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Wireless iPong plays between multiple Apple iPhones, iPod touch (with video)

Friday, May 30, 2008 · 3:34 pm · 32 Comments

Ryo Shimizu, CEO of Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. introduced a game application created by a “Mr. Kondo” for iPhone and iPod touch, “iPong.”

According to the Asiajin blog, “Mr. Kondo made it around an hour.”

iPong (with players’ natural sound effects):

Direct link via YouTube here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Ampar" for the heads up.]

Yes, it’s “just Pong.” Now, extrapolate.

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makemineamac

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 5:28 pm · Reply

Great sound effects….
Predrag

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 6:20 pm · Reply

Whoever was rancid before seems to have a friend in our ‘He, He’ friend here.

Neither our rancid friend, nor our ‘He, He’ friend have read (or understood the substance of) MDN take (or my subsequent comment).

It took 60 minutes of working with iPhone SDK to come up with a game that uses touch input and communicates across the network. Again, obviously (to everyone else except our two friends), this provides solid proof how immensely powerful iPhone is as a platform, and how solid SDK is.

We have to keep in mind that this particular piece of software can only be put on a jailbroken phone. Again, the point is, we aren’t even out of the gate yet with the officially sanctioned software.

Several large gaming houses have announced their support for this platform. SDK has been downloaded 200,000 times in the first few weeks. WWDC is sold out for the first time (albeit not at the venue it used to be long time ago, which could accommodate larger crowds, but still).

For the squirting Zune, the ‘squirting’ feature was one of the flagship features, THE differentiator from everything else. We all know how well it worked for the Zune.

For iPhone, from day one, it has set itself apart from everyone else with a number of unique features (the quality of touch interface, multi-touch gestures, full web browser, chat-style SMS, virtual keyboard, visual voice mail…) and that was before third-party development was even considered by Apple. Whatever multi-user games end up coming out for the iPhone/iTouch platform as a result of, or inspired by, this crude and simple implementation of Pong, won’t be the primary selling reason for the iPhone/iPod touch. They’ll just be one of many reasons.

And I have no idea what HD are you talking about (and what does this have to do with Mr. Dilger).
BiZarRo BaLlmEr

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 7:27 pm · Reply

They are iPod Touches not iPhones (No chrome edge)
I think the Zune social is about to be out socialed.
clunker

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 8:28 pm · Reply

Coming soon to Windows 7…

…as Windows Surface Touch Pong.

Hope they can wait until 2019 for Windows 7 to ship, though.
He, he.

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 9:24 pm · Reply

Did I misunderstand your post, Predrag? Well, thanks for clearing it all up for me.

Wow, in one hour you designed a game! What do you want, a cookie? One usually finds disparaging comments at MDN how Windows machines are the devices of choice for gamers. It is strange that you seem so determined to develop a game for iPods and iPhones when gaming is often mocked as a behavior of thickheaded unenlightened Windows PC users.

So much for the stereotype of the ultra-intellectual Apple enthusiast as a person that abhors games as some childish past time. I mistakenly thought that Apple enthusiasts only had time for more exalted and lofty endeavors than playing games. What kind of game did you develop? Will you be presenting this game at WWDC? What kinds of games do you intend to develop? Do you think that you might be dumbing down the Mac brethren by developing games for iPhones and iPods?

If you would read the post from 30 May 2008 1:19 PM EDT you might discern the meaning of the Dilger reference. Basically, Dilger bemoans the abject failure of Apple providing exemplary online HD video entertainment. I meant to suggest that by purchasing an iPhone or iPod persons can possible entertain themselves in ways other than watching some classic film or contender for the Palme d’Or in HD. Clear enough for you?
Shimanchu

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 10:11 pm · Reply

This clip is from Japan I assume, as all people in the video is speaking Japanese. Yes, they are iPod Touch’s as there is no iPhone in Japan, yet.

Will game developers come up with games that will rival the craze people in Japan have for the Nintendo DS? It would be fun to play an interactive game on an iPhone/iPod Touch across the aisles on a crowded train…
Think

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 10:56 pm · Reply

@ HEHE

Wow. You remind me of so many bitter Windows geeks that after seeing Apple make some technical jump in a computer model, then they just bitch about how much Apple sucks.

I kid you not, five years ago I had some jerk insult me in my car because I support Macs as my job. He just spouted off about how much better Windows is and Apple is going out of business.

I just smiled and said “really”, then drove away from the Wendy’s drive thru window.
Think

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 11:01 pm · Reply

Let me also add. If you so unimpressed by the pong game in one hour, try it with some Palms and Bluetooth or some other crap Windows Mobile hand held.

I wonder if they could even do it in a year.

Your just mad cause MS didn’t do it first. But they’ll sure do it second. As usual.
@ Predrag

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 11:38 pm · Reply

I suggest that you refrain from further dialogue with the boorish and imbecilic He, he.

He, she or it is only seeking to attract applause and attention to justify their pathetically sad life.

He, he. gives the impression of someone inwardly disturbed and mentally unbalanced, their anger towards MDN, their enmity towards DED at RDM and hateful spite towards Apple – channeled through comments here on MDN and most probably elsewhere – are due to He, he.’s sudden realization that Apple Mac users were right all along and that He, she or it now understands that their chosen path of as a Microsoft sycophantic and credulous cretin has become a situation that offers no prospects of progress or development. (Enough to drive one to despair)

Perversely, through their torrent of inane comments, He, she or it is now bent on seeking some sort of backward and upside down reductive redemption.

No absolution for you He, he … Ha, ha … muwhahaha.
Boyarsky

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 12:17 am · Reply

That’s f***in Cool!

(and I don’t even have an iPhone)
Hint Hammer

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 1:31 am · Reply

He-she,

Yes, it’s “just Pong.” Now, extrapolate.

Wrap your brain around the notion of WHERE the play-field is.

WRT your rant, I don’t think ‘Apple enthusiasts abhor games’. But, rather — atleast with using my friends as anecdotal evidence — we’re not as enthralled with the 87 ‘different’ hunt-and-kill, Doom-style, games.

There was 35 ways to be-head an opponent in a SNES game — there’s 39 ways on XBrick. But, XBrick has Hi-Def blood. That’s better, right?
Think

Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 11:06 am · Reply

@HESHEHE

Like I said at May 30, 08 – 11:01 pm, Has Palm, MS or any one else done anything like this?

Please inform me of something better?