releaseDate 1972
gptkbp:remakeOf gptkb:Pong:_The_Next_Level
gptkb:Pong_Quest
gptkb:Pong_World
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Home_Pong
gptkb:Pong_Doubles
gptkb:Super_Pong
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Atari_Home_Pong
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7