Ping Pong (1986)

Ping Pong is a sports action game released in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. Published by Imagine Software, the title was developed by Doug Burns, Jonathan M. Smith, and Martin Galway.

Based on the Konami arcade coin-op, the game focuses on table tennis action and supports up to two players. The control scheme includes Kempston joystick, Interface 2, cursor keys, and fully redefinable keys.

The game was sold on cassette for £7.95. Beyond the ZX Spectrum, it appeared on Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, and MSX.

The game holds an average magazine score of 78%. It received the Crash Smash award from Crash magazine and the ZX Computing Globella award.

In the USSR and Russia, the game gained recognition through widespread cassette distribution and numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups like AVF&CH, Sliders, and Battletech. ZX Spectrum magazines also featured POKE codes for the game.