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FlapPing

"The future of gaming can be summed up in two words -- Pong and Joust." ...with these prophetic words on rec.games.video.classic, "Otter" planted the seeds for the game you see before you now. FlapPing, at its…

1 February 2005

FlapPing is a video game, released 1 February 2005 on Atari 2600.

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What FlapPing is

FlapPing was released in 2005. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"The future of gaming can be summed up in two words -- Pong and Joust." ...with these prophetic words on rec.games.video.classic, "Otter" planted the seeds for the game you see before you now. FlapPing, at its core, is an oldschool Pong Deathmatch... but with a "Flap" button. Each player flaps furiously to prevent the opponent from getting a ball past and scoring a point--first to 10 points win (3 points in a "poorlords" game). FlapPing features two primary game variations, a "classic pong" mode which resembles the classic Pong arcade game, and "poorlords", where each player must defend a wall in a manner similar to the arcade game Warlords. You can play another human, or take on all the AI…
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What it launched against

FlapPing launched on 1 February 2005, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening and Star Wars: Republic Commando.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando.

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When did FlapPing come out?
FlapPing was released on 1 February 2005 for Atari 2600.

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