Have the computer play a game of Pong against itself when you're away with the PongSaver screensaver for Mac OS X. The time is displayed in a gray font at the top of the screen, and two white paddles move up and down along the left and right edges of the screen, trying to prevent the 'ball' from escaping around them and reaching the edge of the screen. Sounds are enabled by default but can optionally be disabled, you can choose between either a 12 or a 24 hour clock, and the screensaver can be displayed on multiple monitors.
Zstandard library is provided as open source software using a BSD license. Its format is stable and published as IETF RFC 8478. The negative compression levels, specified with -fast=#, offer faster compression and decompression speed in exchange for some loss in compression ratio compared to level 1, as seen in the table above. Pong requires Mac OS X v10.2.8. The collection is available now for US$19.99 ( $18.88 - Amazon ), and you can find more information at MacSoftis Web store. The main MacSoft site has not yet added.
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Pong: The Next Level | |
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Developer(s) | Supersonic Software Morning Star Multimedia (GBC) |
Publisher(s) | Hasbro Interactive MacSoft (Mac OS) Sony Computer Entertainment (PSN) |
Producer(s) | Dan Kitchen, Kevin Mitchell (GBC) |
Programmer(s) | Nick Eastridge (GBC) |
Artist(s) | Bill Jannott (GBC) |
Composer(s) | Scott Marshall (GBC) |
Platform(s) | |
Release | GBC
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Genre(s) | Arcade, Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pong: The Next Level (known simply as Pong in Europe) is a remake of the 1972 Atarigame of the same name developed by Supersonic Software and published by Hasbro Interactive.
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Gameplay[edit]
Pong: The Next Level consists of many levels that are either traditional Pong matches against a computer-controlled opponent in special three-dimensional arenas with special power-ups and environmental gimmicks that affect the way the game is played, or solo challenges that require the player to keep the ball in play and call for precise and skilled moves to win. An example of the former is 'Rock and Roll', where the player must win a Pong match against an opponent on an arena that can tilt or deform, and an example of the latter is 'Seal Juggle', where the player must 'juggle' a ball on a slanted iceberg and use a special power-up to launch it high up the slope so that a seal can pick it up. Matches use the 'deuce' rule, in which if both contestants are one point away from winning, the player who scores two consecutive points is declared the winner.
Each level has three variations of increasing difficulty: an initial easy variation that awards the player three golden bars, a slightly more difficult one that awards two gold bars and a challenging one that grants one golden bar. Golden bars are used to unlock other levels and advance to new zones, and players are encouraged to go back and play harder versions of earlier levels if they are unable to get past a newly discovered level. Collecting golden bars will also cause an in-game crystal Atari logo to slowly change to gold. Filling in one of each of the three bars in the logo by completing one particular variation of every level will grant players access to an emulation of the original Pong game, and two other variants.
All 'match' levels support multiplayer, with a special mode for more than two players, named 'Last Pong Standing'. In this mode, each player will be randomly assigned to guard a certain part of the arena edge from balls in each round and attempt to 'eliminate' opponents by scoring goals against them. Stealth prototype (2014) mac os. Eliminated players will have their goal areas blocked off. Once one player remains, the round ends and scoring is awarded as follows: the first eliminated player earns no points, subsequently eliminated players are awarded a limited number of points and the last player standing receives full scoring. Subsequent rounds are played until one player reaches the target score.
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File name | PongSaver.zip |
Target system | Apple Mac |
File size | 31.25 kB (32,004 bytes) |
File type | ZIP archive |
Anti-virus | |
Detection ratio | 0/13 (0%) View report |
Popularity | |
Total downloads | 1,006 |
Last downloaded | 1 day ago |
File verification | |
MD5 | 7d247f05dcf7e365cccd967ca1c2fa52 |
SHA1 | 44271d0622d32d23802e4893a233775e48a99853 |
SHA256 | ca3d1fd2bccc45860551b12a1e96e52293fb9efb65ae8cc884dbfbc275138dcf |
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Pong: The Next Level | |
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Developer(s) | Supersonic Software Morning Star Multimedia (GBC) |
Publisher(s) | Hasbro Interactive MacSoft (Mac OS) Sony Computer Entertainment (PSN) |
Producer(s) | Dan Kitchen, Kevin Mitchell (GBC) |
Programmer(s) | Nick Eastridge (GBC) |
Artist(s) | Bill Jannott (GBC) |
Composer(s) | Scott Marshall (GBC) |
Platform(s) | |
Release | GBC
|
Genre(s) | Arcade, Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pong: The Next Level (known simply as Pong in Europe) is a remake of the 1972 Atarigame of the same name developed by Supersonic Software and published by Hasbro Interactive.
