pongreview

Every now and then a game comes along to totally smash all the stereotypes and revolutionise gaming. In this review we look a truely ground-breaking game...Pong.

From the start I've got to say, it's been a long time since I've seen a game as graphically challenging as this title. Unless you have a very powerful system (Atari recommends a P4 2gig or AMD equivalent with at least 256 Meg of fast RAM and a very slick graphics card) you will probably experience a great deal of flicker in game play. I take my hat off to Atari for creating a title that pushes the envelope and will drive manufacturers on to create faster systems to cope with new software.

Unfortunately as usual some elements in society have proven themselves ill equipped to cope with the addictive elements of this game. In a well documented occurance a teen in Arizona sold his pet pig Nathan to Happy Pooch Dogfood to pay for his Pong 'habit'. Police were allerted when he offered to sell the aforementioned company his 4 year old sister Lisa for a copy of the game and a can of pickled radishes.

So, enough about the hype, what about the game? It's a beautiful combination of sports simulation and heart stopping thrills. The object of the game is to hit a small "ball" with your "paddle" into your opponents goal. The AI is ruthless and will provide a challenge for even the most seasoned of game players.

As if the single player action wasn't enough it's in multiplayer mode that Pong really comes into its own. Defeating your buddy becomes a frantic affair which really raises the pulse rate. If fact our game testers ended up suffering terrible withdrawl symptoms after their all night testing session

At this point the Reviewers decided to start playing their own real life boxing simulation.

I'm sure now you can see that all the fuss about this game is backed up fully, it's been a long time since we have seen a came of this calibre, get it today as an essential part of your game collection!