Allan Alcorn is an engineer, computer scientist and pioneer in the video game industry.

Pong, an electronic table-tennis game, was created by Allan Alcorn in 1972 at the urging of Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell prodded Alcorn during the three-month development cycle, telling him that General Electric had contracted Atari to develop and produce the game. "Pong was a hard-wired machine that just played Pong. There was no computer involved," [Alcorn] says.http://www.smh.com.au/news/articles/life-after-pong/2008/04/23/1208742950795.html] (April 24, 2008)

The first prototype was tested in Andy Capp's Bar, a local pub in Sunnyvale, California. When the game's sales far exceeded expectations, Alcorn began development of a home version. This established Atari as the leader in the fledgling home video game industry.