Konami's Ping Pong can be played singleplayer or multiplayer, using 11 point scoring rules; the first player to attain a score of 11 or higher, leading by two points, wins the game (to a maximum of 14-14, at which point the next point wins). The player must win the best of two out of three games in order to beat the match. The playfield is shown from an isometric perspective with the players shown as disembodied hands; players placed on the far-side of the table will find hitting the ball is much more difficult.[original research?] However, the player is always positioned on the near side during the single player mode. All the essential moves are represented: forehand, backhand, lob, and smash.
The game includes the penguinprotagonist from Konami's earlier title Antarctic Adventure on the title screen and as a member of the audience in the game. This penguin would be later be known as Penta. In the introductory animation, a pingpong ball bounces along the table, and finally hits Penta on the head, who appears to faint.
Receptionedit
In Japan, Game Machine listed Konami's Ping Pong on their September 1, 1985 issue as being the nineteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[1]
Portsedit
In 1985 the game was released by Konami for MSX computers and in 1986 the game was ported to the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Imagine Software and Bernie Duggs, under the name Ping Pong. Apart from scaled-down graphics and sound due to limited system capabilities, the ports perfectly replicate the arcade gameplay.
In 1987 the game was ported to the Famicom Disk System as Smash Ping Pong and published by Nintendo. Nintendo's character Donkey Kong Jr. replaces Konami's Penta in the crowd. Diskun, a Famicom Disk System Mascot, also replaces Pentarou in a title screen.
Legacyedit
The game was re-released on the WiiVirtual Console in Japan and the PAL region (the latter got this as an import game under the title Smash Table Tennis).
Information on ZX Spectrum Conversion from CRASH magazine.
April 09, 2024
konami, ping, pong, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, february, 2008, learn, when, remove, this, template, messa. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Konami s Ping Pong is a sports arcade game created in 1985 by Konami It is the first video game to accurately reflect the gameplay of table tennis as opposed to earlier simplifications like Pong citation needed It was ported to the Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 Famicom Disk System MSX and ZX Spectrum Konami s Ping PongDeveloper s KonamiPublisher s KonamiPlatform s Arcade Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 Famicom Disk System MSX ZX SpectrumReleaseArcadeJP 1985MSXJP 1985Famicom Disk SystemJP 1987Virtual ConsoleJP November 25 2008 Wii PAL July 17 2009 Wii JP March 18 2015 Wii U Genre s SportsMode s Single player 2 player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Reception 3 Ports 4 Legacy 5 References 6 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Arcade screenshotKonami s Ping Pong can be played singleplayer or multiplayer using 11 point scoring rules the first player to attain a score of 11 or higher leading by two points wins the game to a maximum of 14 14 at which point the next point wins The player must win the best of two out of three games in order to beat the match The playfield is shown from an isometric perspective with the players shown as disembodied hands players placed on the far side of the table will find hitting the ball is much more difficult original research However the player is always positioned on the near side during the single player mode All the essential moves are represented forehand backhand lob and smash The game includes the penguin protagonist from Konami s earlier title Antarctic Adventure on the title screen and as a member of the audience in the game This penguin would be later be known as Penta In the introductory animation a pingpong ball bounces along the table and finally hits Penta on the head who appears to faint Reception editIn Japan Game Machine listed Konami s Ping Pong on their September 1 1985 issue as being the nineteenth most successful table arcade unit of the month 1 Ports editIn 1985 the game was released by Konami for MSX computers and in 1986 the game was ported to the Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Imagine Software and Bernie Duggs under the name Ping Pong Apart from scaled down graphics and sound due to limited system capabilities the ports perfectly replicate the arcade gameplay In 1987 the game was ported to the Famicom Disk System as Smash Ping Pong and published by Nintendo Nintendo s character Donkey Kong Jr replaces Konami s Penta in the crowd Diskun a Famicom Disk System Mascot also replaces Pentarou in a title screen Legacy editThe game was re released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan and the PAL region the latter got this as an import game under the title Smash Table Tennis Konami s Ping Pong was made available on Microsoft s Game Room service for its Xbox 360 console and for Windows based PCs in June 2010 Smash Ping Pong was digitally re released as part of Nintendo Switch Online s library of Famicom games in December 2020 2 References edit Game Machine s Best Hit Games 25 テーブル型TVゲーム機 Table Videos Game Machine in Japanese No 267 Amusement Press Inc 1 September 1985 p 25 Nintendo Switch Online NES Update 5 1 0 and SNES Update 2 1 0 patch notes 18 December 2020 External links editKonami s Ping Pong at the Killer List of Videogames Information on ZX Spectrum Conversion from CRASH magazine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Konami 27s Ping Pong amp oldid 1180994374, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
