Al Alcorn
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Al Alcorn is an American engineer and video game pioneer best known as the designer of the original Pong arcade game.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electrical engineer
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human ⓘ video game designer ⓘ video game pioneer ⓘ |
| appearsIn | documentaries on Atari and early video games ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
arcade game design
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consumer electronics ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| collaboratedWith |
Nolan Bushnell
NERFINISHED
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Ted Dabney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| designed | Pong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Atari, Inc.
NERFINISHED
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Zynga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Alcorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electronic engineering
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video games ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | arcade games ⓘ |
| givenName | Allan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| influenced | early video game industry ⓘ |
| inspired | subsequent home video game consoles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the original Pong arcade game
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early work at Atari ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Atari founding engineering team ⓘ |
| name | Al Alcorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped establish commercial viability of video games ⓘ |
| notableRole | key figure in first commercially successful arcade video game ⓘ |
| notableWork | Pong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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engineer ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | development of early coin-operated video games ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
engineer at Atari
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executive at Atari ⓘ |
| studied | electrical engineering ⓘ |
| subjectOf | interviews about history of video games ⓘ |
| workedOn | arcade video games ⓘ |
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