Mega Pong

MegaPong, billed as the MegaPong World Tournament, is a free Macintosh take on the original electronic video game by Felix Lapointe and Jean-Francois Nadeau of JFX Studios in Quebec. It promises a well-done Pong with cool graphics, hyper-realistic sounds, and killer music, all built around the classic two-paddle ping-pong duel.

Gameplay

Each player controls a paddle and tries to keep the ball in play, in the same one-on-one format that made the 1972 arcade machine the first commercially successful video game. The tournament framing adds a competitive structure on top of the traditional rally.

Presentation

Compared to plain ports of the original, MegaPong leans on its graphics, sampled sound effects, and a soundtrack to dress up the simple paddle-and-ball mechanic for mid-1990s color Macs.

System Requirements

The game needs System 7.1 with Sound Manager 3.0 (or System 7.5) and a 256-color monitor at 640x480 or higher. It runs natively on Power Macintosh hardware.

Distribution

MegaPong is freeware for non-commercial use; for-profit redistribution on CD-ROM compilations requires written consent from the authors.