plasma pong - a classic arcade game goes fluid
Posted by debbie on January 30th, 2007
Plasma Pong updates the classic game and makes it both cool to play and groovy to watch. Best of all, it’s free to download. At the core, Plasma Pong is the same old game of pong. You use your mouse to control the paddle, and try to get the ball past your opponent. Simple, right?
Well, Steve Taylor has added a very cool feature that adds eye candy to the game: fluid dynamics. In the game, using the right, left and middle buttons on your mouse, you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game. Adding to the atmosphere is a soundtrack that ratchets up the tenson.
If you get tired of manipulating the paddle, there’s also a cool sandbox area. Here, you can play around with fluid effects and create some great masterpieces. However, you can’t save the pictures you make, unless you take a screenshot of them.
Overall, this is an update that takes an old game and makes it something else entirely, and it makes for a fun gaming experience.