Mar 282009
Nothing complicated going on here… take the old favourite, Pong, rotate the playing field and add loads of fuzzy glowing effects, a thumping soundtrack, some breakoutesque pickups and lots of balls.
If you drop a ball you lose points and take a step towards losing the game. If you get ‘em past the computer-controlled paddle you win points and get to play for longer.
It’s simple and fun and only marred by the eternal problem with Flash games: if, in your excitement, you mouse off the playing area you lose control and generally lose the game.
Play Pwong here: http://www.jgames.ch/jgames/play.php?id=204
please tell me the name of the song and some that sound like it
(NB: yes, I know this is almost certainly spam but the question was still relevant, so…)
I know the answer but I can’t remember it. They played the original to me during PE lessons when I was at school, aged about 6. But I can’t remember the name, even of the original. Sorry…
Ok, I finally found it (actually thanks to this post at the game’s original site: http://www.jgames.ch/jgames/blog/?p=85)
It’s a remix of the old classic, Popcorn (originally by Gershon Kingsley: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_(instrumental) for more info). This version’s by a guy/gal/group that goes by the name of EON.
There’s a playable version of the track here: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/133937