PONG World
The History: The Beginning And The End
AMERICA 1970 - The culture was booming with millions of advances in technology. Home computers and VCRs were being put in every home. Stereos were a basic household appliance. Electronic entertainment was growing fast. However there was another invention that had a great amount of depth that people never knew about. In fact, it had a whole universe that people never knew about. Pong. Atari was a "home entertainment" company who had reached its peak in the mid 70s. But Atari had a dark secret. They were the undercover leaders of science and technology and had accidentally stumbled upon a portal, which opened a passage to another universe. A universe where warrior slaves were pitted against each other in violent contests. Where freedom was not known and all was work, with no play. Atari saw great potential in these blood fests and explored the world in which the fights took place. The fights were an ancient game of unknown origin and were commonly called "Pong" by the warrior-slaves. The slaves called themselves "Paddles". Paddles trained themselves in battle and grew to become very fast and agile. They bore sleek metallic suits that radiated a bright white light. The masters of the Paddles were appropriately titled "Controllers". A Controller would send a movement request to the Paddle's suit, when the Paddle would then have to perform this command. The entire process was based on a flying zero-friction ball that Paddles had to pass back and forth. Since Pong was the only lifestyle to live in this new universe, the entire land was named Pong. The only way for Atari to create Pong as a product was to make it seem unrealistic. Atari's only option was to create a secret military force and invading the land of Pong. Military forces captured and killed all the Controllers and brought the Controller technology back to Earth. This was a rather easy task to perform because Controllers were rich, lazy, slobs and most had lost the ability to move anything but their hands anyway. The stolen technology was compacted into hand-held plastic pads in which the human players would send messages to Paddle suits. Atari installed cameras high above Pong arenas so that players could get good view. Camera screens were built, attached to Controllers, packaged in a plastic case and shipped throughout America. Pong sold like crazy. Millions of people hooked them up to their television sets and played for hours on end, uninformed of what was really going on. Atari made millions and even started making more Pong-like games that enforced Paddles to work. The mass slavery eventually led to a revolt of the Paddles. This strike was kept top-secret and there was no information on Atari military units or Paddles during or after the conflict. After the rebellion Atari began producing games that were completely non-Pong related. Atari sales went down quickly and they soon closed up in the mid eighty's. But what exactly happened that brought this mysterious world from a legendary sport-planet to a horrible disaster worse than any war seen by man? What was the breaking point that lead from unkown subtleness to unknown disaster? A hell created worse than hell itself. What sparked the end of the old world and the beginning of the new? What was the last straw?
AMERICA 1970 - The culture was booming with millions of advances in technology. Home computers and VCRs were being put in every home. Stereos were a basic household appliance. Electronic entertainment was growing fast. However there was another invention that had a great amount of depth that people never knew about. In fact, it had a whole universe that people never knew about. Pong. Atari was a "home entertainment" company who had reached its peak in the mid 70s. But Atari had a dark secret. They were the undercover leaders of science and technology and had accidentally stumbled upon a portal, which opened a passage to another universe. A universe where warrior slaves were pitted against each other in violent contests. Where freedom was not known and all was work, with no play. Atari saw great potential in these blood fests and explored the world in which the fights took place. The fights were an ancient game of unknown origin and were commonly called "Pong" by the warrior-slaves. The slaves called themselves "Paddles". Paddles trained themselves in battle and grew to become very fast and agile. They bore sleek metallic suits that radiated a bright white light. The masters of the Paddles were appropriately titled "Controllers". A Controller would send a movement request to the Paddle's suit, when the Paddle would then have to perform this command. The entire process was based on a flying zero-friction ball that Paddles had to pass back and forth. Since Pong was the only lifestyle to live in this new universe, the entire land was named Pong. The only way for Atari to create Pong as a product was to make it seem unrealistic. Atari's only option was to create a secret military force and invading the land of Pong. Military forces captured and killed all the Controllers and brought the Controller technology back to Earth. This was a rather easy task to perform because Controllers were rich, lazy, slobs and most had lost the ability to move anything but their hands anyway. The stolen technology was compacted into hand-held plastic pads in which the human players would send messages to Paddle suits. Atari installed cameras high above Pong arenas so that players could get good view. Camera screens were built, attached to Controllers, packaged in a plastic case and shipped throughout America. Pong sold like crazy. Millions of people hooked them up to their television sets and played for hours on end, uninformed of what was really going on. Atari made millions and even started making more Pong-like games that enforced Paddles to work. The mass slavery eventually led to a revolt of the Paddles. This strike was kept top-secret and there was no information on Atari military units or Paddles during or after the conflict. After the rebellion Atari began producing games that were completely non-Pong related. Atari sales went down quickly and they soon closed up in the mid eighty's. But what exactly happened that brought this mysterious world from a legendary sport-planet to a horrible disaster worse than any war seen by man? What was the breaking point that lead from unkown subtleness to unknown disaster? A hell created worse than hell itself. What sparked the end of the old world and the beginning of the new? What was the last straw?