Attack of the Pong Clones [1973]
253After Pong came the first clones. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeDM2RA_lyVQmjuR5Aq5ww/?sub_confirmation=1
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Electromechanical arcade game developers had been making clones of each others' games for years - but when Pong came along, it was easier than ever.
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Alexander Smith, They Create Worlds, CRC Press, 2019
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Jamie Lendino, Attract Mode, Steel Gear Press, 2020
Steven Kent, The Ultimate History of Video Games, Crown, 2001
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