---
title: Pong
tags:
- ball and paddle
- sport
- tennis
years:
- '1977'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/atari_ultra-pong-doubles_pong_ss2.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1977'
  - label: companies
    value: Atari
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: built-in system
  - label: systems
    value: Atari Ultra Pong Double
  - label: number of players
    value: 2 - 4 players (versus)
  screenshots:
  - title: 2-player mode
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/atari_ultra-pong-doubles_pong_ss2.jpg
  - title: 4-player mode
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/atari_ultra-pong-doubles_pong_ss1.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/atari-ultra-pong-doubles-model-c-402
  company: /companies/atari
  oc_id: 596
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230608223609/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=596
    date: '2023-06-08'
---

This is the basic pong version built-in the Atari Ultra Pong Double dedicated system. It plays like the original pong except the background is in colour.

There is also a 4 player option, like the arcade game [Pong Doubles](/software/pong-doubles/), but in fact it plays differently. Here each player can move within a quarter of the playfield, wherease in [Pong Doubles](/software/pong-doubles/), each player can move the full vertical length.