15 Developers Help Atari Re-Imagine Pong [VIDEO]

1. Mad Ruse - Pong Tournament

Candidate: Mad RuseGame Name: Pong TournamentDescription The object of the game is to steal energy to buy defensive upgrades and special abilities. Energy is stolen by breaking through your opponents defenses and blocking attacks.

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Pong is a 40-year-old arcade classic that has some of the most simple graphics and controls in video game history. But 15 different developers want to make something old new again.

As part of Atari's Indie Developers Challenge, game devs are thinking of creative ways to reinvent the two-paddles-and-a-ball mechanic that was the grandfather to today arcades and consoles. Out of 87 that entered, 15 finalists have been chosen to try and recreate Pong for iOS devices.

The developers were tasked with also making trailers for their games, which you can view in the gallery above. Along with competing for glory and a chance to win up to $100,000, they'll have the opportunity to score a publishi…
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