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Atari Comeback on Wireless Devices

Posted by Hemos on from the return-of-the-orange-fire-button dept.

Markgor writes "Just read an article on Wuzap.org about efforts to port classic Atari games on to wireless devices. Given that smart phones don't exactly have a lot of memory, it would seem like it's a no-brainer to slap a little game of Pong or Combat on. The article can be found on wuzap."

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  1. 2600 != Pong by micromoog · · Score: 4
    I would like to set something straight here.

    When people hear about Atari 2600 games being ported to DOS/Linux/PDA/toaster/etc, often the first thing they say is "Oh joy, now I can play Pong!".

    Pong is an Atari arcade game released in the early 70s. It had such variations as Pong Doubles and Quadrapong, all arcade cabinet games (Pong Doubles was actually a tabletop game). Home Pong was released in 1974. It played one game: Pong.

    The Atari 2600 was released in 1977, for the purpose of playing games other than Pong. Pong was old news by '77. People wanted color.

    So, to my knowledge, Pong was never released for the 2600. Pong Sports is an old cart, and Mondo Pong is a new development (yes, people still write games for the 2600), but no original Pong cart for the 2600.