According to legend, shortly after the first Pong prototype was installed at Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyyvale, Califonia, Atari received a phone call from the bar's owner, who complained that the machine had broken. The engineer who had built the game, Al Alcorn, drove to the pub to take a look. He found that the hardware was working just fine. The problem was unexpected one: Patrons had fed so many quarters into coin slot that the machine could take no more ........
