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Pong: The Next Level

The classic videogame Pong is getting a 32-bit update. Players control a long, flat rectangular rod and maneuver it up and down the screen to defend their goal. The opponent is trying to direct the ball past…

29 October 1999

Pong: The Next Level is an arcade developed by Supersonic Software, released 29 October 1999 on PlayStation, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pong: The Next Level is

Pong: The Next Level is an arcade game developed by Supersonic Software and released in 1999. It was published by Hasbro Interactive. It is available on PlayStation, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The classic videogame Pong is getting a 32-bit update. Players control a long, flat rectangular rod and maneuver it up and down the screen to defend their goal. The opponent is trying to direct the ball past you and into your goal the player who reaches the level's preset point total first wins the match. There are six zones filled with all kinds of Pong challenges, each with three distinct and increasingly difficult variations on that level. Most one-on-one games also include power-ups that you can collect, which will benefit you in some fashion against your opponent.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Pong series

Pong: The Next Level is the eighth of 13 entries we hold in the Pong series. It arrived 10 months after Pong. The next entry was Pong: The Next Level in 1999.

See all 13 Pong games in release order →

What it launched against

Pong: The Next Level launched on 29 October 1999, within three weeks of The Longest Journey, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2 and Thief Gold.

Released around the same time: The Longest Journey, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Grand Theft Auto 2, Thief Gold.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Pong: The Next Level come out?
Pong: The Next Level was released on 29 October 1999 for PlayStation, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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