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Re: Need Pong for Apple 2
- Subject: Re: Need Pong for Apple 2
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 11 Jan 2002 08:40:15 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
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Mad Martian wrote:
>Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I still haven't found what I am looking
>for, so here are some more detailed requirements:
>
>1. Fits on a DOS 3.3 disk
>2. Existed before 1980.
>3. Allows play against the computer.
>4. Is at least as good as the original Pong game (ie, better than Penny
>Arcade).
There is a certain irony in the fact that some of the capabilities of the
Apple II, like lo-res graphics and game paddles, were designed in
just so that Woz could write Pong-like games in Integer Basic!
You should be able to find an original Woz Pong!
(Is one in the Red Book?)
-michael
Email: mjmahon@aol.com
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