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Superpong	ball and paddle	1974	image specs screenshots machines company oc_id source /media/museum/software/arcade_superpong_ss1.jpg label value year of release 1974 label value companies Atari label value type game label value media arcade cabinet label value systems Arcade label value number of players 1 - 2 players (versus) title subtitle text image /media/museum/software/arcade_superpong_ss1.jpg title subtitle text image Arcade cabinet /media/museum/software/arcade_superpong_cab_1.jpg /museum/misc-arcade-video-games /companies/misc 426 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230323083447/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=426 2023-03-23

Superpong was a one or two player contest. This game was an evolution over Pong that used variable ball speeds, angles and three paddles vertically aligned for each player. To further spiceup the game, the ball was served from random positions on the screen. Atari described Superpong as not easily mastered, but since it is a relatively unknown game, it was probably too hard at a time where ball and paddle games were losing their appeal. Pong competition was too fierce at this point in the coinop world for Superpong to make any sort of impact. The hardware featured a discreet logic design.