Pong was the first
Company: Nutting Associates
Year: 1973
Display Properties
Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Black & White TV monitor
Resolution: Standard
Pinout Class:
Unknown
Maximum Number of Players: 4
Player Controls:
Unknown
Description:
A two- to four-player game with a ball bouncing from side-to-side off the borders of the screen. The object of the game is to try to out-maneuver the other player's paddle and score a point.
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Company: Bally Midway
Year: 1973
Display Properties
Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Black & White TV monitor
Resolution: Standard
Pinout Class:
Unknown
Maximum Number of Players: 2
Player Controls:
Unknown
Description:
A timed game in which two players race upward on a black and white screen avoiding one-scan line "asteroids" flying from the left. Only speed can be controlled and when a player gets hit, he starts back at the bottom. When a player reaches the top of the screen, he gains a point.