What Pong Mac Os Will
Gameplay[edit]
Pong: The Next Level consists of many levels that are either traditional Pong matches against a computer-controlled opponent in special three-dimensional arenas with special power-ups and environmental gimmicks that affect the way the game is played, or solo challenges that require the player to keep the ball in play and call for precise and skilled moves to win. An example of the former is 'Rock and Roll', where the player must win a Pong match against an opponent on an arena that can tilt or deform, and an example of the latter is 'Seal Juggle', where the player must 'juggle' a ball on a slanted iceberg and use a special power-up to launch it high up the slope so that a seal can pick it up. Matches use the 'deuce' rule, in which if both contestants are one point away from winning, the player who scores two consecutive points is declared the winner.
Each level has three variations of increasing difficulty: an initial easy variation that awards the player three golden bars, a slightly more difficult one that awards two gold bars and a challenging one that grants one golden bar. Golden bars are used to unlock other levels and advance to new zones, and players are encouraged to go back and play harder versions of earlier levels if they are unable to get past a newly discovered level. Collecting golden bars will also cause an in-game crystal Atari logo to slowly change to gold. Filling in one of each of the three bars in the logo by completing one particular variation of every level will grant players access to an emulation of the original Pong game, and two other variants.
All 'match' levels support multiplayer, with a special mode for more than two players, named 'Last Pong Standing'. In this mode, each player will be randomly assigned to guard a certain part of the arena edge from balls in each round and attempt to 'eliminate' opponents by scoring goals against them. Stealth prototype (2014) mac os. Eliminated players will have their goal areas blocked off. Once one player remains, the round ends and scoring is awarded as follows: the first eliminated player earns no points, subsequently eliminated players are awarded a limited number of points and the last player standing receives full scoring. Subsequent rounds are played until one player reaches the target score.
Reception[edit]
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | (PS1) 68.31% (10 reviews) (GBC) 66.00% (1 review) (PC) 57.63% (8 reviews)[citation needed] |
Publication | Score |
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GameSpot | 4.5 / 10[citation needed] |
IGN | 9.0 / 10 (PlayStation) 7.4/10 (PC)[citation needed] |
Next Generation | [1] |
Blake Fischer reviewed the PlayStation version of the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that 'Good dumb fun that will keep you hooked for hours at a time. Just don't tell anybody.'[1]
The game received mainly mixed to positive reviews.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ abFischer, Blake (February 2000). 'Finals'. Next Generation. Vol. 3 no. 2. Imagine Media. p. 97.
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External links[edit]
- Stahl, Ben (December 3, 1999). 'Pong: The Next Level Review'. GameSpot.
- Harris, Craig (November 4, 1999). 'Pong'. IGN.
- Harris, Craig (February 3, 2000). 'Pong'. IGN.
- 'Pong: The Next Level for PlayStation'. GameRankings. Retrieved September 15, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- 'Pong: The Next Level for Game Boy Color'. GameRankings. Retrieved September 15, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- 'Pong: The Next Level for PC'. GameRankings. Retrieved September 15, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- Herz, J. C. (November 18, 1999). 'Games to Suit Every Platform and Every Taste'. Game Theory. The New York Times.
- 'The Essential 50 Part 2 - Pong'. 1UP. Retrieved September 15, 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- Orland, Kyle (January 21, 2013). 'Today's Atari bankruptcy latest in a long history of corporate deaths'. ArsTechnica.
- Davison, John (January 24, 2013). 'It's Time to Say Goodbye to Atari, Once and for All'. GameSpot.