Happy birthday Pong!

[Martin-O2]

Hey everyone, 

Today is the 44th anniversary of the release of Pong, one of the worlds first ever computer games and the furst to be commercially successful. Pong was a simple digital version of tennis which features 2 paddles controlled by the player to pass a ball across the screen. The aim of the game is to defeat the other player by causing them to miss the ball. Pong could be played against the computer or a second player and is widely considered to be the game that launched the video games industry by proving that the video games market can produce significant revenues. 

Pong was originally published by Atari on the 29th of November 1972 as an arcade machine and was followed up by a home version in 1974 following the success of the arcade game. Atari sold over 150,000 units of Pong but due to a number of copies and fakes the total number of Pong machines that were sold is far higher. 

I'm enjoyed the odd game of Pong over the years and I'm extremely grateful for the 100's of hours I've spent playing its successors! Did anyone play the original Pong or have the home version and is anyone still playing it now? 

Play Pong here!

[Anonymous]

Pong is what what got me into gaming. Our whole family used to take in turns and try and beat each others scores!!

[Martin-O2]

Glad to hear it @Anonymous ! It's amazing so much can spawn from one simple game. 

[Anonymous]

I remember playing this on the Binatone console back in the mid-late 80's before Sega took over the world

[Bambino]

My favorite was Breakout.:smileyhappy:

[Marjo]

I just tried that online link @Martin-O2 (1 player, keyboard, beginner) and lost 10-4.

I know what my evening plans are now... I need to play this until I win!

Edit: played again with the same settings and lost 10-2. 😞

Edit 2: tried again. 10-4! 😞

Edit 3: tried again. 10-2!! 😞

Edit 4: YESSSS, I won 7-10!

Try it guys I want to see how many points you get (so I can try beat you).

[jonsie]

This, along with space invaders, was the first game I ever played on an old Atari console.

[Marjo]

Have you played Pong on mobile? I'm tempted to get it if one exists.

[Martin-O2]

I cant get past 4 points against the computer 

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

This, along with space invaders, was the first game I ever played on an old Atari console.

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Space Invaders? Now that was one game I was good at....(in fact the only game I was good at...)