Pong, like Computer Space, is a video game invented by someone else and stolen by Nolan Bushnell. The most successful video game at this time was a slightly less fun version of a thing that you could do in real life for way cheaper, and that's all I have to say about that.
this is more fun than it should be
this game is so old circles weren't even invented yet
It's pong bro
Nice to play but kind of outdated.
its fucking pong
not fun to play
If you haven't played this game, or a variation of it, can you truly call yourself a video gamer.
This game isn't getting 5 stars because of the game, it is getting 5 stars because of the impact its existence has on all video games after it.
This game isn't getting 5 stars because of the game, it is getting 5 stars because of the impact its existence has on all video games after it.
wait this isn't fortnite
Suspend your disbelief for a moment, and imagine if someone came to you with a revolutionary new idea: eating food. They sell you on the concept with the promise of wonderful vitamins and nutrients and tastes that'll please your various taste buds. You're excited to try it, on the frontier of a new dawn, and then they give you the first food ever: a rock. After trying it, I don't know about you guys, but I would've beat the budding visionary senseless and concluded that eating food was a fool's endeavor.
It's kind of like that with Pong. We are so lucky that they didn't just scrap the entire concept of video games after this garbage came out. Yeah yeah it was a different time and they didn't have the same capabilities blah blah blah. Don't care, this game is terrible. It's so boring that scientists probably distilled it's essence for use as one of the main ingredients of Nyquil.
But on the other hand, god bless the individuals that saw potential in this mind-numbing snoozefest, and saw that video games could be bigger, better, and more imaginative than scuffed table tennis. Without them, we wouldn't have Valkyrie Profile.
It's kind of like that with Pong. We are so lucky that they didn't just scrap the entire concept of video games after this garbage came out. Yeah yeah it was a different time and they didn't have the same capabilities blah blah blah. Don't care, this game is terrible. It's so boring that scientists probably distilled it's essence for use as one of the main ingredients of Nyquil.
But on the other hand, god bless the individuals that saw potential in this mind-numbing snoozefest, and saw that video games could be bigger, better, and more imaginative than scuffed table tennis. Without them, we wouldn't have Valkyrie Profile.
Thank you for being the reason that Fire Emblem Three Houses exists
yep
oldest game
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very competitive
I prefer Spacewar personally, i’m not that into sports games
look man i know it's revolutionary and all but it's just kinda fucking boring
some of yall are writing detailed reviews on fucking pong of all things
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAT
better than modern crap
Pong
Oh, so this is where tennis comes from.
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Pong
You know, it's good fun for like 15 minutes. Otherwise you just have to respect its significance.
This is literally the first video game, give it five stars you cowards. I played this at a game design summer camp, and remember the guy who brought it saying "everyone always makes fun of it, and then they play it and have a blast" and he was right.
Updating this to say that I think what I actually played at game camp was Table Tennis on the Magnavox Odyssey, which actually predates this by a few months. I'll keep this review up because it's the 2nd most liked review on this game as of writing this, but yeah, whoops!
Updating this to say that I think what I actually played at game camp was Table Tennis on the Magnavox Odyssey, which actually predates this by a few months. I'll keep this review up because it's the 2nd most liked review on this game as of writing this, but yeah, whoops!
Rating pong is like rating air. We wouldn't be here without either.
The CPU in virtual ping pong can eat a dick, that asshole is either cheating and stomps you or pretends to be bad and lets you win while laughing behind your back. Fuck'em.
The versions that get corny as hell and add dumb gimmicks are hilarious with the non-CPU gang though.
The versions that get corny as hell and add dumb gimmicks are hilarious with the non-CPU gang though.
Classic.
Changed my mind fuck this game and its CPU
Changed my mind fuck this game and its CPU
Pong in real life is fun, Pong (1972), however, is fun enough. You hit a square with a rectangle and the square goes to the other side, that's pong. That's how it should be. Pong. That's what computers were meant for. Pong. No misleading advertisement, the game is exactly what it seems. Pong. No micro-transactions or fear of missing out, it's all there from day one. Pong. Perfection. Pong. All it requires is your soul. Pong. Let me out. Pong.
still better than sonic forces
The first sports title, not as good as the real world counterpart but a passable time sink in the early 70s I imagine. Its controls aren't as intuitive as modern controls, but it's passable. As an early real major breakaway hit video game it's historically significant, and I imagine playing the original machine would be neat for that reason, but there's no real reason to revisit this beyond the novelty.