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[JPjuice23]

I'm writing a report about Pong and it's history, and I had a few questions.

One. How much did it cost to play a round of pong, and it was 90 seconds a round correct?

Two. Where would you find a pong machine in 1972/1973? Bars? Anywhere else?

Three. Did Pong's controls in the arcade differ from the Pong consoles?

I may have a few more that I can't remember. Anyways if someone who grew up at this time could help me out here, that'd be wonderful. Thanks.

Edited by JPjuice23, Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:13 PM.

[Stephen]

The original Pong was placed in a place named "Andy Capp's Tavern". They mostly ended up in bars. Play was $0.25 per game, but I don't think there was a time limit - fairly certain it was 2 player only and you played to a certain score. As far as controls, they were the same. Potentiometer controlled the paddle position.

[FujiSkunk]

Wiki

International Arcade Museum

Pong Story

There are links to other sources from there.

Edited by FujiSkunk, Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:39 PM.

[Megaman Legends]

A3. Depends on which pong unit your talking about the official Atari ones did have the same analog but some clones had sliders or up down joysticks

[Mr SQL]

JPjuice23,
sounds like a great project! The pong genre has had a long and interesting evolution with Breakout and Arkanoid adding new dimensions of fun. New variants of this classic continue to emerge such as Breakout Boost running on contemporary hardware and BREAKANOID for the Atari 2600.