Reverse Pong
Of all the March releases, this one came at the perfect time for many. The UK had just entered full lockdown, the local Sainsburys was like a scene from The Handmaid's Tale and many of us weren't sure what we'd be using to wipe our arse with tomorrow. Reverse Pong is 'reverse' because the tables are turned and the player is the ball - reincarnation and karma, apparently. Two bats automatically move vertically at the edges of the screen, and you can adjust your trajectory up or down. You need to collect the yellow balls, and bounce off the bats to avoid the killer spikes behind them. In later levels there are more deadly obstacles to avoid in the middle of the screen. And that's about the size of it. It's nineteen levels, plain graphics and sound, character cell movement with no fancy vectors. This simple, compiled BASIC game took me out of the covid disaster movie for a couple of evenings. Thankyou Miguetelo.
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