While many of us would argue that Pong in 3D is called tennis a few enterprising gamers out there thought differently. They thought that Pong in 3D should be Pong. So they went ahead and made a tabletop version of it with a real ball and little flippy pads. It's an interesting concept, but in practice it seems to fall a little flat.
The guys describe this as their first attempt at it so I suppose the lack of functionality can be excused, but you'd think they would have thought to slant the table towards each side a bit so the ball wouldn't stop rolling. I think if they do a bit more work on it and maybe make those numbers change automatically when the ball is missed they could have the next Crossfire in their hands.
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Rose tinted specs you guys? I remember this being very crappy, we ended up using the balls in a catapult. Not a lot could distract me from my c64 at the time.
It's not the worst thing ever, but the table definitely should be tilted. It's ridiculous that the ball just kind of stops, even if that does happen in air hockey.
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2:00 AM on 02.01.2010
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anyway, as per usual, those Germans have done it first and done it considerably better...
http://www.cyberniklas.de/pongmechanik/indexen.html
Damn, I remember Crossfire so hard, and that commercial too.
I think what most of us remember of Crossfire was the ad. It was just insane.
Sadly I spent my childhood without playing crossfire.
Also: that guy in the video's voice is UTTERLY annoying.
They just don't make them like they used to. CROSSFIRE By God, I hope this BBcode works.