• DocumentCode
    1357687
  • Title

    Videogames in Computer Space: The Complex History of Pong

  • Author

    Lowood, Henry

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    19
  • Abstract
    The earliest digital games emerged out of laboratories and research centers in the 1960s and 1970s. The intertwined histories of Nolan Bushnell\´s Computer Space and Pong illustrate the transition from these "university games" to accessible entertainment and educational games as well as the complicated historical relationship among the arcade, computer, and videogames.
  • Keywords
    computer games; entertainment; complex history; computer game; digital game; educational game; university game; videogame; Computer science; Games; History; Laboratories; Logic circuits; Programming profession; Signal generators; Space technology; Streaming media; TV; Alcorn; Allan; Baer; Bushnell; Keywords: history of computing; Nolan; Pong; Ralph; computer games; computer space; television engineering; videogames;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2009.53
  • Filename
    5223982
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1357687