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Daily iPhone App: Pong World is Atari's first indie Pong winner

by Mike Schramm (Nov 29th, 2012)

Way back in February, Atari announced a contest (which, full disclosure, I served as a volunteer judge for) to find some indie developers' takes on its classic Pong game to release on iOS. All summer long, a few different indie devs worked on pitches for their games, which were then voted on by ...

Atari announces iOS lineup for the rest of the year and beyond

by Mike Schramm (Oct 25th, 2012)

Atari has dropped a press release announcing its mobile game lineup for the rest of 2012 and first part of 2013, and there are some really interesting titles in there. Here's the full list, for your viewing pleasure: RollerCoaster Tycoon (Q1 2013, iOS and Android) Dungeons & ...

Winners revealed for Atari's Pong Dev challenge, Pong World earns first place

by Mike Schramm (Aug 3rd, 2012)

The winners have finally been announced in the long-running Atari/Pong Indie Dev Challenge, and the three winning entries have been revealed prior to their eventual release on the App Store. Atari's contest sought out modern versions of Pong for the App Store, and offered cash prizes and ...

Atari Dev Challenge finalists announced, voting now open

by Mike Schramm (Jun 26th, 2012)

Atari has announced the finalists in its ongoing dev challenge contest, in which developers from around the Internet have pitched updates to the classic Pong game for the iOS and Android App Stores, with the winners to be published and rev-shared by Atari itself. All of those finalists look ...

Semi-finalists revealed in Atari's Pong Indie Developer Challenge

by Mike Schramm (May 1st, 2012)

Atari's Developer Challenge has been taking submissions for possible Pong-inspired iOS games since late February (Disclaimer: I'm serving as a judge on the final panel for the contest, though I haven't done anything yet and am not being paid for my time), and the company has finally selected 20 ...

Atari updates rules and deadline, adds judge to Pong developer contest

by Mike Schramm (Mar 26th, 2012)

(Disclaimer: I am serving as a judge in this contest for Atari, though I'm not getting paid or compensated in any way for contributing my time.) After Atari announced a recent contest to encourage iOS developers to come up with new ideas for a Pong-style remake, there was feedback among the ...

iPhone-controlled 3D display, via ping pong balls and air pumps

by Mike Schramm (Aug 24th, 2010)

I'm not quite 100% sure what this is -- it's supposed to be a "floating forecaster," some sort of 3D display for weather information, but to me it looks more like 30 air guns with ping pong balls sitting in them. I don't really see how the "weather" part of the display works, but what's really cool ...

Multitouch, multiscreen iPod touch Pong

by Mike Schramm (May 29th, 2008)

Oh my. Still need convincing that the iPhone/iPod touch is the greatest gaming platform ever made? Then check this video of a couple Japanese researchers playing a game they claim to have put together "in about an hour": multiscreen, touch-based Pong. On first glance, it looks like the game is even ...