Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 14 Oct 1999.
PIC: Pong
alt.ascii-art
· 4 messages · 14 Oct 1999 - 24 Oct 1999
Continuing the classic gaming thing which seems be going on with
Arkanoid/Breakout and stuff, here's my contribution...
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...I'm working on some more games immortalized in ASCII... I have the rest
to base the pic on, but I haven't had Pong since I managed to lose an old
ATARI console thing I had.
Kind Regards,
-Martin
|\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@--
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>Subject: PIC: Pong >From: zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) >Date: Thu, 14 October 1999 05:15 PM EDT >Message-id: <380...@news.vossnet.net> > > >Continuing the classic gaming thing which seems be going on with >Arkanoid/Breakout and stuff, here's my contribution... > > _ | _ > .' | | .' '. > |.| | | | _. | > | | | " / / >|"| _| |_ | / /__ >| | |""| |_____| | /_____| >| | |__| | |"| >| | | | | >| | | | | >| | | | | >|_| | | | > | | | > | |_| > | > | > | > | > >...I'm working on some more games immortalized in ASCII... I have the rest >to base the pic on, but I haven't had Pong since I managed to lose an old >ATARI console thing I had. Well then you can have one of mine: _________________________________________________________ |\ /| | \_____________________________________________________/ | | ; .-. .-. .--------. .-. .-. ; | | ; |o| |o| | COMBAT |: |o| |o| ; | | ; `-' `-' `--------:; `-' `-' ; | |; ````````` ;| |`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |=========================================================| |AMC#######ATARI#2600#####################################| \_______________________________________________________/ But I don't remember ATARI 2600 having a Pong cartridge, I had a Pong game that was it's own console (it DID look a lot like the 2600, but no style, just black plastic). You could play squash, and a couple of other things that only relyed on paddles and a square ball. :) -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) ||||AMC *Tony's ASCII Zine* http://www.zinezone.com/users/TonyCucchiara *Yahoo! Clubs horror movie fanatix* http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/horrormoviefanatix
: >Continuing the classic gaming thing which seems be going on with : >Arkanoid/Breakout and stuff, here's my contribution... The idea that i might have started a craze excites me :) : > _ | _ : > .' | | .' '. : > |.| | | | _. | : > | | | " / / : >|"| _| |_ | / /__ : >| | |""| |_____| | /_____| : >| | |__| | |"| : >| | | | | : >| | | | | : >| | | | | : >|_| | | | : > | | | : > | |_| : > | : > | : > | : > | I remember that one ! .. first electronic game i ever played .. I remember PC's even being aroung at that time .. there was no such thing as Personal Computers .. it was all mainframes and corp. stuff Then came Vic-20 .. C 64 . Amiga .. PC's with color!! display .. etc... : >...I'm working on some more games immortalized in ASCII... I have the rest : >to base the pic on, but I haven't had Pong since I managed to lose an old : >ATARI console thing I had. : : Well then you can have one of mine: : : _________________________________________________________ : |\ /| : | \_____________________________________________________/ | : | ; .-. .-. .--------. .-. .-. ; | : | ; |o| |o| | COMBAT |: |o| |o| ; | : | ; `-' `-' `--------:; `-' `-' ; | : |; ````````` ;| : |`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |=========================================================| : |AMC#######ATARI#2600#####################################| : \_______________________________________________________/ : : But I don't remember ATARI 2600 having a Pong cartridge, I had a Pong game : that was it's own console (it DID look a lot like the 2600, but no style, just : black plastic). You could play squash, and a couple of other things that only : relyed on paddles and a square ball. :) I had that one !! ... I think ... I remember mine as being orange and black
.----- On 14 Oct 1999 22:20:45 GMT, The Super Happy Karate Monkey posted: |>Subject: PIC: Pong |>From: zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) |>Date: Thu, 14 October 1999 05:15 PM EDT |>Message-id: <380...@news.vossnet.net> |> |> |>Continuing the classic gaming thing which seems be going on with |>Arkanoid/Breakout and stuff, here's my contribution... |> |> _ | _ |> .' | | .' '. |> |.| | | | _. | |> | | | " / / |>|"| _| |_ | / /__ |>| | |""| |_____| | /_____| |>| | |__| | |"| |>| | | | | |>| | | | | |>| | | | | |>|_| | | | |> | | | |> | |_| |> | |> | |> | |> | |> |>...I'm working on some more games immortalized in ASCII... I have the rest |>to base the pic on, but I haven't had Pong since I managed to lose an old |>ATARI console thing I had. | | | But I don't remember ATARI 2600 having a Pong cartridge, I had a Pong game |that was it's own console (it DID look a lot like the 2600, but no style, just |black plastic). You could play squash, and a couple of other things that only |relyed on paddles and a square ball. :) '------------------------ That sounds a lot like what I had... but mine was green and silver... Kind Regards, -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
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