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Diabolic Pong (Arcade) by diab0l  Pong. That's what it's about, and if you don't know what I'm talking about then check your history books! This is a straight up -what you see is what you get- game, you play against AI and can control your bat by moving up, down and using B to increase the movement speed. There is no goal other than getting a better score than the AI, which is a reasonable challenge until your skill improves past his. A slight but annoying feature is that the ball can pass through the very tip of either bat, I've noticed this quite a few times, but it's not a real problem, just a small annoyance. The options screen gives a variety of strange choices, cpu speed doesn't seem to make a difference unless you use the 133 option, and then it runs at an insane speed. The sound and music options make no difference as there is none, and I can't work out the mode choice (arcade/it/rpg) so I guess it's not implemented. I actually really like this game for the odd blast, I never thought I would actually bother playing bat & ball games again but this and Aka Noid have shown me they still have worth. Amusing detail is added in the form of a basic gp32 background that shows which button you are pressing, and the play field shows it to be the only game that doesn't even need a 320x240 res screen! All in all it's a bit of fun, but don't expect too much, it's only Pong! Download Diabolic Pong from GP32x.de Download Diabolic Pong from PDRoms.de
Review by frolik Nov/17/2004. |
