World's Biggest Game of Pong

Guests remained undisturbed.

Atari celebrated the 40th birthday of its creation Pong by transforming a 22-story building in Kansas City into a giant game of the seminal video game.

According to Downtown KC, Atari worked with the Downtown Council and members of the City Lights organising committee to bring the game to life on the side of the Downtown Marriott. It was part of the city's Lights festival, which marks the start of the Salvation Army's annual Christmas fund-raising drive.

It hasn't yet been made official but it's hope that the Guinness Book of World Records will certify this as 'The World's Largest Game of Pong'. Have you seen bigger? Come on, it's on the side of a big building. What more do you want?

The game took place last week on Friday 16th, November.

Pong is recognised as one of the very first arcade cabinets, and if you don't know (but you probably do), it's is a simplified version of table tennis with minimalist graphics. Allan Alcorn created the game in response to a training exercised set for him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. The game went onto achieve mainstream popularity.