"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
According to digg, pong is celebrating its 34th anniversary today. Feh. I’m older than that.
Sniffle.
Bonus links: Wikipedia has some nice info, including a link to William Higinbotham’s Tennis for Two game developed at Brookhaven National Labs.
Oh, and the animated gif on the right? Screendumps from the CHIP-8 emulator I wrote a few years back.
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