Atari Wants To Reinvent Pong 180
mikejuk writes "Atari is offering up to $100,000 in a contest for a new version of Pong, the classic game that launched video games 40 years ago, for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. The judges for the contest include Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, who came up with the original idea for Pong. So, what does a 21st century Pong look like? How does it play? And what role does touch have in this, the simplest of games?"
o like plasma pong (Score:5, Insightful)
plasma pong...except atari had the creater take it down because of property rights
Maybe like ... (Score:2, Insightful)
Arkanoid?
The good answer won't be forthcoming ... (Score:5, Insightful)
Atari is offering up to $100,000 in a contest for a new version of Pong ... So, what does a 21st century Pong look like?
You realize that the people with the really good ideas are not going to answer your question given the prize money at stake? You are going to have to wait for the end of the contest to get your answer.
No, Sir ! (Score:4, Insightful)
Hah! (Score:5, Insightful)
Misleading Title (Score:5, Insightful)
"Atari Wants To Reinvent Pong" is incorrect. It should be:
"Foreign company that owns the Atari trademark wants someone else to reinvent Pong for them, because they blew it trying to reboot a few of Atari's classic titles themselves."
A nice way to steal our ideas and profit millions. (Score:4, Insightful)
I have had ideas for new versions of pong and for many games but I damn sure am not going to give my idea to Atari or any game company. Atari if you want my idea for pong hire me for $100,000 a year and I'll even help you code it.
Otherwise fuck off :)
Re:What's in a name? (Score:4, Insightful)
Bushnell is and was a whore.
That fact alone makes the "new" Atari like the old one in the most important way possible. Except this one has sustainable ideas on how to structure it's business.