Pong-Tron
From Sega Retro
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| System(s): Discrete logic arcade | |||||||||
| Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | |||||||||
| Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | |||||||||
| Genre: Action | |||||||||
| Number of players: 2 | |||||||||
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Pong-Tron (ポントロン) is a 1973 discrete logic arcade game produced by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. It is a clone of Atari's Pong (1972) built specifically for Japanese audiences.
Pong-Tron differs very little from Atari's offering, but this release is significant. It stands as Sega's first arcade game to incorporate a CRT monitor and thus be classed as a video game. Prior to Pong-Tron's release, Sega had built its success through electro-mechanical arcade games, pinball tables, slot machines and jukebox distribution. While earlier Sega electro-mechanical games resembled video games, such as Duck Hunt (1968) and Killer Shark (1972), Pong-Tron was Sega's first true video game. It was also one of the first video games released in Japan along with Taito's Elepong the same month, predating the arrival of Namco's official Japanese release of Atari's Pong later that year.
Pong-Tron followed later in the year by the updated Pong-Tron II (and Hockey TV, another pseudo-Pong clone). The housing was also recycled for Balloon Gun. Sega's main competitor at the time, Taito, also released a similar Japanese clone in the form of Elepong, also in 1973.
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Dimensions
- Mass: 79kg
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