Pong is still arguably a balanced, and therefore good game. Especially if you were playing the Atari or Texas Instruments versions, since those may have been some of the last mainstream video games that didn’t cheat in favor of anyone. Neither the player or the computer was favored, which became the norm for most video games rather quickly thereafter.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You shut your pretty little whore mouth! I loved Pitfall!
…but also I was 4, and as we all know, kids are stupid.
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 month ago
When I was four I loved pong.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I read this while I was power walking to the bus stop. I read it as:
I had SO MANY questions. None of which I wanted answered.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pong is still arguably a balanced, and therefore good game. Especially if you were playing the Atari or Texas Instruments versions, since those may have been some of the last mainstream video games that didn’t cheat in favor of anyone. Neither the player or the computer was favored, which became the norm for most video games rather quickly thereafter.
wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Both. A nerd new nerds. The Ti friends had that shoot ‘em up gunslinger game… it was basically pong with a hat and guns.