Pong

See also: pong, pông, and -pong

English

The two paddles return the ball back and forth. The score is displayed at the top of the screen.

Etymology

Marketing coinage, from ping-pong.

Proper noun

Pong

1. (video games) An early video game from Atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball.
   • 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows game programming gurus, page 10:

     A good lunar lander or Pong-type game was all you needed to strike it rich!

   • 2003 March 1, “Gulf War 2.0: The Son Strikes Back”, in Toronto Star:

     If the US invades Iraq, we'll see action all right, much more than we witnessed with the primitive Pong-ish effects delivered during Gulf War 1.0,

   • 2006, Chris Kohler, Retro gaming hacks, page 10:

     The paddle controllers are necessary for playing Pong-style contests, and since two paddles share one controller input you can easily play doubles Pong with an extra set of paddles.

See also

• telly tennis