Wasan wasan kwaikwayo na lantarki mai sauƙi-amma-fun da kuma nishaɗi inda 'yan wasan biyu suka juya ƙirar dake sarrafa motsin kwakwalwa na kwalkwarinsu, don kaddamar da kwakwalwa a cikin motsa jiki, wani tarihin mega-hit ne wanda ya kaddamar da kamfanonin wasan bidiyo da kuma bayyana da sararin samaniya a tarihin pop-culture. Kamar sauki kamar yadda wasan zai iya kasancewa ta yau da kullum, tarihin Pong yana ƙaddamar da gwagwarmayar da rikici.
Pong: Tushen
- Title: Pong
- Mai bugawa / Developer: Atari, Inc.
- Ranar Saki: 1972 (Coin-Op Arcade Version), 1974 (Home version)
Tarihin Pong
Kamar yadda tagline ke "A farkon ne akwai Pong ", yana sa mutane da yawa su yi imani da cewa Pong shine wasan farko na bidiyo, amma a gaskiya yawancin abubuwan da ke tattare da wasan kwaikwayon da suka samo asali, wanda ya fara da fasaha na zamani Tennis na Biyu (1958), PDP Kwamfuta mai labarun kwamfuta na Spacewar! , na farko da tsabar kudi da kullun Computer Space da Atari kafa Nolan Bushnell da Ted Dabney na farko game title Galaxy Game (1971) (duka biyu ne clones na Spacewar!) kuma ba zai iya manta da 1972 Magnavox Odyssey , wasan farko gida video game na'ura wasan bidiyo.
Game da kayan aikin Galaxy Game da kamfanin Nutting Associates kuma ya ga nasarar da ta dace. Wannan ya ƙi Nolan Bushnell da Ted Dabney don su tashi a kansu, don haka suka kafa kamfanin farko na Syzygy Engineering, wanda daga bisani ya canza zuwa Atari saboda alamar kasuwanci. Tare da manufofin zayyana da kuma sakewa da wasannin da suka dace sosai, abu na farko da suke bukata shi ne ma'aikaci, saboda haka sun yi haya A farko sun bukaci ma'aikata, sun kasance suna gudana a matsayin kamfani mai girma, kuma yana buƙatar ƙungiyar ci gaban da ta wuce bayan kafaffun Nolan Bushnell da kuma Ted Dabney don haka sun hayar da masanin injiniya Al Alcorn, tsohon abokin aikin Dabney.
A matsayin gwaje-gwaje, Bushnell da Dabney sun shirya Alcorn da kuma gina wasan da aka kafa a kan Bushnell da aka gani a lokacin Magnavox Odyssey mai zuwa. Alcorn ya tafi aiki kuma ya hura kowa da sakamakon tare da sauri ya ci gaba da sauri don zama Atari na farko.
An shigar da samfurin hoton pong na Pong a wani mashaya wanda ake kira Andy Capp ta Tavern, kuma a cikin 'yan makonni, an kwashe shi da yawancin wuraren da wasan ya rushe. Bayan ya karbi rancen, Pong ya shiga masana'antu da Atari Inc. yana cikin kasuwanci.
Pong ya zo gida
A shekara ta 1972, a shekarar Pong din da aka saki a filin jirgin sama, Magnavox Odyssey ya kaddamar da shi a matsayin wasan farko na wasan bidiyo. Wannan tsari ya kasance mai matukar nasara, tare da kwakwalwa masu rarraba wanda ke ƙunshe da wasannin daban-daban da aka haɗa tare da tashoshin TV da kayan haɗi kamar katunan da kwari, da kwakwalwa.
Bayan sakewa da lambar ƙwaƙwalwar Pong da ke gida da kuma ƙasashen waje, da sauran sunayen sararin samaniya irin su Space Race, Gotcha da Rebound, Atari na neman kamfani na gaba. Duk da yake sun kasance suna mamaye filin jirgin sama, sai suka fara kallon ɗakin, wanda kawai gasar ta kasance a lokacin Odyssey.
A 1974 Atari ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar da Sears ya saki na farko na kamfanin Pong . Maimakon katako ko cartridges, tsarin ya kasance abin kwaskwarima mai mahimmanci, ma'ana cewa wasan yana kunshe a cikin ɗayan. An fara fitar da tsarin ne a matsayin Sear Tele-Games kuma an kama shi nan da nan, zama sashen kayan sayar da kayayyaki mafi zafi ga Kirsimeti, tare da tallan tallace-tallace na Magnavox Odyssey.
The hukunci:
Shekaru bayan da Pong ya mamaye lokacin hutun, Magnavox ya ci gaba da karar da Atari don cin zarafin "'yanci". Hakanan, Pong yayi kama da Pong , kuma tare da tabbacin cewa Bushnell na ɗaya daga cikin masu halarta a cikin zanga-zangar Magnavox Odyssey, sai suka tashi daga kotu.
Duk da yake Pong ya kasance irin wannan a gameplay da kuma tsarin zuwa Magnavox Odyssey, yana da quite daban-daban zane da kuma gameplay. Shafin Odyssey ya nuna akwatuna biyu a cikin akwatin na uku don dawowa mafi yawan wasanni, duk da haka, waɗannan akwatunan da ke wakiltar kullun (ko a biya) ba zai iya motsawa sama da ƙasa amma hagu da kuma dama ba tare da godiya ga mai iko guda biyu . Pong , a gefe guda, ya yi amfani da kwando biyu wanda ke iya motsawa sama da ƙasa, ya yi amfani da rubutun almara a madaidaiciya.
Aika cikin Clones
Success na ci gaba da yin koyi, kuma yayin da Atari ya gina mulkinsa a kan maimaita ra'ayinsa, wani kamfanin, General Instruments, yayi ƙoƙarin yin arziki ta hanyar bugawa daya. GI ta kirkiro gunkin AY-3-8500, wanda shine nauyin nauyin Pong , kuma ya ƙunshi sau da dama game da wasan. Ba da da ewa wani kamfani wanda zai iya yin pony don yin amfani da guntu zai iya yadawa da kuma saki sassan wasanni na bidiyo.
Wasu daga cikin shahararren gungu na Pong sun hada da Coleco ta Telstar da kuma Nintendo na farko na wasan bidiyo, TV Game Game 6.
Pong ya sa wasan bidiyo Tarihi
Duk da yake bazai zama mafi kyawun wasa ba kuma ba lallai bidiyo ne na farko ba, Pong ba tare da wata shakka ba, wasan da ya fi muhimmanci a game da shi. Babbar nasara ta kasuwanci ta fara aiki da kamfanonin wasan kwaikwayo ta video, daga kasancewa kasuwa mai daraja ga gidan dole.