edweird13 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 dont know if it works or not I will find out tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 That's a REALLY early one. Niiiice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Excuse my ignorance, but what game is this? I see four paddle controllers so I assume it's some sort of PONG-style game, but I've never seen one of these before (at least not that I can remember). Thanks! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 (edited) That would replace my dining room table in a second whether it worked or not It is Warlords? That would have 4 paddles right? EDIT. Can't be Warlords, there's no buttons! Duh! Edited February 22, 2007 by joeybastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Is that the date of the machine on the sticker on the table there? I also see that it says something about 2 or 4 players...insert coin below. Push button to start game. A game for asmusement only. Hmm...that would be really really old. Did Atari or any company ever make a 4 player pong? Because this is really the only thing it could be. Also is the base yellow in color where the coin mech is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 maybe its that game that shocks you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edweird13 Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Got home opened it up and there is no board Looks like some kind of home made pong. Maybe I can sell or get the router out and turn it in to a game station of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 (edited) Excuse my ignorance, but what game is this? I see four paddle controllers so I assume it's some sort of PONG-style game, but I've never seen one of these before (at least not that I can remember). Thanks! ..Al It's one of the many pong "bootlegs" I had one a lot like that except the base was square. Mine was by Mirco. They weren't actually bootlegs because you can't copyright a circuit design, and there were no roms. There's a link to mine. http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter...mp;game_id=7304 Edited February 22, 2007 by Dav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Excuse my ignorance, but what game is this? I see four paddle controllers so I assume it's some sort of PONG-style game, but I've never seen one of these before (at least not that I can remember). Thanks! ..Al It's one of the many pong "bootlegs" I had one a lot like that except the base was square. Mine was by Mirco. They weren't actually bootlegs because you can't copyright a circuit design, and there were no roms. There's a link to mine. http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter...mp;game_id=7304 Thanks for the additional information. It's too bad the board is missing from this one. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 If anything it's a great place to set your beer down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bitclassics Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Actually I have seen one like this couple years ago in a storage facility. Early Pong arcade system, but not exact on the manufacturer. Or at least it looks like the one I saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Excuse my ignorance, but what game is this? I see four paddle controllers so I assume it's some sort of PONG-style game, but I've never seen one of these before (at least not that I can remember). Thanks! ..Al It's one of the many pong "bootlegs" I had one a lot like that except the base was square. Mine was by Mirco. They weren't actually bootlegs because you can't copyright a circuit design, and there were no roms. There's a link to mine. http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter...mp;game_id=7304 Thanks for the additional information. It's too bad the board is missing from this one. ..Al Yeah, that is too bad. I have a couple of extra boards for the mirco machines I had but they had the molex connectors. I'm not sure which ones had the edgeboard connector like that. I picked up one of mine for $10 and the other one a buddy of mine found that someone was throwing out. Both of them worked when I plugged them in. I think I got $100-$150 for them at the auction with very little work on them. You could probably find a board for it eventually if you can figure out who made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mock Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 mame box calling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Cant you get a random pong board for it? i have a pong machine myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edweird13 Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 mame box calling! I agree gonna get a LCD and make a mame box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 You could put anything down to a 386 in there running a PONG emulator and it would probably work just fine with a little effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 You could put anything down to a 386 in there running a PONG emulator and it would probably work just fine with a little effort. There is no "PONG Emulator". PONG is discrete tech, nothing to emulate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Okay, then simulator, if you want a better term. There are literally hundreds of PONG apps out there that could easily run in this cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hmm...that would be really really old. Did Atari or any company ever make a 4 player pong? Because this is really the only thing it could be. Also is the base yellow in color where the coin mech is? It is a PONG clone, called Video Tennis (CT-4 Series), put out by Technical Design Corporation out of Minnesota in 1975. Yes, Atari made two 4 player PONG's. PONG Doubles and Quadrapong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Atari may have made more of them under the Kee Games label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Okay, then simulator, if you want a better term. There are literally hundreds of PONG apps out there that could easily run in this cab. Yes, none of them doing it correctly. They're all "PONG-like" games, which usually consist of the mentality of "lets throw a ball and two bats up and call it PONG, even if it doesn't accurately reflect the original PONG's mechanics and behavior". Its a bit more than knocking a ball around on a screen to accurately reproduce it. Even the one Atari released for its Anniversary Collection package was off the mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I am impressed that you've tried them all. Add a button and put JoustPong in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Atari may have made more of them under the Kee Games label. Just Elimination, which is simply Quadrapong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) I am impressed that you've tried them all. Add a button and put JoustPong in there! Yes, I've tried most of them. Just got done working with Allan Alcorn on doing an accurate port of the original PONG, who held the same opinion. You have to understand, that unless you have access to the original diagrams and understand the nuances of the hardware timings and logic used to reproduce it, you're not going to reproduce it accurately. You'll just get something that reproduces the perception of the general gameplay concept, and to the average person that's usually (unfortunately) been enough. Edited February 23, 2007 by wgungfu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) I fully understand the difference between TTL logic circuits and the emulation of a CPU based device in software. What I was suggesting is that perhaps he doesn't need a 100% perfect reproduction of the original arcade experience in his $10 Pong cabinet. Edited February 23, 2007 by chadtower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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