The most important video game ever made came out 45 years ago this week: Pong. Released on November 29, 1972, Atari’s iconic table tennis simulator wasn’t the first video game ever made, but it was ...

Regardless of whether or not the quarter cup really did runneth over, the Atari founders felt emboldened enough by their test drive to announce on Nov. 29 that they'd be rolling out Pong cabinets for ...

Two lines move on either end of the screen, a pixelated dot volleys between them and a score displays at the top. That's really all there was to Pong – and that was really all it needed to become the ...

And the hot new modern game show coming soon is . . . “Pong?” Yes, “Pong” — the simplest video game ever from 1972, in which two lines bounce a dot back and forth — is in the process of becoming a TV ...

ANTHONY HOWELL: (As Margit the Fell) Someone must extinguish thy flame. Let it be Margit the Fell. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So that is the sound of a video game. These days, games have the look and feel ...

Atari has partnered with veteran unscripted producer Scott Sternberg to develop a game show based on the classic video game “Pong.” The show, “Million Dollar Pong,” will be produced by Scott Sternberg ...