Videogames in Computer Space: The Complex History of Pong

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

• Publication date

  2009-07-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, History

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1109/MAHC.2009.53
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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