Sons of Pong

TCW Podcast Episode 051 - Sons of Pong Starting off with a discussion of the unique setting of the time leading into Pong's debut, we transition over to the various companies that created clones of Pong, and their reasons for doing so.  We discover that the company that created the most Pong-style games was not Atari, nor one of the big Chicago companies, but a company based in Florida called Allied Leisure.  We then cover the various innovations that occurred to try to keep the fad market alive as long as possible ending with a stop at Big Jeffery's Cocktail Pong Emporium. Pong Cabinet in detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGu7sMAoOUo Computer Space Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U33oajPSzyc Wild Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSKnPjnhyc Paddle Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu7LAP3ug6E Pong Doubles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtp1bxIA8s Ramtek Volly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAc41mFmP3k Elimination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOV9c8WkWsw Ramtek Wipe Out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_TmOD0IHFM Clean Sweep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTO5JjwbXv0 Flim Flam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVKOjKl3dPU   New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!  TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love  Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/