Mattel Games GKF42 Travel Rebound

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Amazing Maze The deceptively simple concept of Bally Midway's Amazing Maze - released in 1976 - was this: You were on one… Rebound is a two-player volleyball sports game in which the players, each controlling a paddle representing a person on either side of a volleyball net, attempt to score points. The horizontal paddles are moved by the players left and right on their side of the net, represented by a short dashed line. The ball, represented by a square dot, is dropped from the top of the screen in a parabolic arc; if it hits a player's paddle, it bounces in another arc according to where on the paddle it hit. Bounces from closer to the center are more vertical, while those towards the sides move mostly horizontally. [1] This method of changing the angle of deflection is similar to the mechanics of Pong (1972), Atari's first arcade game. [2] [3]

Mouse Trap First released in 1963, this colourful, kooky trap game was complex, but a set of blueprints on the game board… a b c Rebound Computer Service Manual (PDF). Atari]. February 1974. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-05-04.

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There's an added complication: the players are only allowed to respond when the bar is in their half of the floor. This is a very short time – perhaps five seconds when the round starts, little more than two seconds later on. But the questions get harder as the round goes on. In the game, you'll be able to best yourself by reaching new high scores, reaching your longest time survived, or even through mastering enemy wave challenges! Just don't drop the balls.

Your gaming abilities are going to stretch their boundaries! What number of levels can you finish in the extremely difficult Boxel Rebound? a b New Life For Old Games! TV-Ping Pong/Volleyball Conversion Kit. Atari]. 1974. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Gameplay [ edit ] Screenshot of gameplay; the two players are tied at 0 points, the net is at its lowest level, and the ball is falling from the top towards the left side. Rebound was developed by Atari] beginning in late 1973; the final schematics are dated November 31, 1973, and use the code name "Volleyball". [1] [2] 1973 was near the beginning of the start of the arcade game industry; after the success of Atari's Pong (1972), the first game by the new company and fourth arcade game ever produced, [5] the nascent industry was largely composed of variations on the concept, called "ball-and-paddle games". While Atari created games with other gameplay types in 1973 and 1974, such as Space Race (1973) and Gran Trak 10 (1974), it also created several Pong-like games. Rebound was a variation on that theme, featuring controls and gameplay similar to Pong, with the addition of gravity arcing the ball and both paddles moved to the bottom of the screen. [6] Rebound was released by Atari in February 1974, with a release announcement on February 16. [7] Other Atari ball-and-paddle games from 1974 include Superpong and Quadrapong, both of which were variations on the original Pong gameplay. [2] After a winner's been found from the first pair, that player stands behind the other desk, to the right of the set. The loser is dismissed into shadow with a curt "you've been beaten by the bar".

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