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LogDog75

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17. I had a Pong game when it first came out

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 07:02 PM

Mar 27

I was living in an AF dorm room as a junior enlisted. I bought the Pong game, hooked it up to my B&W TV, and we'd play it at night. Other guys in the dorm would come over and ask to play it. Back then, it was "state of the art" in video games. Nowadays, even they youngest kids wouldn't play with it. As the 80s, 90s, and 2000s progressed the systems have improved to an unbelievable level in terms of graphics, sound, and action.

Remember when 3D headsets first came out in the late 80s and early 90s. Back then, the shapes were line drawings, with no details, of objects. I remember trying one in an arcade and it was a tank battle. The tanks were all outlined and today they remind me of the Cybertruck. Not surprising that the image of the truck looks like a stick figure drawing in a very old video game.

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Remember then? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 OP

I remember playing this on my first computer that i brought before the internet became a thing! kimbutgar Mar 27 #1

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #2

Cutting edge technology underpants Mar 27 #3

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #6

It was the thing to do when bored...problem was... MiHale Mar 27 #4

😢 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #7

There was a bar in the town where I went to college that had Pong. rsdsharp Mar 27 #5

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #8

Yup! My folks bought my kids an Atari & they loved it! SheltieLover Mar 27 #9

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #13

I remember the nail-biting excitement of downhill slalom on Intellivision. LudwigPastorius Mar 27 #10

😬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #14

They had one of those at Pizza Hut when there was still a salad bar and in-house dining. catbyte Mar 27 #11

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #15

I remember before then! SpaceWar! from MIT 1st real video game justaprogressive Mar 27 #12

🤯 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #16

I had a Pong game when it first came out LogDog75 Mar 27 #17

😃 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #18

It was an archade game Doc_Technical Mar 29 #19

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 29 #21

I had so much fun with this game. TommieMommy Mar 29 #20

😃 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 29 #22