A computer game invented in 1972 by href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Atari">Atari' s Nolan Bushnell. The game is a minimalist rendering of table tennis. Each of the two players are represented as a white slab, controllable by a knob, which deflects a bouncing ball. The goal of the game is to "AVOID MISSING BALL FOR hIGh SCORE". {Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Video_Games/Classic_Arcade_Games/Titles/Pong/)}. (1997-11-23)