PONG

:Pong is also a slang term for odour.

Gameplay

PONG is a basic simulation of the racket sport of table tennis. A small square representing a ping pong ball travels across the screen in a linear trajectory. If the square strikes the perimeter of the playing field, or one of the simulated paddles, the square ricochets based on the angle of the impact.

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Simulation - Racket sport - Table tennis - Ping pong ball - Linear - Trajectory - Playing field - Ricochet - Angle - Impact

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Game play consists of players moving their respective paddles vertically to defend their scoring zones. Players score one point by maneuvering the square past their opponent's paddle.

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Game play - Scoring zones

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PONG can be played either by a single player pitted against a computerized opponent, or by two players each controlling a paddle. In Atari's original PONG arcade cabinets, players controlled their paddles using one of two small paddle controllers (a knob-like input device). Contrastingly, several of the derivative table tennis simulations employed longitudinally-sliding joysticks.

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Opponent - Arcade cabinet - Paddle controllers - Knob - Input device - Joystick

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