Pong Trivia
When was Pong first released?
Answer: 1972.
Who created Pong?
Answer: Nolan Bushnell and Allan Alcorn.
What was the original name of Pong?
Answer: “Paddle Ball”.
What was the name of the company that created Pong?
Answer: Atari.
What were the two main game modes in Pong?
Answer: One-player and two-player.
In the one-player mode of Pong, what was the player’s
goal?
Answer: To score as many points as possible before missing the ball.
In the two-player mode of Pong, what was the goal of
each player?
Answer: To score points by hitting the ball past the opponent’s paddle.
What was the first home console to feature Pong?
Answer: Magnavox Odyssey.
How many paddles were in the original version of Pong?
Answer: Two.
What were the names of the paddles in Pong?
Answer: Left paddle and right paddle.
How many pixels did the original Pong game have?
Answer: 64 pixels.
What was the name of the first arcade game to use a
microprocessor?
Answer: Pong.
What was the price of the original Pong arcade machine?
Answer: $995.
How many copies of Pong were sold for home use in 1975?
Answer: 150,000.
What was the first console to feature color graphics
for Pong?
Answer: Atari Home Pong.
What was the name of the first game console to feature
detachable controllers?
Answer: Atari 2600.
In what year did the first Pong tournament take place?
Answer: 1973.
How long did a typical game of Pong last?
Answer: About two minutes.
What was the highest score possible in Pong?
Answer: 15 points.
In what year was the first Pong clone released?
Answer: 1973.
What was the name of the first Pong clone?
Answer: TV Tennis.
What was the name of the first home console to feature
wireless controllers for Pong?
Answer: Atari 5200.
How many points did each player start with in Pong?
Answer: Zero.
What was the name of the first handheld Pong game?
Answer: Coleco Telstar.
How many paddles were in the first Pong clone?
Answer: Four.
What was the name of the first Pong clone to add a new
feature to the game?
Answer: Super Pong.
What was the new feature added to Super Pong?
Answer: Four game modes.
What was the name of the first Pong game to allow
players to adjust the speed of the ball?
Answer: Pong Doubles.
How many copies of Pong were sold worldwide?
Answer: Over 35,000.
What was the name of the first Pong clone to add sound
effects?
Answer: Hockey TV.