Pong |
Pong was designed by Al Alcorn and released by Atari in 1972. Although
a lot of people mistakenly believe it was the first arcade game (this
designation actually goes to Computer Space released the previous year),
it is undoubtedly the first truly successful arcade game and lead the
start of the video arcade and ultimately the video game industry. Pong
is interesting from a technical perspective because like most of the
early arcade game it did not use a microprocessor but was implemented
entirely in discrete logic. |
System Specs |
Hardware: Discrete logic, no CPU. Number of Chips: 66 Graphics: 455x262 pixels, monochrome |
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Technical Information |
Circuit Descirption BlogI have recently complete a very detailed description of how the Pong circuit works on my Blog over at Atari Age. SchematicsThe original Atari schematics that are found on the net are of pretty poor quality and are very hard to read. When I went to do my circuit description blog, the first thing I did was re-draw the schematics. You can get them here:Schematics in Express PCB .SCH format - These can be read using the free schematics capture software from Express PCB. IC List - List of all the chips used on the Pong board. |
Simualtion |
DiscreteSIM 1.0
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Dan Boris - danlb_2000@yahoo.com |