Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games. It is a two-dimensional video game that with the settings of tennis sports game. Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity. The game is simple, player just need to defeat the opponent in a simulated table tennis game by earning a higher score. The game was originally manufactured by Atari Incorporated who released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell based the idea on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavox Odyssey, which later resulted in a lawsuit against Atari. Pong quickly became a success and is the first commercially successful video game, which led to the start of the video game industry. Soon after its release, several companies began producing games that copied Pong's gameplay, and eventually released new types of games.
Interactivity
Actions involved are to move to 2 different directions, which are UP and DOWN.
Concept and Settings
The concept of the game is tennis sports game. The developers intended to offer the players such experience of playing tennis sports game electronically. Game is set on a 2D table tennis, where there are two players max per match. The game could be played against AI or another player.
Goal
The goal is to get the higher score by striking the ball to the enemies area (wicket)
Challenges
Game could be hard to play, because it is based on AI level of difficulty.
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