50th Anniversary of Atari Pong - Pong50(Amiga), Space Pong(Amiga) and PongClone(C64)

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Thankfully others see Pong as a truly great game for its time and still loved to this day, as not only are we celebrating 50 years of the game, but there's also new releases of Pong50 and Space Pong for the Amiga, as well as PongClone for the C64!

POING Ultra - A wacky PONG game makes its appearance on the C64!

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Thankfully others see Pong as a truely great game for its time and still loved to this day, as fast forward to the here and now, and Richard Bayliss and Martin Piper have released a C64 Pong style game called ' 'POING Ultra '; A wacky PONG game that looks like it's a ton of fun!

PONG 4K - A wicked Amiga CD32 Pong stye game now as a boxed edition

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Thankfully others see Pong as a truely great game for its time and still loved to this day, as next month (June), Cobe, Koyot1222 and Goatmare will be releasing a boxed CD32 edition of their previous release as PoNG4K; a multiplayer Pong that's more than just a clone!

B-Ball - A C64 game that never was, now finally available to all via Genesis Project

As promised here's another special for Monday, as this one comes from Genesis Project with a game that never was called ' B-Ball ' for the C64. Now I'm not sure if you've ever heard of this game before, but if you haven't, it was due to be released by Prisma Designs but sadly after the game vanished into the void, it wasn't until AFL had the first preview back in 1994 that gamers had the first chance to see a preview of the game. Well now it's 2019 the game has finally made a proper appearance, as Genesis Project has made the game available to all as NTSC-Fixed, one filled and a preview on disk 2.

PONG 4K - A wicked Amiga CD32 Pong stye game comes 3rd at RetroKomp 2018!

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Thankfully others see Pong as a truely great game for its time and still loved to this day, as fast forward to the here and now and Cobe, Koyot1222 and Goatmare have released an Amiga CD32 Pong style game called ' 'PoNG4K'; a multiplayer Pong that's more than just a clone!

PoNG4 - Homebrew Pong for the Amiga

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Thankfully others see Pong as a truely great game for its time and still loved to this day, as fast forward to the here and now and Cobe and jojo073 have released a Pong style game called ' 'PoNG4'; a 4 player Pong that's more than just a clone!

SpiritSphere - Pong meets Zelda in this rather lovely Indie game

Earlier last week Eendhoorn released the competitive local multiplayer game ' SpiritSphere ' for the PC. It looks to have a number of inspirations from classic games such as Pong, Zelda and even Windjammers while mixing them up to create something rather unique and enjoyable to play. Featuring an 8-bit art style that sticks closely to the NES colour palette and a great soundtrack by Gas1312, you'll be battling it out in arenas set in a classic RPG world while picking up mighty power ups to help you or the person you are hoping to defeat.

Pong Clone 2017 Preview 2 - Pong into the year 2017 on the C64 with an update

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Yet fast forward to today in 2017 and here's another release by Genesis Project and development by Nielsf on the C64 'Pong' Aka 'Pong Clone 2017 preview version 2'.

Pong C64 - Pong cloned into the year 2017 on the C64!

Here's a game many of you oldies may remember, depending how far back you go, it's the game called Pong. Now this is one seriously old game, going way back to the early 1970's when it first appeared by Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn as a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern. In actual fact it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, which was 4 years before my birth! Yet fast forward to today in 2017 here's a release by Genesis Project and development by Nielsf on the C64 'Pong' Aka 'Pong Clone 2017'.

Pacapong - Pong, Pacman & Space Invaders all mashed up into one!

I said to myself today, "I seriously need a damn good entertaining indie game to play that would keep me occupied for more than just a few mins". Well the good news is, I've found it with 'Pacapong'. However Pacapong by kingpenguin is more than just an indie game, it's an indie game mashed up with some classic retro favourites while turning them completely on their heads. Imagine a Pong, Pacman and Space Invaders mash up and this is that game!

Atari's Pong - 40 years today!

Atari's Pong is 40 years old today! That's incredible, I only remember playing Pong once or twice at a boot fair many many many years ago when I was a chubby little lad. But such a simple game has been played by a lot of people from around the world. There will not be many that haven't heard of Pong, I bet your Grandad probably has. So lets delve into a little bit of Pongitus ( I made that word up ).