Pong: The First Video Game Megahit

Izvo zvisingarevi nyore-asi-zvinonakidza uye zvinodhaka zvemagetsi tennis game apo vatambi vaviri vanodzokorora mavheti ekudzora kufamba kwemaziso avo, kukwidza bhora redhijeri kumashure, yakanga iri mega-hit yakaitika iyo yakatanga chikwata chemutambo wevhidhiyo uye yakatsanangurwa nzvimbo yacho mu pop-tsika nhoroondo. Sezviri nyore semutambo ungave uri mazuva ano, nhoroondo yePong yakazara nekumanikidzwa uye kukakavara.

Pong: The Basics

Nhoroondo yePong

Sezvo mutsetse unoenda "Mukutanga kwaiva nePong ", zvichiita vazhinji kuti vatende kuti Pong ndiyo yekutanga yevhidhiyo yemutambo, asi chaizvoizvo mishonga yakawanda yemitambo yakatarisa, kutanga nemutauro weTennis for Two (1958), wePDP computer labs shooter Spacewar! , yekutanga makambani emakombiyuta Computer Space neAtari vakaumba Nolan Bushnell naTed Dabney mutsara wekutanga mutambo weGalaxy Game (1971) (zvose zviri zviviri dzaiva maonesheni e Spacewar!) uye hazvikanganwi 1972 Magnavox Odyssey , yekutanga yevideo game console.

Galaxy Game yakagadzirwa uye yakaparadzirwa naNutting Associates uye yakabudirira kubudirira. Izvi zvakarambidza Nolan Bushnell naTed Dabney kuti vauye kune avo pachavo, saka vakaumba kambani yavo yekutanga Syzygy Engineering, yakazoshandura kuAtari nekuda kwekurwisana kwekambani. Nechinangwa chekugadzira nekusunungura mitambo yavo chaiyo chinhu chokutanga chavaida chaive vashandi, saka vakashandira Chekutanga vaida vashandi, vakanga vasati vashanda sekambani inokura, uye yaida boka rekufambisa rakapfuurira mberi kwevakatsigira Nolan Bushnell uye Ted Dabney saka vakashandisa unyanzvi hwokugadzirira Al Alcorn, aimbova mushandi weDabney.

Semuedzo, Bushnell naDabney vaive neAlcorn kugadzira uye vakavaka mhuka yakaratidza kuratidza Bushnell akanga aona nezveMagnavox Odyssey iri kuuya. Alcorn akaenda kushanda uye akadzinga munhu wose nemigumisiro uye yakakurumidza kuenda pfupi yekutsvaga kuti ave Atari yekutanga yekutamba.

Shanduro yemari yemapuraneti yePong yakasungirwa pane imwe nzvimbo inonzi aAndy Capp's Tavern, uye mumavhiki mashomanana, yakange yakafukidzwa nemakamuri akawanda zvokuti mutambo wakaputika. Mushure mekutora chikwereti, Pong akapinda mukugadzira uye Atari Inc. yaiva mubhizimisi.

Pong Anouya Pamba

Muna 1972, gore rimwechete Pong rakabudiswa kune maascades, Magnavox Odyssey yakatangwa seyo yekutanga ye video video game console. Mamiriro acho aive kubudirira kwakasimba, nematokari akasiyana-siyana ane mimwe mitambo yakasiyana pamwe neTV pamusoro pezvimwe zvinhu zvakadai semakadhi uye dice, uye poker chips.

Mushure mokusunungura nhamba inoshamisa yezvikwata zvePong zvose zvekumba uye kune dzimwe nyika, pamwe chete nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakadai se Space Race, Gotcha uye Rebound, Atari aitsvaga yaro inotevera. Apo vainge vakanyatsotarisa masikati, vakatanga kutarisa muimba yekuraramo, iyo yakakwikwidza chete panguva iyoyo yakabva kuOdyssey.

Muna 1974 Atari akasaina chibvumirano neSears kuti asunungure imba yekutanga yePong . Panzvimbo yemotokari kana makadhiriji, sarudzo iyi yakanga yakatsaurirwa kunyaradza, zvinoreva kuti mutambo waiva wega-uri mukati memubatanidzwa. Sangano racho rakatanga kusunungurwa seSear Tele-Games uye rakabatwa pakarepo, kuva dhipatimendi rekutsvaga kutengesa chinhu chaKrisimusi, nekutengesa kupera kweMagnavox Odyssey.

Mhosva:

Gore rakapera Pong akatonga nguva yezororo, Magnavox akazadzisa mhosva yeAtari nekuputsa "kodzero dzavo". Kunyanya, Pong akanga akafanana zvakafanana mukugadzira uye pfungwa kuPong , uye nehuchapupu hwokuti Bushnell aiva mumwe wevakasangana paDemo yeMagnavox Odyssey, vakaguma kugadzirisa kunze kwekudare.

Kunyange zvazvo Pong yakanga yakafanana mumutambo wekusemesa uye yakagadzirirwa kuMagnavox Odyssey, yakanga yakanyatsogadzirwa uye yakasiyana-siyana. Kudhindwa kwaOdyssey kwakaratidza mabhokisi maviri emakona kukaka bhokisi rechitatu mberi uye mberi nokuda kwemazana emitambo yavo, zvisinei, mabhokisi iwayo aimiririra paddle (kana kudai) aisagona kungofambisa uye pasi asi asiya uye akarurama nekuda kwechidziro chechipiri . Pong , kune rumwe rutivi, akashandisa zvipfeko zviviri zvepamusoro zvingangodaro zvichifamba uye zvichidzika, kupeteredza tsvina yakadhindwa kumashure.

Tumira muClones

Kubudirira kunowedzera vatevedzeri, uye apo Atari akanga avaka umambo hwayo pakufunga pfungwa, imwe kambani, General Instruments, yakatsvaga kuita pfuma kuburikidza nekunyora rimwechete. GI yakagadzira iyo yakaipa AY-3-8500 chip, iyo yaiva yakanyatsokonzerwa naPong , uye yaivawo nemhando dzakasiyana dzemutambo. Nenguva isipi kambani chero ipi zvayo inogona kuisa pup chip ichi inogona kugadzira nekusunungura zvirongwa zvemitambo yemavhidhiyo.

Zvimwe zvezvirwere zvePong zvisingafadzi zvakasanganisira Cheleco neTelstar uye yeNintendo yekutanga yevhidhiyo yemutambo wemavhidhiyo, Marara TV Game 6.

Pong inogadzira mutambo wevhidhiyo History

Kunyange zvazvo zvingave zvisina kumbove mutambo wepakutanga uye zvechokwadi haisi yekutanga yemutambo wemavhidhiyo, Pong haana pasina mubvunzo, mutambo unokosha zvikuru wakambobudiswa. Kubudirira kwayo kwekutengeserana kwekambani kwakatanga-iyo mhizha yemitambo yemavhidhiyo, kubva pakushambadzirwa kwemakiti mashoma kune imba inofanira.