September 21, 2004
If Turing Had Built Pong
*** PONGMECHANIK *** - a version of the classic video game Pong, but this one uses electric motors and string rather than a TV and telephone exchange relays rather than a computer chip. If only Turing hadn't had to spend time cracking the Enigma code, maybe we'd have had these to play in the late 40s...
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Spooky coincidence ... was just in the process of sending you an email about this when I thought I'd check your blog ... there it was!
Anxiously awaiting mechanical Pacman ...
Posted by: Andrew at September 22, 2004 04:22 PMPacman has gone even more retro by eschewing machinery and using people with Pac-Manhattan. I await news of you bringing it to the UK with Pac-Manchester...
Posted by: Adrian at September 22, 2004 04:34 PMcan u make a game for pong a simple example please
Posted by: Ebenezer at April 24, 2007 05:58 PM