Pong: The Next Level

Безумно затягивающая игра, берущая за грудки своей детской непосредственностью. Понравится как взрослым, так и детям от 3-х лет. Рекомендуется, как расслабляющее средство всем, кто страдает синдромом хронической усталости или заигрывания в шибко умные гамы. Купите геймпад (можно и с тремя кнопками — хватит) и пинг-понгуйте своих друзей, домочадцев и вообще всех, кто попадет в поле зрения вас и вашей ракетки. Аминь. Пинг. Понг. Пинг. Понг. Пинг. Понг...

I would buy this game. I would suggest you go buy this game. Why? Because of the price. If this were a forty dollar game, I would say it's not worth it. But for the measly twenty dollars they are asking for this game, it is worth it. It is incredibly addictive especially if you have four players. Then, it's a party.

Een super maffe remake die de verslaving van het origineel weet te evenaren en die behoorlijk wat behendigheid vereist. Geen baanbrekende game, maar zeker leuk voor de liefhebbers.

Kaum zu glauben, was Hasbro aus dem ollen Pong-Prinzip noch herausgeholt hat. Jeder Level spielt sich anders: Mal machen Ihnen die unregelmäßig verteilten spitzen und stumpfen Winkel am Spielfeldrand zu schaffen, dann fordern rotierende Pinguine Ihre ganze Aufmerksamkeit. Das Ganze sieht auch noch schick aus – was will man mehr? Naja, vielleicht ein paar zusätzliche Levels, denn trotz des gehobenen Schwierigkeitsgrades haben Sie Pong solo an wenigen Tagen durchgespielt. Und der Mehrspieler-Modus reizt deutlich weniger. Pong ist ein gelungenes Revival, das jetzt schon Lust auf die bereits fest geplante Reanimierung anderer prominenter Videospielklassiker wie zum Beispiel Pac Man macht.

That's not even close to touching on all of the levels of this inventive game, but it should give a really good indication of what's in store. There are just as many interesting levels that I left out of the review. After all, there have to be some surprises in life...or gaming at least. It's got the same paradox of the original game -- periods of zen-like transcendence intermingled with bouts of vein popping frustration. But it's the kind of frustration that you don't mind so much.

So is Pong ready for the 90's? Are we ready for Pong again? Atari and Hasbro Interactive have done a great job bringing this classic hit to the PC, so much so that it really is unrecognizable. They've put together 20 levels of Pong action that is sure to please fans of the classic. Those of you who have never played the original Pong (heck, I wasn't even born in 1974) might find the gameplay to be very simplistic, especially considering some of the advancements in the last few years. It certainly isn't the most complex game, but Pong does feature some great arcade action. It's Pong with an attitude, so get your paddles ready!

It's nice to see such a solid family title produced for the Mac that embodies such humor and general good fun. And that's what this title is: good clean fun, rated E, for Everyone. Do I think it keeps the spirit of the original? Yes. (How can you get the concept of Pong wrong?) Do I think Atari and Macsoft have improved on the original? Yes. The additions certainly do not hurt, and I enjoy all the originality and variety of this Pong. Should you buy this game? Whether you have kids, are generally tired of bloody FPSs and need a change, or just want a fun little lark while revisiting a classic, Pong is a good title to include in your growing Mac library.

Überraschung: Pong bietet witzige Variationen des Ur-Gameplays, spaßige Musik und drollig animierte Gimmicks. Für 60 Mark gehört Pong in jede PC-Spielesammlung.

So are you going to be playing this game into the millennium? No, of course not. But it has a weird sort of appeal that actually transcends mere nostalgia. And while it's true that the entire concept of a re-make of Pong is ludicrous, and defies most rational evaluation, it remains one of the few practical uses for Geometry in the known universe. And that alone makes it worthwhile.

Pong's control is fair but could have been better. The analog-controlled paddles tend to gain momentum, making it impossible to reverse direction immediately. As a result, you tend to "overrun" and miss balls. Pong is an addictive one-player game, but it's the two to four-player modes that will make believers out of your friends. Hasbro deserves to be commended for bringing back this classic oldie in grand style.

Few people are likely to get a thrill out of playing the original Pong anymore, and, unfortunately, the Pong of the new generation doesn't do much better.

If you have a multitap, four controllers, and three friends, then I recommend picking this game up, though don't pay any more than $15 for it. You might also like it if you're really old and have actually played the original, but otherwise don't spend too much time, effort, or money trying to obtain Pong for the Sony Playstation.

Pong first dazzled households with its two moving sticks and one bouncing square way back in 1972. Leaps in technology being scarcer and rather millimetric back then, there's a good chance you'd have played it in the late '70s and early '80s, but why would you play it now? You wouldn't, of course, especially when the updating has been done in such a fumbling, half-arsed, mess of a way. The colours are garish, the gameplay irritating - even in a two-player game - and the interface tortuously unfriendly. This is like trying to make your granny sexy by sticking her in red lycra panties and painting her face with cheap lipstick. Disgusting.

Für viele Computerspieler war entweder Pong oder Pac Man die erste Erfahrung mit Entertainment auf dem Monitor. Während Pac Man noch immer auf sein Revival wartet (eine 3D-Fassung des Klassikers steht kurz bevor) gibt es den Ball-hin-Ball-her-Klassiker jetzt in einer Neuauflage mit 3D-Unterstützung, Spezialeffekten und jeder Menge modernem Schnick-Schnack. Das Spielprinzip ist so dumpf wie eh und je: Zwei Spieler schlagen eine Pixelkugel hin und her; wer zuerst einfschläft, verliert. Mit seinem praktisch nicht existenten Gameplay, der witzlosen Grafik und absolut schwachsinnigen Soundeffekten qualifiziert sich Pong hiermit zum unnötigsten Spiel des Monats.