{"id":13468,"date":"2025-04-24T16:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T23:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=13468"},"modified":"2025-02-14T16:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:41:28","slug":"physical-pong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=13468","title":{"rendered":"Physical Pong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TABLEPONGPROJECT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Perdomo<\/a> started a project to\u00a0re-create the classic Atari\u2019s arcade <em>PONG<\/em>\u00a0game &#8211; but in physical form. It uses mechanical paddles and a magnetic floating bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTBcxr9KBuQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently got to play with one of the ones created via their successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1461917284\/play-atari-pong-in-your-coffee-table\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1461917284\/play-atari-pong-in-your-coffee-table\">kickstarter<\/a> and it was awesome fun. I would love to own one, but it&#8217;s unclear if they&#8217;re still making them. They were also a cool few thousand dollars when they were selling them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bZlmL4dtctk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/us\/atari-pong-table-price-release-date,news-29081.html\">https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/us\/atari-pong-table-price-release-date,news-29081.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theawesomer.com\/mechanical-pong\/369615\/\">https:\/\/theawesomer.com\/mechanical-pong\/369615\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1461917284\/play-atari-pong-in-your-coffee-table\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1461917284\/play-atari-pong-in-your-coffee-table<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablepongproject.com\/category\/meja-game\/\">https:\/\/www.tablepongproject.com\/category\/meja-game\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Perdomo started a project to\u00a0re-create the classic Atari\u2019s arcade PONG\u00a0game &#8211; but in physical form. It uses mechanical paddles and a magnetic floating bit. I recently got to play with one of the ones created via their successful kickstarter and it was awesome fun. I would love to own one, but it&#8217;s unclear if they&#8217;re still making them. They were also a cool few thousand dollars when they were selling them. 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