New Direction: Pong/Clones

[HarrySeven]

Hiya

As some of you may know,
I've intended to refocus my collection for some time.



With the latest phase of
my clearout commencing (last few unwanted cabs, remainder of my PCB's/spares),
I'm getting close to being where I want to be.



I'll be keeping a few
favourites (Defender, Juno First, Le Mans, Taito SI, etc) and purchasing/trading
a decent MAME setup, but from now on, my collection will primarily consist of
Pong/clones/variants. It will be a slow process, but here's where I am at the
moment...



For-Play
Rally

Alca
Ping-Pong

COPs
Tele-Soccer

Midway Winner
IV

Midway
Winner

Atari Breakout
Cocktail

Mirco Challenge
Cocktail

Williams
Paddle-Ball

So...if anyone has any
leads on Pong/clones, please let me know.



Cheers!

urban_paranoia2011-12-16 15:52:55

 

[Setch]

Hi

Good to see your taste in collecting "odd" things hasn't changed.

I do like that breakout table...

Good luck with the hunt, sad not to see an Atari Pong in the collection..

setch

 

[HarrySeven]

Well, the money's there when I find one...

 

[smarty]

Nice collection

Do they work?

 

[Alpha1]

Is that my old Winner!!

 

[ben76]

drawfull has his pong up for sale no. 3 on the issue
Its on J+ if he's not posted it here.
Nice collection btw

- Ben

 

[Purity]

Nice lineup Alan

. I'm very keen on the Pong games myself.......It's the only game that I'm moderately good at
Purity2011-12-16 23:13:01

 

[trm]

They'll never catch on. Not in a million years!

 

[strykr]

Theres something wonderful about that breakout table!

 

[HarrySeven]

Is that my old Winner!!

You know it!

 

[virtvic]

I'm hoping Alan is giving my old Breakout table some love - it mainly got used as a table for crap when I had it.

 

[andyman]

Not sure how much love Alan will want to give it seeing as it was covered in crap

Nice one in the FS section.

Andy.

 

[Bensonrad]

Thats an interesting way to go, certainly got a nice collection as it is, how many pong type cabs were there?

 

[virtvic]

Andy - The table top was scratched waaaaaay before I got hold of it. I had a nice doily between the machine and my crap anyway.

Ye of little faith!

 

[P-Man]

The Breakout table was mine many moons ago...

P-Man2011-12-18 16:49:06

 

[andyman]

Good how they stay around, I like that

Andy.

 

[virtvic]

That is interesting - I think I picked it up from somewhere in Luton as well...

 

[martyg]

Hey guys, just saw this thread. Anyone ever come across what looks like an actual Atari PONG cabinet and game but it has PING as the name stenciled instead?

 

[P-Man]

It'd be a bootleg or a possible hack-kit.. or someone scratched off part of the 'O'

got a photo?

 

[martyg]

It'd be a bootleg or a possible hack-kit.. or someone scratched off part of the 'O'

got a photo?

No, I'm asking if anyone in the UK has seen one, I'm looking for a pic.

It's actually not a bootleg or hack kit. The PONG machines shipped to the UK from the US had the name changed to PING because of what PONG means over on your side of the pond. Was informed of this directly from the woman who did it before they shipped while doing interviews for the Atari book.