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#Pong50

#Pong came out 50 years ago today. It’s so basic, but it was amazing in ‘72. You mean I can control what happens on the #TV screen by turning a knob? Shut up & take my quarters. #VideoGames #Pong50 https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1129pong/amp

Today is the 50th anniversary of Pong in North America.

Pong should enjoy another 27 years of life, due to the well known Atari logo appearing quite prominently in both Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049.

Listen, that's a long way to go to make a Blade Runner reference, but I managed to connect the dots.

#Atari #Pong #Pong50 #Retro #RetroGaming #VideoGames #OnThisDay #BladeRunner #BladeRunner2049

Make your cursor bounce around your terminal like in Pong. #Pong50
boop(){ (play -q -V0 -n synth sin 400 trim 0 0.12 vol 0.5 &); };clear;cols=$(tput cols);lines=$(tput lines);x=1;y=1;xd=1;yd=1;while true;do if [[ $x == $lines || $x == 0 ]]; then boop; xd=$(( $xd *-1 )) ; fi ; if [[ $y == $cols || $y == 0 ]]; then boop; yd=$(( $yd * -1 )) ; fi ; x=$(( $x + $xd )); y=$(( $y + $yd )); printf "\33[%s;%sH" $x $y; sleep 0.05 ;done