Living in 1972 long before cell phones and video game consoles, this was the hottest new thing in gaming.  In fact, it was the only thing in electronic gaming.

It's almost hard to imagine even today walking into a roadside restaurant or fuel station and finding one of these bad boys sitting there.     Read more about the oddly interesing history of Pong

While building this project, I was amazed to find this blast from the past remains fun and entertaining.  Although, I can't imagine spending as much time playing this game as the people of those times in history.

This is a two player game, but one person can do it if you're talented enough to use the keyboard combinations.
Be warned, every time you or your opponent hits the ball, the ball moves increasingly faster. and much harder to hit.

First player to get 8 points wins.

With Python 3 using the console

1. Download the pong folder
2. Place the folder into your python directory
3. Open the console app and type: python3 /<path to your python directory>/pong/main.py

With Pycharm taken directly from the pycharm website

1. From the main menu, select Git | Clone, or, if no project is currently opened, click Get from VCS on the Welcome screen.
2. In the Get from Version Control dialog, specify the URL of the remote repository you want to clone, or select one of the VCS hosting services on the left. If you are already logged in to the selected hosting service, completion will suggest the list of available repositories that you can clone.
3. Click Clone. If you want to create a project based on the sources you have cloned, click Yes in the confirmation dialog. Git root mapping will be automatically set to the project root directory. If your project contains submodules, they will also be cloned and automatically registered as project roots.

Other similar to pycharm integrated development environments (IDE)

     check the IDE creator's website for this specific information. Here are a few different ways you may find this information to be labeled._

1. Check out a project from a remote host
2. Clone a project from github
3. Download files into application

    Use arrow Up to paddle Up
    Use arrow Down to paddle down

    Use the 'w' key to move up
    use the 's' key to move down

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