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Quadrapong

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Description

A four-player ping pong game. Each player has to defend his or her goal on each side of the screen. Similar to the original. The screen is tilted inside the table shaped cabinet, giving each player a view of a goal to protect.

Quadrapong was produced by Atari in 1974.

Atari released 139 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Quadrapong was produced include: Doctor Pong, Gotcha, Coupe Davis (Pong Doubles), Pong Doubles, Snoopy Pong, Puppy Pong, Gran Trak 20, Pin Pong, Pursuit, and Gran Trak 10

Specs

Name Quadrapong
Developer Atari (United States)
Year 1974
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9187
Class Wide Release
Genre Ball and Paddle (Non Breakout)
Monitor
  • Orientation: Either
  • Type: TV Monitor
  • Color: Black and White
  • Mounted at a 45 degree angle.

Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 4
# Maximum Players 4
Game Play Competitive
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Rotary: Analog
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Quadrapong KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.38 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.00

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 5.00
Fun (Solo) 1.00
Collector Desire 4.00

Technical Rating: 2.75

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 2.00
Originality 3.00
Sound/Music 2.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Images

Trivia

The first 'cocktail table' video game!

Cabinet Information

The all white enclosure is waist high and has an arched plastic/glass top that is tinted black.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Quadrapong Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 12 known instances of this machine owned by Quadrapong collectors who are active members. Of these, 9 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Quadrapong machines for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy or Series

  1. Pong
  2. Pong In-A-Barrel
  3. Pong Doubles
  4. Barrel Pong
  5. Superpong
  6. Rebound
  7. Coup Franc
  8. Quadrapong
  9. Elimination
  10. Spike
  11. Coupe Du Monde
  12. Snoopy Pong
  13. Puppy Pong
  14. Doctor Pong
  15. Pin Pong
  16. Goal IV

Manuals

Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 16; Color photo Price guide: No
  2. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 16; Color photo

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