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Choose Your Own Adventure: Pong
Posted by Owen Good at 3:00 AM on June 1, 2008
Back in November we pointed you to Pac-Txt, Pac-Man as a text adventure. Now we deliver you Pong rendered as a 180-page Choose Your Own Adventure book. It's like someone sat around thinking "Hey, you know that game Pong? What if we could make it even slower and more boring. But admit it, you're intrigued. And you can read the entire thing after the jump.
One of the best parts of the Choose Your Own Adventure series was hunting through the book for the page where you "win" the story and then backtracking the choices, so that you could read straight through without choosing and thus defeat the purpose of the book (because 10-year-olds are just that ungrateful). If anyone wants map out this one, please do post it in the comments. I'm wondering if match point is one of those slice returns or a tight angle shot right into the corner.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention you could buy a hard-copy version to play when your power goes out. Or you could get a PSP, which is smaller, lighter and more, like, fun.
Paper Pong[Paper Console]
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Kenzya
Posted 3:32 AM 1/6/08
I went through every page. There's no win screen :(
Kenzya
Lightbunny
Posted 3:31 AM 1/6/08
There is no way to win, you can only not lose.
That said, I can definitely see using this as a timekiller.
Lightbunny
qxrt
Posted 3:20 AM 1/6/08
This is such an obvious waste of time at first sight...having that said, I don't know why I just spent the last 10 minutes playing it.
D: Help!
qxrt
(俗・ ) Grey Gecko
Posted 3:18 AM 1/6/08
This...is pure evil!
Gamers Hell awaits whoever made this!
D=
*goes to make his real paper version*
(俗・ ) Grey Gecko
digipen89
Posted 3:17 AM 1/6/08
Pretty cool. I lost on purpose the first time. Screwed up the second time but made it a good while. Even on paper I suck at Pong.
digipen89
suya123
Posted 3:17 AM 1/6/08
In this day and age, technology has advanced so far to the point where we can make pong even slower than it once was.
suya123
NeoStarr
Posted 3:16 AM 1/6/08
Don't think it's possible. Somebody prove me wrong.
NeoStarr
kumuasata
Posted 3:14 AM 1/6/08
@Maldron:
I'm with you. I just don't know anymore.
kumuasata
dowingba
Posted 3:13 AM 1/6/08
Pac Txt was awesome. And I'm talking...like better than real Pac Man. But this Pong thing... oy.
dowingba
ShaggE
Posted 3:09 AM 1/6/08
@ShaggE: *Made, even.
ShaggE
ShaggE
Posted 3:09 AM 1/6/08
Awesome. But I couldn't play it through. Msde it to the second bounce back, then I cheated. :p
ShaggE
Coquiton
Posted 3:05 AM 1/6/08
That guy has way too much time on his hands. Pac-Txt? Paper Pong?
That said, I laughed when I saw the number of pages.
Coquiton
MushroomBoy1022
Posted 3:03 AM 1/6/08
........outstanding.
MushroomBoy1022
Maldron
Posted 3:02 AM 1/6/08
I give up. I GIVE UP.
Maldron
Iceman B.
Posted 3:44 AM 1/6/08
@DragonSphere: Indeed. I wonder if the author used some kind of algorithm or math of any kind to design this. Or just sheer boredom.
Or both?
Iceman B.
space trickfred
Posted 3:36 AM 1/6/08
The only winning move is not to play.
...I lost. :P
space trickfred
Baff
Posted 3:35 AM 1/6/08
There is no winning scenario in this game, you can only lose.
Baff
DragonSphere
Posted 3:34 AM 1/6/08
Haha I can't even begin to imagine how much coordination the author had to go through to make sure each of the choices flows smoothly. Or even how he managed to care enough to do so.
Ack, where's the page that says I died in a pit of fire and gloom due to my adolescent foolishness at the hands of uncle "I'm-actually-an-alien-from-outer-space" Henry?
DragonSphere
sevendash
Posted 4:02 AM 1/6/08
Wow, that's just cruel.
sevendash
DragonSphere
Posted 3:57 AM 1/6/08
"I'd be remiss if I didn't mention you could buy a hard-copy version to play when your power goes out. Or you could get a PSP, which is smaller, lighter and more, like, fun."
Oh think of the gag gift possibilities! Bwahaha, I look on at my future secret santa recipient with pity this year...
DragonSphere
Lamburger Helper
Posted 3:49 AM 1/6/08
I was done after the second page.
Lamburger Helper
Iceman B.
Posted 3:47 AM 1/6/08
@Baff: Indeed x_X
Iceman B.
bigman88zz
Posted 4:15 AM 1/6/08
lol, taken fromt he pac-txt post
BassForever at 05:59 PM on 11/02/07
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... What will they think of next? Text based pong?
You see a ball to your left
>Move Left
You hit the ball with you paddle
>Watch
You watch ball move down 1/2 court
Somethings just are not meant to be text based, and pac man is one of those games.
bigman88zz
madhotch
Posted 4:13 AM 1/6/08
it's for sale on amazon...and the one customer review is pretty funny.
madhotch
cubed2D
Posted 4:13 AM 1/6/08
the a.i is quite good!
cubed2D
Terance!
Posted 4:37 AM 1/6/08
Can't wait for some kind of text based Centipede.
Terance!
1032002
Posted 4:35 AM 1/6/08
25 = You lose.
?? = You Win. I don't think there is a win, I tried going through all the pages. I gave up though.
1032002
Scuba Steve
Posted 4:53 AM 1/6/08
I always end up choosing the brain operation that makes me a super genius in these things.
Thats on page 314159, by the way.
Scuba Steve
Hand_O_Death
Posted 6:07 AM 1/6/08
ok bored sorry good luck to anyone who can do it
Hand_O_Death
kathartik
Posted 6:05 AM 1/6/08
I went through every page and there is no page for winning... it would be more credible if they at LEAST included one
yeah, I have too much time on my hands...
kathartik
Blah8
Posted 4:15 PM 1/6/08
Page 15 to 20 is such BS. There's no way in hell the ball will cut its angle magically in mid travel like that! *Mumble mubmble....*
Blah8
boopadoo
Posted 6:47 PM 1/6/08
Page 1: Ball bounces upward from opponent's paddle.
Move up:page 2
Move down:page 3
Page 2: Ball bounces downward from opponent's paddle.
Move up:page 3
Move down:page 1
Page 3: FAIL! Turn to page 1 or 2.
boopadoo
King Seafoam
Posted 7:25 AM 2/6/08
*SECOND SUGGESTION PITCH* This might be asking much:
Include path pages for the other paddle so 2 people may play. Im sure this would probably have to add an extra 180 pages perhaps... But doing this project in the first place already says something about the designers personal time... ¬.¬
(You need a huge amount of patience for this game BTW)
King Seafoam
King Seafoam
Posted 7:15 AM 2/6/08
*SUGGESTION PITCH* I hope the designer will consider this:
It should have a memory bank that saves all your moves, and when the game is over you can press the "Watch How You Did" button, which replays of everything you did fast like a flip book.
no?...
King Seafoam