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Pong kit

Pong Kit Parts
Wow, for $20, this looks like a great kit, make your own Pong! - "Blocky table tennis with a ball and two paddles was one of the first real video games to make it into mainstream culture. It took an awful lot of high-tech electronics in 1972 to create this classic game. Now however you can cobble together your very own Classic Video Table Tennis Game with a little determination and some basic soldering skillz. This kit contains a pre-printed circuit board and 39 various resistors, diodes, and capacitors. Solder everything together (following the instructions we hope) and plug the audio and video into any standard TV for instant Table Tennis action. You can play against another lowly human or challenge the computer at four different skill levels." [via] - Link.

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Posted by: RobCruickshank on June 28, 2006 at 12:17 PM

Buttons????!!! I suppose kids today can't deal with paddles.
(note to the under 40s: Paddle=knob)

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Posted by: IrregularShed on June 28, 2006 at 2:30 PM

These are available in the UK from Maplin Electronics for £9.99 - a bargain!

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=28504&criteria=tennis&doy=28m6

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Posted by: amagni on June 28, 2006 at 4:27 PM

They were selling these in Australia a few years ago, and I got four on clearance when they were discontinued.
I got bored with the little buttons and made a nice house for it.
My Shiny Pong Machine

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