February 2007
Beginner
109 pages
1h 42m
English
book
Learn to Program with Phrogram™!: A Guide to Learning Through Game Programming Using the Latest Version of Kids Programming Language
by Jon Schwartz, Walt Morrison, David Witus
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Section 8Bonus Game: Pong!
We have a fun reward for you for making it this far. Although it is true that you have made a new game called UFO Escape!, can you think of another game that is similar to it? Pong was released a very long time ago—1975, in fact!—but it is still a classic, and it is one of those "retro" games that is still fun to play.
Did you know that Pong was the very first console game you could buy and plug into your TV? Pong looked kind of like the picture in Figure 8.1, and as you can see, it was only black-and-white. It may not look like much compared to the latest 3D game running on your modern console on a big TV, but in 1975, people waited in line outside stores to buy a Pong console and take it home, just like people wait ...
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