---
title: Pong Doubles
tags:
- ball and paddle
- sport
- tennis
years:
- '1973'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/pong-doubles_atari_cashbox-oct-1973_s.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1973'
  - label: companies
    value: Atari
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: arcade cabinet
  - label: systems
    value: Arcade
  - label: number of players
    value: 2 - 4 players (versus)
  screenshots:
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_pong-doubles_ss1.jpg
  - title: Article from october 1973
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/pong-doubles_atari_cashbox-oct-1973.jpg
  - title: Arcade cabinet
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/arcade_pong-doubles_cab_1.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/misc-arcade-video-games
  company: /companies/misc
  oc_id: 427
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230602042214/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=427
    date: '2023-06-02'
---

Pong Doubles was an evolution over the original pong, as it enabled 4 players to play simultaneously. There are two players per team, each controlling its own paddle.

Pong Doubles can also be played in two players mode only.

Apparently, and for once, Pong Doubles was not the first of its kind. Tennis Tourney from Allied Leisure, released in august 1973, claims to be the first 4 players video game ever. It's the same game as Pong Doubles, but released 3 months before (Pong Doubles was annouced in october 1973).