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PONG! A neat lil weekend project.


mtshark7

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So I was browsing the Internet and came across a DIY pong/table tennis console.

 

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/8546/?cpg=fbl_8546

 

I was thinking about making one and having it in either a wooden casing or Plexiglas casing.

 

Has anyone came across this site and actually made one of these?

 

How much would one of these sell for completely assembled?

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Pretty cool.

 

Can't say I've ever seen an assembled one for sale. If you did a real good finish on it in some kind of casing, you could make it look pretty legit.

 

Buy a heap, mass produce the casings with retro styling, flog them off on ebay as "genuine" 70's Pong dedicated machines.

 

Don't really do that, it was a joke.

 

I might give making one of these a whirl on a rainy day.

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  • 3 weeks later...

I made one when they first came out around 2006. Nice little project, not a fan of the version of PONG on it though. Software coded, runs on a microcontroller. Kind of like a "mini-pong" with a stunted play area. Doubt you'd be able to switch the controls without changing the code and adding analog to digital circuitry to interface with the chip. If you get it, it should be more for the experience of putting it together as it's a great beginning soldering project.

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