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wii ping pong paddles: balls of fury

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Wii Ping Pong Paddle

If you enjoy the occasional game of table tennis on your Nintendo Wii, here’s a way to complete the experience. Check out these ping pong paddles which snap on to your Wii-mote controllers.

I’m not really sure why they’re being called “3-in-1″, since I can’t think of anything else they could be used as besides ping pong paddles…

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October 24th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

playing pong on a 500 square foot display

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Pong on Giant LED Light Curtain

Some guys from a theatrical lighting supplier decided to crank up their fancy LED light curtain with a little round of Atari’s classic 1970’s arcade game, PONG.

The light curtains create a digital grid using thousands of individual LEDs…

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August 3rd, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

arkanoid for nintendo ds gets paddle controller

retro | video games

Arkanoid for Nintendo DS (fake boxart)

The classic arcade paddle-ball game Arkanoid is getting updated for the Nintendo DS, and comes with a special bonus. Since the game would be virtually unplayable without the old paddle (potentiometer) control, Taito is including one.
The controller plugs into the GBA slot on the bottom of the DS or DS-Lite, and will come in four colors to match the various DS-Lite colors…

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August 1st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

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