Pong: Thawj qhov yees duab ua si Megahit

Qhov kev ua si yooj yim-tsis tau-kev lom zem thiab yees siv ntaus pob tesniv uas ob tug players tig khawm cov kev tswj ntawm lawv cov paddles, los sib dhos pob ntawm cov pob rov qab, yog ib lub caij ntuj tshiab mega-ntaus uas kick-pib kev ua si video game thiab nws qhov chaw nyob rau hauv pop-culture keeb kwm. Ib qho yooj yim li qhov kev ua si yuav yog los ntawm hnub no cov qauv, keeb kwm ntawm Pong yog littered nrog nriaj thiab controversy.

Pong: Cov Hauv Paus

Keeb kwm ntawm Pong

Raws li cov tagline mus "Hauv Pib muaj Pong ", ua rau coob leej ntseeg tias Pong yog thawj zaug hauv kev ua si video, tab sis qhov tseeb muaj ntau cov kev lag luam gaming uas pib, pib nrog lub tshuab ntaus sib tw Tennis rau Ob (1958), lub PDP computer labs shooter Spacewar! , thawj qhov nyiaj npib-ua arcade games Computer Space thiab Atari tus founders Nolan Bushnell thiab Ted Dabney thawj lub npe hu ua Galaxy kev ua si (1971) (ob ntawm cov uas tau clones ntawm Spacewar!) thiab cia tsis hnov ​​qab 1972 Magnavox Odyssey , console.

Galaxy kev ua si yog tsim thiab muab faib los ntawm Tuav Associates thiab pom ib tus qauv zoo. Qhov no tsis muaj nqi dab tsi li Nolan Bushnell thiab Ted Dabney ua txhaum rau nws tus kheej, yog li lawv tsim lawv thawj lub tuam txhab Syzygy Engineering, tom qab hloov mus rau Atari vim muaj kev sib tw rau lub lag luam. Nrog kev xa thiab tso lawv cov kev ua si ua ntej thawj qhov lawv xav tau yog ib tus neeg ua haujlwm, yog li lawv tau ntiav Ua ntej lawv xav tau ib tug neeg ua haujlwm, tawm ntawm lub tuam txhab loj hlob, thiab nws xav tau ib pab neeg loj hlob uas tau tshaj li cov founders Nolan Bushnell thiab Ted Tedney ces lawv ntiav tus neeg tsim khoom engineer Al Alcorn, ib tug qub neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Dabney.

Ua ib txoj kev kuaj, Bushnell thiab Dabney muaj Alcorn tsim thiab tsim kev ua si raws li kev tawm tsam Bushnell tau pom ntawm Magnavox Odyssey yavtom ntej. Alcorn tau mus ua hauj lwm thiab ua kom txhua tus neeg khiav tawm ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim thiab nws tau khiav ceev ceev mus rau Atari thawj qhov kev ua si.

Ib npib nyiaj ntawm tus Pong npib ntawm Pong tau ntsia ntawm lub zos bar hu ua Andy Capp Lub Tavern, thiab nyob rau hauv ob peb lub lis piam, nws tau ntim nrog ntau quarters tias qhov kev ua si jammed. Tom qab siv nyiaj txais, Pong mus ua kev tsim thiab Atari Inc. yog nyob hauv kev lag luam.

Pong tuaj tsev

Nyob rau hauv 1972, tib lub xyoo Pong tso tawm mus rau arcades, lub Magnavox Odyssey tau muab ua qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv tsev video game console. Lub kaw lus tau zoo, nrog rau kev sib tshuam sib hloov uas muaj kev sib tw ua ke nrog cov TV overlays thiab cov khoom xws li cov ntawv teev lus thiab cov tsuav, thiab daim tawv choj poker.

Tom qab tso tus naj npawb ntawm Pong cov rooj tog zaum ob sab hauv thiab sab nrauv, nrog rau lwm lub npe xws li Chaw Hluav Taws Xob, Gotcha thiab Rebound, Atari tab tom nrhiav nws cov venture tom ntej. Thaum lawv tau hais meej dominated arcades, lawv pib eyeing chav nyob, nws tsuas sib tw thaum lub sijhawm los ntawm Odyssey.

Nyob rau hauv 1974 Atari kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog Sears tso thawj lub tsev version ntawm Pong . Tsis txhob siv cov tsheb thauj khoom los yog cartridges, lub system yog ib qho kev nplij siab, txhais tau hais tias qhov kev ua si yog nyob rau hauv nws tus kheej hauv chav tsev. Lub kaw lus pib ua Sear Tele-Games thiab ntes tau sai sai, ua qhov khw muag khoom kub kub tshaj plaws rau Christmas, nrog kev muag khoom ntawm Magnavox Odyssey.

Txoj Kevcai:

Ib lub xyoos tom qab Pong tau txiav txim siab rau lub caij so, Magnavox puv lub rooj sib foob nrog Atari rau txoj kev ua txhaum "lawv cov cai". Pong tau zoo heev hauv kev tsim thiab tswvyim rau Pong , thiab nrog cov ntawv pov thawj tias Bushnell yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg tuaj koom nyob rau hauv Magnavox Odyssey demo, lawv thiaj li tau mus nyob hauv lub tsev hais plaub.

Thaum Pong yog qhov zoo sib xws hauv gameplay thiab cov qauv rau lub Magnavox Odyssey, nws muaj kev sib txawv thiab gameplay. Lub Odyssey qhov nthuav tawm ntawm ob lub thawv ntawv dub muaj qhov thij peb lub thawv rau ntawm feem ntau ntawm lawv cov kev ua si, tiam sis, cov thawv uas sawv cev ntawm duav (los yog requite) tsis tuaj yeem txav mus thiab nqis, tiam sis sab laug thiab muaj cai thanks rau ob leeg tswj . Pong , ntawm qhov tod tes, tau siv ob daim paddles uas tsuas yog tsiv nce tau qis qis, khoov pob txha ib ncig rov los.

Xa hauv cov Clones

Txoj kev vam meej loj hlob tuaj, thiab thaum Atari tau ua nws lub teb chaws nyob rau hauv lub tswv yim, lwm lub tuam txhab, General Instruments, tau sim ua ib lub txiaj ntsim los ntawm cov lus tseeb tiag. GI tau tsim muaj lub npe CC-III8500 chip, uas yog ib qho khoob meej ntawm Pong , thiab kuj muaj ntau yam kev hloov ntawm qhov kev ua si. Tsis ntev tom qab ib lub tuam txhab twg uas tuaj yeem ua rau tus ntiv tes tuaj yeem tsim thiab tso tawm lawv cov kev ua si video games.

Qee qhov feem ntau ntawm Pong clones muaj Coleco lub Telstar thiab Nintendo tus thawj thawj zaug video game, Xim TV Game 6.

Pong ua video ua si yav dhau los

Thaum nws yuav tsis tau qhov feem ntau cov kev ua si thiab yeej tsis yog thawj qhov kev ua si video, Pong yog tsis muaj kev txhawj xeeb, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws kev ua si puas tau tso tawm. Nws txoj kev ua lag luam zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev ncaws pob-pib qhov kev ua si video game, los ntawm kev ua lag luam me me me rau tsev neeg yuav tsum.