Re: Atari Pong - obfuscation?

Hi,

One way to try to find it would be to compare the schematics from one
of the Pong clones, like Allied Leisure's "Paddle Battle". I haven't
found any major differences myself - the chips seem to be in exactly
the same places. The manual for this clone is online and very in
depth.

I have a Paddle Battle Board, if I can check something for you.
In my opinion, the ultimate in obfuscated schematics is "Computer
Space", drawn by Nolan himself :)

Thanks,
Frank

On 18 May 2004 at 9:39, Tom McClintock wrote:

> I was watching this game show network program on the "history of video
> games" or some such title and they had a nice little interview with
> Nolan Bushnell. When he started talking about the arcade version of
> Pong, he said they (Atari) purposefully mislabeled a chip on the board
> so if anyone bootlegged their Pong design the bootleg board wouldn't work.
>
> Not that I have an immediate need for it, but does anyone know which IC?
>
>
> tm
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