Games Review
Matthew Battison
msb1@bolton.ac.uk
matts-games-reviewing.blogspot.com
Word Count - 249
Games Review
Pong
Well, what can I say about Pong. It’s where gaming started, but how it started out life is more complicated then you might think.
Back in 1972 Atari was founded, and its first release was Pong. It was a huge success when it was first released as an arcade game in a small bar. Within two months Atari was producing hundreds of Pong arcade machines and then went on to produce Home Pong. This is when a problem arose; a man named Ralph Baer claimed to have the patent to pong. He claimed that one of the founders of Atari had seen his idea at a trade show. If the case had gone to court the damage would had been huge to Atari, but they settled out of court, paying $700,000 for the license to the game.
Pong is simple to play. On the screen there are, two paddles, a ball, and that’s it. You take control of one paddle and the idea is to bat the ball back, by moving your paddle up and down, and get it past your opponents paddle. If you do, then you score a point, and if your opponent does the same to you, then they gain a point. There are no 3D graphics, and its all in black and white, and that’s all there is to it. So put down your latest game with its 3D graphics, and go back to where gaming started, with a game of pong.
msb1@bolton.ac.uk
matts-games-reviewing.blogspot.com
Word Count - 249
Games Review
Pong
Well, what can I say about Pong. It’s where gaming started, but how it started out life is more complicated then you might think.
Back in 1972 Atari was founded, and its first release was Pong. It was a huge success when it was first released as an arcade game in a small bar. Within two months Atari was producing hundreds of Pong arcade machines and then went on to produce Home Pong. This is when a problem arose; a man named Ralph Baer claimed to have the patent to pong. He claimed that one of the founders of Atari had seen his idea at a trade show. If the case had gone to court the damage would had been huge to Atari, but they settled out of court, paying $700,000 for the license to the game.
Pong is simple to play. On the screen there are, two paddles, a ball, and that’s it. You take control of one paddle and the idea is to bat the ball back, by moving your paddle up and down, and get it past your opponents paddle. If you do, then you score a point, and if your opponent does the same to you, then they gain a point. There are no 3D graphics, and its all in black and white, and that’s all there is to it. So put down your latest game with its 3D graphics, and go back to where gaming started, with a game of pong.
posted by Matthew Battison at 10:07 AM
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