Francois LE COAT
2012-11-20 10:20:27 UTC
Hi,
Here is what I just read ...
Regards,
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*Pong Celebrates Birthday in Style*
Guests remained undisturbed.
by Daniel Krupa in <http://uk.ign.com/> November 20, 2012
Atari celebrated the 40th birthday of its creation Pong by transforming
a 22-story building in Kansas City into a giant game of the seminal
video game.
According to Downtown KC, Atari worked with the Downtown Council and
members of the City Lights organising committee to bring the game to
life on the side of the Downtown Marriott. It was part of the city's
Lights festival, which marks the start of the Salvation Army's annual
Christmas fund-raising drive.
It hasn't yet been made official but it's hope that the Guinness Book
of World Records will certify this as 'The World's Largest Game of
Pong'. Have you seen bigger ? Come on, it's on the side of a big
building. What more do you want ?
The game took place last week on
Friday 16th, November.
Pong is recognised as one of the very first arcade cabinets, and if you
don't know (but you probably do), it's is a simplified version of table
tennis with minimalist graphics. Allan Alcorn created the game in
response to a training exercised set for him by Atari co-founder Nolan
Bushnell. The game went onto achieve mainstream popularity. If you want
to know more about Atari and the genesis of its most famous game, read
our editorial celebrating the 40th Birthday of Atari :
<http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/06/28/editorial-happy-40th-birthday-atari>
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Here is what I just read ...
Regards,
_____________________________________________________________________
*Pong Celebrates Birthday in Style*
Guests remained undisturbed.
by Daniel Krupa in <http://uk.ign.com/> November 20, 2012
Atari celebrated the 40th birthday of its creation Pong by transforming
a 22-story building in Kansas City into a giant game of the seminal
video game.
According to Downtown KC, Atari worked with the Downtown Council and
members of the City Lights organising committee to bring the game to
life on the side of the Downtown Marriott. It was part of the city's
Lights festival, which marks the start of the Salvation Army's annual
Christmas fund-raising drive.
It hasn't yet been made official but it's hope that the Guinness Book
of World Records will certify this as 'The World's Largest Game of
Pong'. Have you seen bigger ? Come on, it's on the side of a big
building. What more do you want ?
The game took place last week on
Friday 16th, November.
Pong is recognised as one of the very first arcade cabinets, and if you
don't know (but you probably do), it's is a simplified version of table
tennis with minimalist graphics. Allan Alcorn created the game in
response to a training exercised set for him by Atari co-founder Nolan
Bushnell. The game went onto achieve mainstream popularity. If you want
to know more about Atari and the genesis of its most famous game, read
our editorial celebrating the 40th Birthday of Atari :
<http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/06/28/editorial-happy-40th-birthday-atari>
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