The 50th anniversary of the release of the grandparent work "Pong" in the video game industry.

CTOnews.com, Nov. 30, Pong (Pong), a coin-operated arcade game launched by Atari on November 29, 1972, is considered to be the grandparent of the video game industry and celebrates its 50th anniversary yesterday.

Screenshot of ▲ "Pong" Game "Pong" is a 2D sports game that simulates a table tennis match. Its English name "Pong" comes from the sound made by hitting a table tennis ball. Players can play games with computer players or another human player, and need to control the table tennis racket to move up and down to rebound the table tennis ball. When the player fails to rebound the ping-pong ball, the opponent gets a point. The purpose of the player in this game is to rebound the table tennis ball as much as possible and get a high score to beat the opponent.

CTOnews.com learned that Pong, developed by Atari engineer Alan Alcon, was an unprecedented success after its launch. By 1973, Atari had received 2500 orders for "Pong" arcades. The following year, Atari received more than 8000 orders.

▲ Allen Alcon, however, Atari did not apply for a patent at first, which led to the emergence of a large number of plagiarists of "Pong". Later, when Atari applied for a patent, other plagiarists protested, resulting in an extension of the patent application process, resulting in a market share of less than 1/3 of Atari's "Pong" arcade.