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Atari's Pong was the first game to use a video display, hence its the first videogame. Included in this package is a pong clone for windows, and Java. Source code, and all other files are included too. To play, click here.
Atari's Pong was the first game to use a video display, hence its the first videogame. Included in this package is a pong clone for windows, and Java. Source code, and all other files are included for you to study. Pong has all the essential programming elements of an action-oriented videogame, so its a good place to start.
Installation
Just unzip the contents into any directory, like c:\EnemyBoss\,
then run pong.exe to play the windows version, or open index.html in your browser to play the Java version.
Building from sources
To build the Java version, you need javac from J2SE SDK 1.4. Get it from http://java.sun.com. Mac users already have this.
Then in a command window, or shell type:
javac Pong.java
To build the windows version, you need make.exe from MinGW 3.1.
System Requirements
Windows version should work on all Windows PCs. The Java applet version requires the Java2 SE SDK, or at least the J2SE JRE. Get it from URL: http://java.sun.com.