''Tournament Table'' is a
1978
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arcade video game released by
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and home computer company founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Atari was a key player in the formation of the video arcade and video game industry.
Based primarily around the Sunny ...
The
Atari VCS
The Atari 2600, initially branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) from its release until November 1982, is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977, it popularized microprocessor- ...
version is called ''
Video Olympics
''Video Olympics'' is a video game programmed by Joe Decuir for the Atari 2600. It is one of the nine 2600 launch titles Atari, Inc. published when that system was released in September 1977. The cartridge is a collection of games from Atari's p ...
''.
Gameplay
''Tournament Table'' is basically a multi-game arcade with several ''
Pong'' variations. After inserting a coin, the player is prompted to choose one of the several games available.
Those games are:
* ''
Breakout''
* ''
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
'' (2 variations)
* ''Foozpong''
* ''
Hockey'' (3 variations)
* ''Quadra Pong''
* ''
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
''
* ''
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
'' (2 variations)
''Breakout'' is the only one-player game, the other being for two, three, or four players.
References
1978 video games
Atari arcade games
Pong variations
Video games developed in the United States
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