Atari Universal Sign Multi-Picture Deal For Atari Games
Universal Pictures, Atari, and Entertainment 360 have signed a deal to develop ten classic Atari games into big-scale action-adventure films, with the first project based on a screenplay by Matt Reilly and Carl Hampe. The list of games slated for adaptation includes Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, and Yars’ Revenge, signaling a new wave of legacy IP being brought to the big screen.
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About Pong
Pong is a 1972 sports video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. It was created by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell and Atari co-founder Ted Dabney were so surprised by the quality of Alcorn's work that they decided to manufacture the game. Bushnell based the game's concept on an electronic ping-pong game included on the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console; in response, Magnavox later sued Atari for patent infringement.
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