Another Pong Video Game

The construction of this unit is to produce a video game where a game of Ping-Pong between two players is simulated by sending a black and white NTSC video signal to a television and providing each player with separate control units.

This game was designed with to have dual player mode and 2-dimensional Pong. Simple ball movement sounds during game play are featured by the unit itself. A linear position slider is included in the control pads along with a knob in which the x- and y-axis movements of the Pong handle are controlled. Also included is an LED scoring and winning indicator. As the game progresses, the levels of difficulty are increased since the game boasts both a 2-player mode and a score-adaptive AI single-player mode.

Two prototype game pads on separate mini solder boards were constructed in order for the player interface to be comfortable and intuitive. Two linear-travel sliding potentiometers mounted vertically are contained in each board where the up and down motion of the user’s paddle is controlled. To implement Start/New Game and Single-/Two-Player mode functionality, two momentary action buttons were used. This maintains the simplicity in the game interface.

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