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Pong debuted on this day in 1972 — Atari's pioneering CPU-less video arcade game’s creation was the result of an engineer training exercise

The Atari Pong arcade machine made its debut on this day in 1972. According to the iconic games firm, “from an initial investment of $500, Atari made its first million,” from the success of Pong.
Ars Technica

Is Pong a computer game or not?

Is the game Pong classified as a computer game or not? I got into an argument with a freind and couldn't decide if it was closer to being a console or a personal computer game.
NPR

A dish full of brain cells has learned to play the computer game Pong

MARTINEZ: That's right - the original table tennis arcade game from the 1970s. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports that this novel achievement is part of a larger effort to understand how brain cells learn.
Psychology Today

Brain Cells Cultured in a Lab Learn to Play a "Pong" Game

A new neuroscience study published this week in Neuron shows how a brain cell system grown in a laboratory dish called “DishBrain” learns to play in a computer game-world inspired by the classic ...
PC Gamer

Scientists taught a Petri dish of brain cells to play Pong better than I can

I'm also a pile of neurons that learned to play Pong, and no one's writing articles about me. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.