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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Pong, Asteroids, Millipede, Pole Position, Marble Madness, Area 51, Breakout, Gauntlet, Battlezone, Centipede, Missile Command, Paperboy, Tempest, Space Lords, I, Robot, APB, Rampart, San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing, Hard Drivin', Star Wars, Klax, Gauntlet II, Pit-Fighter, Crystal Castles, Gauntlet Legends, Cyberball, Lunar Lander, Maximum Force, 720, Pac-Mania, Warlords, Major Havoc, Food Fight, Dragon Spirit, Road Runner, Black Widow, Tank, Night Driver, Red Baron, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Liberator, Primal Rage II, Super Sprint, Badlands, Rebound, Avalanche, Qwak!, Elimination, Peter Pack Rat, Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters, Gravitar, Quantum, S.T.U.N. Runner, Outlaw, Pole Position II, Shark Jaws, Stunt Cycle, Gran Trak 10, Off the Wall, Steeplechase, Sprint 2, Indy 800, Anti-Aircraft, T-Mek, Atari Football, Arabian, War Final Assault, Starship 1, Area 51: Site 4, Space Duel, Basketball, Touch Me, Pursuit, Fire Truck, Canyon Bomber, Quiz Show, Batman, F-1, Gotcha, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Hi-way, Firefox, Jet Fighter, Indy 4, Skull & Crossbones, Tournament Table, Space Race, Dominos, Crash 'N Score, Super Bug, Beat Head, Hot Rod Rebels. Excerpt: Pong (marketed as PONG) is one of the earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity. The aim is to defeat the opponent in a simulated table tennis game by earning a higher score. The game was originally manufactured by Atari Incorporated (Atari), who released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell based the idea on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavo...
