Overall 8.7 Graphics 3 Sound 5 Addictive 7 Depth 2 Difficulty 8
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Pong Intv GenesisJunkie
(Overall) Pong was one of the very first arcade video games and one of the first video games to become widely popular. This game has probably been released on more home consoles then any other game. Pong even had tons of home consoles made just to play it, now known as Pong consoles. Ok lets talk about the game at hand. Pong for the Intellivision. With its insane popularity and the fact that the Atari 2600 had it Intellivision had to have one too! Each version is pretty much the same, there is only so much you can really do with a game like Pong. Even to this day Pong is still as well know as it was the day the first quarter was put into the arcade. Pong can be seen on many TV shows and video games to this day. Pong was even in the hit TV show King of the Hill! Lets get to the fun part, the graphics.
(Graphics) What can I say about the graphics in Pong. Well I can sum it up in one six words. Two lines and a square ball. In this version of Pong the back ground is a pinkish red color. Pong has the bare minimum when it comes to graphics but I think that really gives it a lot of its charm. At the end of the day does a good game really need more then two lines and a square ball?
(Sound) The sound is really the same you would hear from any other Intv game or any game from that era for that matter, all except nothing blows up. Every game from this time has to have explosions. Don't worry the square ball wont blow up if you lose. You really just have one sound.
(Addictiveness) This is what Pong does best. You have to keep playing! To be such a extremely simple game it is very fun.
(Story) Ok here is the story. You are a magical unicorn and you have to stop the space ball from.........yea there is no story. Sorry for tricking you. Do you really need a story. You are a stick and you have to not let the ball get by you. Most games from this time don't have a story so you really can't hold it against one of the earliest games in video game history.
(Depth) Who ever gets 15 points win. Yea the game only takes like what, 5 minutes to play. Is that really a bad thing? If you only have a short time to play then this is the game for you or if you have a long time to play well play it again!
(Difficulty) Its not impossible to win by any means but it is pretty hard. The ball goes faster then you can move the stick it seems like. Just about every time you hit the ball the computer player hits it back. The computer never misses! With a little practice you could be the Pong master!
(End) How much is there to say about Pong? Its so simple but so perfect at the same time. This probably wont be the game that blows you away but thing about how the first kids to see this must have felt. If you have never played Pong the Intv version is a good place to start. A very good port of a true arcade classic.
Graphics 3 Sound 5 Addictive 7 Depth 2 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 4.1/5
Submitted: 07-06-13
Review Replies: 4
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