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Found a brand new, unused Pong console from 1979 in an Edinburgh charity shop for 20£ (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by TimeNaan@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 59 points 5 months ago (9 children)

How long did it take to download 45 years of updates?

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (8 children)

The very first pong game system did not use software, which blows my mind. OP's does not appear to be the same version but it's possible this it also does not use software.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Am I too stupid...how did it work?

[–] thejbw@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago

Essentially the “program” was baked into the hardware design itself. It didn’t have a rom chip or something, it just had hardware circuits dedicated to each function, like drawing the paddle etc.

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