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Sagan, Carl (1977). The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence. Ballantine Books. p. 225. ISBN 0-345-34629-7. There is a popular game, sometimes called Pong, which stimulates on a television screen a perfectly elastic ball bouncing between two surfaces. ... The game is very interesting. There is a clear learning experience involved which depends exclusively on Newton's second law of linear motion. As a result of Pong, the player can gain a deep intuitive understanding of the simplest Newtonian physics—a better understanding even than that provided by billiards.

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Pong's nickname

I heard this game is the granddaddy of video games.--Nate-Dawg921 (talk) 05:12, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've not heard this nickname before. It was not the first video game, but it was the first arcade and home console game to take off with the general public.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:09, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The creation of Pong

Pong was created by a group of Students & Teachers at Texas State University in 1971...I played the game with my brother on a console that had t sides I was on one side & my brother was on the other side...This was the Summer of 1971 or 1972..According to my memory it was Summer of 1972 & Pong was still being perfected by the students who were working on it,two of them being my Aunt & Uncle Janice & Ray Gay.... 2600:6C55:7C00:1282:E887:D8BA:59C3:47CE (talk) 14:53, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Release date ==
+== Pong's nickname ==
-Why does the infobox say the game was released on 29 November 1972? The article itself only says that they began advertising the game at that point, while no actual release date was provided. Researcher Michael D. Current [https://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/syzygy.html quotes the WSJ] on a December release date. [[Special:Contributions/93.159.251.2|93.159.251.2]] ([[User talk:93.159.251.2|talk]]) 10:20, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
-:{{Ping|Geartooth}} Please read this section before reverting, thanks. [[Special:Contributions/2A02:908:1019:4820:9820:EBF6:4F54:C327|2A02:908:1019:4820:9820:EBF6:4F54:C327]] ([[User talk:2A02:908:1019:4820:9820:EBF6:4F54:C327|talk]]) 11:19, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
-::Could you perhaps provide a direct reference to the WSJ article in question? [[User:Lordtobi|<span style="font-family: Impact;">Lordtobi</span>]] ([[User talk:Lordtobi|<span style="color: #B0B0B0;">&#9993;</span>]]) 11:49, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
-::I originally opted to just use the Michael Current source for this but that might not work out. As I understand it, announcement is point where arcade game manufacturers tell arcade hall owners that they can now buy the game. Unless the WSJ, which I currently do not have access to, says something strikingly different, we should just leave the date as is. [[User:Lordtobi|<span style="font-family: Impact;">Lordtobi</span>]] ([[User talk:Lordtobi|<span style="color: #B0B0B0;">&#9993;</span>]]) 08:41, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
-== Pong's monitor was not oriented vertically ==
-I think [[:File:Atari Pong arcade game front.jpg|this image]] should be sufficient to make the case. That monitor is as horizontal as can be. - [[User:Furrykef|furrykef]] ([[User_talk:Furrykef|Talk at me]]) 05:34, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
-:I'm not sure why the infobox text says "Vertical orientation" when the image of the monitor in the cabinet is horizontal. Could someone explain this, or it will be removed. I can see [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Pong&curid=24947&diff=887036108&oldid=887034775 this edit summary], but the wording is potentially confusing to an average reader.--'''''[[User:ianmacm|<span style="background:#88b;color:#cff;font-variant:small-caps">♦Ian<span style="background:#99c">Ma<span style="background:#aad">c</span></span>M♦</span>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ianmacm|(talk to me)]]</sup>''''' 06:17, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
-::That is indeed an error, one that has existed [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Pong&diff=151714269&oldid=151306597 since 2007]. [[User:Lordtobi|<span style="font-family: Impact;">Lordtobi</span>]] ([[User talk:Lordtobi|<span style="color: #B0B0B0;">&#9993;</span>]]) 08:47, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
-:OK, thanks, I had initially interpreted "horizontal" and "vertical" differently (from my time as a television engineer BITD), to mean a reference to the plane of the monitor face: a monitor in a standing console would be vertical whereas a monitor in a table-top console would be horizontal (like walls and floors). I now see the likely correct interpretation in this case is more akin to "portrait" vs. "landscape", which are often-used terms for that meaning (perhaps used more often in that context than "horizontal" and "vertical"). It might be worth updating the infobox template documentation "display" parameter to clarify the meaning of "monitor orientation" and/or perhaps suggest the terms to be used. In any event, I'm satisfied we can close this discussion (since I'm the one who, in an edit summary, suggested to open it). --[[User:Hulmem|hulmem]] ([[User talk:Hulmem|talk]]) 19:09, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
-== I added a gif animation of the gameplay ==
-but I am not sure if the file is too big for this article. Is it too big? if so, please help me reduce its size. [[User:WikiJunkie|WikiJunkie]] ([[User talk:WikiJunkie|talk]]) 20:20, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
+I heard this game is the granddaddy of video games.--[[User:Nate-Dawg921|Nate-Dawg921]] ([[User talk:Nate-Dawg921|talk]]) 05:12, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
-:Thanks for adding this. It is good fun to look at and unusual to have a GIF of the gameplay in action.--'''''[[User:ianmacm|<span style="background:#88b;color:#cff;font-variant:small-caps">♦Ian<span style="background:#99c">Ma<span style="background:#aad">c</span></span>M♦</span>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ianmacm|(talk to me)]]</sup>''''' 17:18, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
+:I've not heard this nickname before. It was not the first video game, but it was the first arcade and home console game to take off with the general public.--'''''[[User:ianmacm|<span style="background:#88b;color:#cff;font-variant:small-caps">♦Ian<span style="background:#99c">Ma<span style="background:#aad">c</span></span>M♦</span>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ianmacm|(talk to me)]]</sup>''''' 07:09, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
-== Home Pong series ==
+== The creation of Pong ==
+Pong was created by a group of Students & Teachers at Texas State University in 1971...I played the game with my brother on a console that had t sides I was on one side & my brother was on the other side...This was the Summer of 1971 or 1972..According to my memory it was Summer of 1972 & Pong was still being perfected by the students who were working on it,two of them being my Aunt & Uncle Janice & Ray Gay.... [[Special:Contributions/2600:6C55:7C00:1282:E887:D8BA:59C3:47CE|2600:6C55:7C00:1282:E887:D8BA:59C3:47CE]] ([[User talk:2600:6C55:7C00:1282:E887:D8BA:59C3:47CE|talk]]) 14:53, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
-Maybe we should add an own article for the Atari Home Pong series because there were a total of 21 consoles released in the series and if we would mention that in this article, it would be too long. What do you think about that? [[User:Maxeto0910|Maxeto0910]] ([[User talk:Maxeto0910|talk]]) 13:55, 16 August 2019 (UTC)