
Video Games: A Tale of Two Pongs
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The Odyssey Game
Odyssey is a great example of something that, when you look back at it, you realize how incredibly sophisticated and vative it was. It wasn't the right time to capture people for whatever reason. Enter nolan bushnell in college. He loved playing that space race game space war. A few months before the odyssey went on sale, he played the ping pon game pre view event. Nolan said he wanted me to make a game like tennis, with a net in the center and a ball that would bounce off the paddles. And that was pretty much it. Does this sound familiar? The magne vox odyssy? Exactly the game nolan described
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