Pong
1972 · Video game software
Museum of Modern Art
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Allan Alcorn
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Allan Alcorn is an American engineer and video game designer born in 1948. He is credited as the principal designer of Pong, the arcade game released by Atari in 1972 that established the commercial viability of interactive electronic entertainment. Alcorn's work laid foundational architecture for the video game industry and remains a seminal reference point in digital culture and the history of play-based design.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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