Title :
Videogames in Computer Space: The Complex History of Pong
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
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;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2009.53
