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Name: | Pong |
Console: | Playstation (PSX) |
Release Date: | 1972 |
Publisher: | Atari |
Genres: | Tennis, Simulation, Sports |
Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games; it is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity. The aim is to defeat an opponent in a simulated table-tennis game by earning a higher score. The game was originally manufactured by Atari Incorporated, which released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell based the idea on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavox Odyssey, which later resulted in a lawsuit against Atari. Surprised by the quality of Alcorn's work, Bushnell and Atari co-founder Ted Dabney decided to manufacture the game. Pong quickly became a success and is the first commercially successful arcade video game machine, which helped to establish the video game industry along with the first home console, the Magnavox Odyssey. Soon after its release, several companies began producing games that copied Pong 's gameplay, and eventually released new types of games. |
There are two components for playing a psx Pong rom on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the psx OS and software.
The second component is the Pong rom itself to play on the emulator.
Step 1: you can start by downloading a reliable and bug free emulator. We’d suggest Retroarch – it’s open source, fast and one of the most frequently updated.
Once you have finished downloading Retroarch, extract the downloaded .zip file to a location, for example your Desktop. After, double click the RetroArch-1.7.5-x86-setup.exe file in order to start the emulator.
Your emulator will now be ready to play Pong rom. But now you’ll need to find the correct ROMs online. A ROM is essentially a virtual version of the game that needs to be loaded into the emulator.
Step 2: return to Retroarch and hit File > Open. Navigate to the downloaded .exe file and double click it to open it. The game will now run on the emulator and you can play the game freely.
Tip: Saving games on an emulator functions a little differently. The integrated save system will not save your progress.
Instead, you’ll need to click File > Save State and then choose an empty slot. You can save your progress in whatever point you like within the game, not only on the official checkpoints offered by the game.
When playing in the future and you want to continue from your saved state, you can use File > Load State to load up the game from exactly where you last saved it.
Emulator | Console | Platform | FileSize | Emulator |
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FPse | Playstation (PSX) | Android | 1.1MB | Download |
AndriPSX | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 1.1MB | Download |
Go PSX 1 | Playstation (PSX) | Android | 6.2MB | Download |
Mednafen 1.21.3 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 7.5MB | Download |
RetroArch 1.7.5 | Playstation (PSX) | Windows | 192.5MB | Download |