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40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry..
Sir Griffo Offer Upgrade User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 05:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. Now here's an anniversary to make you feel old. Pong is 40 this week. The classic video game, one of the first to reach mainstream popularity, was officially released on November 29, 1972 - 40 years ago this Thursday. The two-dimensional table tennis simulator, the first release by Atari, is credited with being one of the progenitors of the video games industry, which is now worth a phenomenal $65billion a year. [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Last Edited by Sir Griffo on 11/28/2012 08:23 PM

Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 23511121 Australia 11/28/2012 05:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. :pingpong: Quoting: Open Your Eyes Nice.... Love that.... I was blown away the first time I played it!!
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 23511121 Australia 11/28/2012 05:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. :pingpong: Quoting: Open Your Eyes OYE did you also have a Spectrum or Commodore?
aquamah User ID: 2944501 United Arab Emirates 11/28/2012 05:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. 40 years ago... when the world was simple
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28622295 Canada 11/28/2012 05:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. Pong was not the beginning. Atari ripped off the game from the Magnavox Oddysey. This is like saying that smarmy little jew Fuckerberg invented Facebook when in reality he stole it from the Winkelvoss twins.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28622295 Canada 11/28/2012 05:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. The Telstar arcade was the first one I ever saw. About 1976. It had a good Boot Hill ripoff on it. Pong was a piece of shit. I don't ever remember even seeing an arcade version when I was a kid. It was Space Invaders that really got the video game ball rolling.
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 23511121 Australia 11/28/2012 05:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. Pong was not the beginning. Atari ripped off the game from the Magnavox Oddysey. This is like saying that smarmy little jew Fuckerberg invented Facebook when in reality he stole it from the Winkelvoss twins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28622295 Fair point.. But how many people had a Magnavox Oddysey..? Think Atari really got gaming into the main stream worldwide.. As much as I hate Fuckerberg anyone with the name Winklevoss deserves to be ripped off!
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28590484 Greece 11/28/2012 05:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. :pingpong: Quoting: Open Your Eyes OYE did you also have a Spectrum or Commodore? Quoting: Sir Griffo Spectrum. What memories. Still works. I wonder if my modern pc will work in 20 years.
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 23511121 Australia 11/28/2012 05:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. :pingpong: Quoting: Open Your Eyes OYE did you also have a Spectrum or Commodore? Quoting: Sir Griffo Spectrum. What memories. Still works. I wonder if my modern pc will work in 20 years. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28590484 Horace goes Skiing on the spectrum!! Oh that was some graphics!!
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 23511121 Australia 11/28/2012 05:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. :pingpong: Quoting: Open Your Eyes OYE did you also have a Spectrum or Commodore? Quoting: Sir Griffo Commodore 64 Quoting: Open Your Eyes The glory days!!! Attached to my tiny b/w TV... Felt like I was commanding a space ship!!
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 05:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. 40 years ago... when the world was simple Quoting: aquamah Indeed it was... A world without cell phones! And we survived!
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28622295 Canada 11/28/2012 05:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. Pong was not the beginning. Atari ripped off the game from the Magnavox Oddysey. This is like saying that smarmy little jew Fuckerberg invented Facebook when in reality he stole it from the Winkelvoss twins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28622295 Fair point.. But how many people had a Magnavox Oddysey..? Think Atari really got gaming into the main stream worldwide.. As much as I hate Fuckerberg anyone with the name Winklevoss deserves to be ripped off! Quoting: Sir Griffo Who knows what would have happened if Atari didn't rip them off. We'd have probably all been playing Pac Man on the Oddysey 3 in 1983.
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 05:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. ... OYE did you also have a Spectrum or Commodore? Quoting: Sir Griffo Commodore 64 Quoting: Open Your Eyes The glory days!!! Attached to my tiny b/w TV... Felt like I was commanding a space ship!! Quoting: Sir Griffo Captain Griffo what should we do about the Submarine two notical miles east. Aye Captain Quoting: Open Your Eyes Put a tape in the tape deck and await further instructions OYE.. Ha ha..
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 05:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. Pong was not the beginning. Atari ripped off the game from the Magnavox Oddysey. This is like saying that smarmy little jew Fuckerberg invented Facebook when in reality he stole it from the Winkelvoss twins. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28622295 Fair point.. But how many people had a Magnavox Oddysey..? Think Atari really got gaming into the main stream worldwide.. As much as I hate Fuckerberg anyone with the name Winklevoss deserves to be ripped off! Quoting: Sir Griffo Who knows what would have happened if Atari didn't rip them off. We'd have probably all been playing Pac Man on the Oddysey 3 in 1983. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28622295 Was just reading up on the Oddysey and they blamed a bad marketing campaign.. Reckon people thought you had to buy a special tv to play it I as well...
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 05:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. ... The glory days!!! Attached to my tiny b/w TV... Felt like I was commanding a space ship!! Quoting: Sir Griffo Captain Griffo what should we do about the Submarine two notical miles east. Aye Captain Quoting: Open Your Eyes Put a tape in the tape deck and await further instructions OYE.. Ha ha.. Quoting: Sir Griffo Aye Aye Cap Quoting: Open Your Eyes How many times did we have to use a pen to try and wind the Cassette tape back up after it got chewed in the tape deck!!
Sherwood User ID: 14247535 Australia 11/28/2012 05:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. :pingpong: Quoting: Open Your Eyes OYE did you also have a Spectrum or Commodore? Quoting: Sir Griffo I first got pong on the "grandstand" conssole then a Sinclair spectrum 128k... And also collected the garbage pail kids cards. Double dragon and akari warriors were awesome!
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 27975599 Australia 11/28/2012 06:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. :pingpong: Quoting: Open Your Eyes OYE did you also have a Spectrum or Commodore? Quoting: Sir Griffo I first got pong on the "grandstand" conssole then a Sinclair spectrum 128k... And also collected the garbage pail kids cards. Double dragon and akari warriors were awesome! Quoting: Sherwood 14247535 A fellow GPK collector.. Nice!!
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 27975599 Australia 11/28/2012 06:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. How many times did we have to use a pen to try and wind the Cassette tape back up after it got chewed in the tape deck!! Quoting: Sir Griffo Huey Lewis and the News!!! Quoting: Open Your Eyes Is it 'hip to be square'?
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 27975599 Australia 11/28/2012 01:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry..
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18422559 United States 11/28/2012 01:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. now we have kids who call that crap and want to play CALL OF DUTY 24/7
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 08:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. now we have kids who call that crap and want to play CALL OF DUTY 24/7 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18422559 Shocking aint it!!! Where did it all go wrong!!!
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 08:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. now we have kids who call that crap and want to play CALL OF DUTY 24/7 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18422559 Shocking aint it!!! Where did it all go wrong!!! Quoting: Sir Griffo It started with Pong lol Quoting: Open Your Eyes Reckon that was the start of Acid House music as well..... All us kids hearing the beep, beep, beep.....
Sir Griffo (OP) User ID: 1557679 Australia 11/28/2012 09:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry.. ... Shocking aint it!!! Where did it all go wrong!!! Quoting: Sir Griffo It started with Pong lol Quoting: Open Your Eyes Reckon that was the start of Acid House music as well..... All us kids hearing the beep, beep, beep..... Quoting: Sir Griffo Quoting: Open Your Eyes Glow stick legend!!!
cecebw1011 User ID: 24056770 United States 12/19/2012 03:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY... PONG was born on Atari.. Now a $65 billion a year industry..
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