>This is the latest version (unreleased, if I remember correctly) of my very
>first project, "Mondo Pong", an evil variation on the Pong theme. I've
>played it today after many months, and I've found it pretty silly and
>annoying.. but I like it! :-)
>
>It seems to run fine on PCAE, don't know on a real 2600. Use your paddle
>controllers, or remember to load a DOS mouse driver before starting PCAE.
It works under Windows 95 with its built-in mouse driver, though I had to
turn the mouse sideways so I could move it vertically to match on-screen
movement instead of horizontally.
>There are 8 variations, based on the combinations of "1 player/two players",
>"score limit 15/45", "normal/hard". Please note that nothing changes from
>normal to hard, and that I don't remember whether 2 players mode works or not.
>
>But, as I was saying, I quite like the 1 player vs. 2600 cpu mode... :-)
I can't even win in 2-player mode! :)
>Let me know what you think, or this program might be condemned to oblivion
>again..
If you lessen the randomness a little bit, go ahead and release it. Don't
waste too much time on it.. we already have Video Olympics with every pong
variation imaginable and then some.
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