Reviews

Actually, I'm not a fan of ping pong, but it seems, Doug Burns' game created a quite hype when it was being marketed.

The game somehow has Joffa's footprint. The title music was coded by joffa, and he even persuaded Burns to change his name into "Bernie Duggggs" on the title screen. Very Joffa style.

The playability is very nice, it's kind of easy to play, yet there is still space for mastering at the game.Actually, it's a nice arcade conversion. It will give you what you expect from a ping-pong game for sure. Looking at the reviews, Burns is very content about his game too.

it's hard to give a ping pong game a 5, but it is prime quality 48k game, so here it is: a 5.

There aren´t better ping pong games for the Spectrum so this masterpiece clearly deserves a 5 .

Playability is diabolical -in the good sense of the word- as it got you into the game from the very first point .

Winning a match really gives you a sense of victory and high achievement since it is not easy -by any means- to beat the machine .

Your nerves will be tested to the limit with this diabolical game .

The intro tune within the game is remarkable too !!!

The best ping-pong simulator I have ever tried on any platform . FULL STOP .

1986 Imagine (UK)
by Doug Burns (Bernie Dugggs), Jonathan M. Smith and Martin Galway

This was never my cup of tea, but I have to admit it is a great game.
I always found the key controls a bit awkward and that spoiled things a bit for me. The non addition of a championship is another complaint I have.
But overall this is a great game.
The music and sound effects are awesome and the playability is great. Couldnt expect less from programmers like this guys.

Another fantastic arcade conversion on the Spectrum and another gem from the late great sorely missed Joffa Smifff. The controls are a little fiddlely and as a result I sucked at this game as a kid but I later grew up to learn the controls and eventually embrace this beauty, this is just brilliant!

Great little game by Ocean. This has little in common with the arcade or other home versions...
I woulda preferred if they woulda copied the arcade like they did on the c64 also the CPC too i think.

Not seeing the other versions I had a good deal of fun playing against my friends..

The title music and spot fx were great. Maybe the best I `ve heard coming from the beeper.
A- for me because I prefer the acade version but I`ll give it 5 stars as its a great game in its own right.

As a Table Tennis game it's pretty accurate and graphically it's quite nice but this was just too frustrating and confusing for me. But not that bad a game though.

I'm reviewing yet another arcade conversion, but this time I'm looking at one of the very best arcade conversions on the Spectrum in Konami's Ping Pong.

Ping Pong is another name for Table Tennis and the rules are quite straightforward. You and an opponent have to hit a ball back and forth using a racket (can also be called a paddle or bat) and points are scored if the player does not return to ball, the player hits the net or the ball goes out. Up to two players can play the game, if one player is selected, the player gets to choose the level of the CPU opponent they wish to play against, there are five levels. The first player to 11 points is the winner.

The game is played very smoothly and in later levels it's very quick just like the real game. The controls are quite tough at first but with patience and practice you'll find they work and respond very well, it's just quite confusing at times as to when to play your backhand shots.

The graphics are very nice with the playing area very accurate with the real game. The most impressive part of the graphics is the crowd, especially the animation when a point is won. The music is superb, probably one of the best beeper tunes on the Spectrum. The sound is very good as well and fits well with the game.

Ping Pong, for me, is one of the finest arcade conversions and sports games on the Spectrum. Its level of gameplay and design is really quite a feat. A number of Table Tennis games have come out on multiple platforms since this game and most of them don't come close to replicated the thrills of Konami's Ping Pong.

The allure of a good game of Ping Pong was never that strong and the game itself is a darn site better than any video version. The requirements of finding a friend, table, bats and a ball was too much for some introverted kids though.
And for the lonely ageing man reliving this time killing youth under a veil of nostalgia, this game holds up as an exceptionally good arcade conversion, deserving of its high regard and fractionally more of a 5 than a 4 on the scoring system available here.

Excellent ping-pong game with an awesome tune and sound effects in only 48k. The easy controls and the fast game pace make this game bloody addictive.

Simple, addictive

Not sure if in my top 100 (it is too simple!) But I strongly recommend to keep it as a spectrum classic and I recommend to play it for 20 minutes....you are hooked!

Tricky game and a bit of a pain in the ass frankly but good fun once you get the hang of it.

Great game, well presented. Much fun to be had in single player mode, where it is easy to get into, but there is much subtle skill and timing to learn to progress. A cracking two player game, too.

Arkanoid, such unforgetable memories...
This indeed is close in concept...






Well, this is a classic. And more in the 80s. so it could not be missing in the Spectrum catalog