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Peak Pong
by Aaron » Mon 04 Feb 2008, 17:24:00
[flash width=600 height=300]http://www.peakoil.com/pingpong.swf[/flash]
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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Re: Peak Pong
by roccman » Mon 04 Feb 2008, 17:28:35
Nice!!!
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Re: Peak Pong
by MD » Mon 04 Feb 2008, 17:35:00
Atari Pong on display at your local Sears store! Soon to be at home playing on my 19" Zenith Black and White TV. Somebody tell me what year it was. I'm thinking it was around 1978?
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Re: Peak Pong
by mos6507 » Mon 04 Feb 2008, 18:00:25
Atari Home Pong came out in 1975. Earlier pongs from Magnavox came out as far back as 1972.
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Re: Peak Pong
by MD » Mon 04 Feb 2008, 18:30:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'A')tari Home Pong came out in 1975. Earlier pongs from Magnavox came out as far back as 1972.
Thanks for saving me the wiki time. Yes, the Magnavox units were also being sold in Sears (maybe JCPenny?). I would have been about 14 at the time, and I couldn't get that one on my xmas list, so I only had a few minutes of demo time at the store.
Stop filling dumpsters, as much as you possibly can, and everything will get better.
Just think it through.
It's not hard to do.
Just think it through.
It's not hard to do.
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Re: Peak Pong
by PrairieMule » Mon 04 Feb 2008, 20:15:36
How about BEZERK with a overlay of a food riot?
Frogger with a back drop of the Superdome? Lily pads replaced with seats on a bus?
Frogger with a back drop of the Superdome? Lily pads replaced with seats on a bus?
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Re: Peak Pong
by Prince » Mon 04 Feb 2008, 21:59:26
What a classic. And to think this used to entertain folks for hours (I got bored in less than 2 minutes just now).
Berzerk was another classic. I played that game a ton as a kid on my dad's 2600. Kids today are too spoiled.
Berzerk was another classic. I played that game a ton as a kid on my dad's 2600. Kids today are too spoiled.
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Re: Peak Pong
by Aaron » Tue 05 Feb 2008, 13:49:48
Dad brought home the old Magnavox Odyssey system in the early 70's and Pong became all the rage.
Brought a bootleg copy of a new movie home to play on the brand new VCR as well.
Star Wars.
Brought a bootleg copy of a new movie home to play on the brand new VCR as well.
Star Wars.
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