---
title: Catch
tags:
- ball and paddle
years:
- '1976'
params:
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1976'
  - label: companies
    value: Atari
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: built-in system
  - label: systems
    value: Atari Super Pong (C140)
  - label: number of players
    value: 2 players (versus)
  screenshots:
  - title: catch the ball with your gap!
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: score is displayed each time a ball is catched
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  machines:
  - /museum/atari-super-pong-model-c-140
  company: /companies/atari
  oc_id: 391
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614010953/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=391
    date: '2023-06-14'
---

Catch is one of the first pong variation, a kind of "negative" pong.

Turn each knob to move one of the goals up or down, and catch the ball through your goal. The ball never goes out of bounds, but stays in action until one of the players catches it. That player then scores one point. The ball is then automatically served again towards the player who caught the ball.

The first player to earn 15 points wins the game.