Allan Alcorn

Allan Alcorn
Alcorn in 2011
Born (1948-01-01) January 1, 1948
San Francisco, California
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (B.S., EECS, 1971)
OccupationEngineer
Known forCreating one of the first video games: Pong

Allan Alcorn (born January 1, 1948) is an American computer scientist and video game designer. He is best known for creating Pong, one of the first video games. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.

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