Original Pong did not have any code or even a microprocessor
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Re: Original Pong did not have any code or even a microprocessor
#2So I've been learning a bit of puredata recently and thought to myself when I saw the article "I wonder if someone has made a pong patch for pd?". So I googled it and found this[1]. It's interesting because in some ways the idiom for pd is like working with pure electronic circuitry.
Re: Original Pong did not have any code or even a microprocessor
#3this sent me down a rabbit hole of circuit based games, thanks for sharing. I found this article about pong that goes into the details and logic behind each of the circuits: http://www.pong-story.com/LAWN_TENNIS.pdf
Re: Original Pong did not have any code or even a microprocessor
#4https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong states "TTL logic" with later IC versions for consumer mass production, whereas the subcircuits in this demonstration state "analog". Well, I guess everything's analog if you look at it that way. Certainly logic ICs are a long way from pure analog. The interface is https://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/
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Re: Original Pong did not have any code or even a microprocessor
#6There used to be a circuit simulator for most discrete logic arcade games of the 70s: DICE.
http://adamulation.blogspot.com
Unfortunately it hasn't been maintained for a while, which is a shame because I don't think any other program does this. MAME/MESS only simulates machines with CPUs.
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#7Analog computers did not have a CPU, either.
Re: Original Pong did not have any code or even a microprocessor
#8This just brings me back to Mathilde Mupe's 'power pong' (as featured in the docu Hippies from Hell). It was 1v1 pong on bicycles. Steering affected the pad, and cycling quicker or slower made the ball go quicker or slower.
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#9I had no idea that could be done with Falstad.
That's really amazing.
Re: Original Pong did not have any code or even a microprocessor
#10https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong states "TTL logic" with later IC versions for consumer mass production, whereas the subcircuits in this demonstration state "analog". Well, I guess everything's analog if you look at it that way. Certainly logic ICs are a long way from pure analog. The interface is https://lushprojects.com/circuitjs/
Huh? TFA states "It was a circuit, implemented mostly using digital logic chips, with a few timers and other analog components." and provides schematics from which all the components can be identified as digital (74xx) or analog.