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content/software/quadrapong.md

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+---
+title: Quadrapong
+tags:
+- ball and paddle
+years:
+- '1974'
+params:
+  specs:
+  - label: year of release
+    value: '1974'
+  - label: companies
+    value: Atari
+  - label: type
+    value: game
+  - label: media
+    value: arcade cabinet
+  - label: systems
+    value: Arcade
+  - label: number of players
+    value: 1 - 4 players (versus)
+  screenshots:
+  - title: 4-player game
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: 2 players are out
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: arcade cabinet
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  machines:
+  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
+  company: /companies/misc
+  oc_id: 423
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230324070840/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=423
+    date: '2023-03-24'
+---
+
+Quadrapong is a 4-player variation of the famous hit [Pong](/software/pong/).
+
+A ball is bouncing from to side off the four walls of the screen trying to penetrate each player's goal. A beeping sound simulates its rebounds. Each player tries to keep the ball out of his goal with his paddle. If the ball penetrates his goal, he loses of one his 4 initial points with which he begins the game. When all are gone, his goal closes. Players are eliminated until only the victor is left.
+
+Although Atari was at the origin of Pong (largely inspired by Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis game though), by 1975 only 10% of all pong games were made by Atari. The competition was fierce. Atari had to innovate and started creating variations of its Pong hit: Pong Doubles, Quadrapong, Super Pong, etc...
+
+Quadrapong was in fact initially conceived by Kee Games in 1973, under he name [Elimination!](/software/elimination/), but as Kee Games was a kind of subsidiary of Atari, the game was quickly adapted and sold as Quadrapong.
+
+Elimination and its Quadrapong counterpart were the first cocktail cabinet arcade video games.
+
+Pong and most of its variants, including Quadrapong, were succesfully ported to the [Atari VCS 2600](/museum/atari-vcs-2600/) system, within the "[Video Olympics](/software/video-olympics/)" cartridge.
+
+In 1980, the gameplay format was expanded into the Atari arcade game **Warlords**, which was also ported to Atari's home consoles and computers.