Ping Pong

aka: Pong

Moby ID: 110952

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Released

December 29, 1975 on Altair 8800

Credits

2 people

Publishers

Altair Software Distribution Company

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Action
Sports
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Arcade
Paddle / Pong
Interface: Direct control
Sport: Ping pong / table tennis

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Type-in
Number of Offline Players: 2 Players

See Also

Ping Pong (1974 on Terminal)
Ping Pong (1977 on KIM-1, HP Programmable Calculator)
Ping Pong (1980 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Ping Pong (1985 on MSX, Amstrad CPC, Arcade...)

Description

Ping Pong is a very simplistic Pong variant played on the front panel of an Altair 8800. The ball is represented by a lit LED on the front panel and the player must bounce it back by flipping the switch at its location at exactly the right moment. Since there's only one row of LEDs it's a single-dimensional version of Pong.

Groups +

Pong variants

Credits (Altair 8800 version)

Author	Matthew Smith
Author	Herb Archer

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MobyGames ID: 110952

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Game added by vedder.

Game added July 5, 2018. Last modified February 22, 2023.