"Atari, the first arcade game" By Pablo Q.

It was create in 1971 but with other name. The original name was “Computer Space”. The name was inspired by Steve Russell's game called “Spacewar!”. Steve was an computer programmer from MIT that invented the first computer game in 1962.

The arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine. Steve's game was programmed to run in an computer not in a arcade console.

The first arcade game was created by Nolan Bushnell in 1972 and was called “Pong”. In 1975, Atari re-released Pong as a home video game. One hundred and fifty thousand units were sold that year.

In 1976, Nolan Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications for $28 million. In 1980, sales reached $415 million. Nolan Bushnell was still employed as president of the company.

He is often called the father of computer entertainment.