Pong is a game originally released in 1972 by Atari. It pits two players against each other, each controlling the vertical movement of a paddle, one on each side of the screen, with the objective of bouncing a ball past the opponents paddle. Each time a player succeeds he is granted a point and the first player to 11 points wins.
The game boasts a simple yet effective monochromatic colour scheme, contrasting the white foreground objects against the black background to increase the readability of the screen. The colour scheme is matched in simplicity by the art style, with both "paddles" represented by white rectangles, orientated with the long edge top to bottom and the ball being a white square. The paddles are at either side of the screen with a dashed white line intersecting the screen to show the middle line. The scores of either player are centred above their respective sides and are displayed in a clean and blocky font that proves easy to read and reinforces the simple visual style of the game.
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