Breakout is an arcade game developed by Atari and introduced in 1976. It was conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, and influenced by the 1972 arcade game PONG. They had an idea to turn PONG into a single player game, where the player would use a ball to deplete a wall of bricks without missing the ball on its rebound...
Good idea, but it more Breakout than Pong (which has already me mentioned in the comments here). The problem with this sort of thing is that architecture isn't optimally designed to be used as a play space. This can then cause more problems. As for the technology, I don't see it being an issue. PC with the game running on it, in which you can define spaces to be used as objects. Then the active area is not projected, just the paddle, ball and score. Is this correct?
I know it probarbly takes skill to make something like this but some people spend all their lives in art school etc. just to make animations that loads and loads of people make a fuss about,
I mean this has had nearly 100,000 views and nearly 300 comments when really it's just a silly animation..
This isn't actually Pong, which involves two paddles in a tennis-like contest. This game is more like Arkanoid or Breakout. Regardless, the concept is great.
it's not exactly Pong or Arkanoid. Since it has no destroyable bricks, it's more like Pong with obstacles. Without the bricks, Arkanoid is just 1-player vertical Pong. Give the guy a break, he just made a modified Pong, not a modified Arkanoid. But I am sure he already knew that.
I really don't care about the technical side of it - this is a nice piece of conceptual art! You might also be interested in an old movement called situationists...
People here are saying that this is very innovative when it really is quite simple! I don't work with actionscript and I seem to be the only one to realize he made boxes mapped to the building and made them invisible "alpha 0%" and coded them as boundrys. Whith his hittests and X times -1 or whatever.
it's not exactly Pong or Arkanoid. Since it has no destroyable bricks, it's more like Pong with obstacles. Without the bricks, Arkanoid is just 1-player vertical Pong. Give the guy a break, he just made a modified Pong, not a modified Arkanoid. But I am sure he already knew that.
This has probably already been said... but Pong has two paddles, one on each side, to simulate 2D ping-pong or tennis. This game is more like Arkanoid (or Breakout for the younger)
It would have been even more awesome if you could light up / "deactivate" windows by hitting them, and have powerups falling from them etc. :D Make it more like breakout.
that's not a recreating on pong, it's a recreation of super breakout. pong has two paddles, one on the right and left. this is breakout, one paddle that moves left to right on the bottom.
Yep... that´s not Pong. People who knows Pong knows Arkanoid. Also, people who never played videogames before, know the existenz of Arkanoid thanks to the games for mobiles.... Anyway, its cool.
Awesome! HAHA! ever seen anything like that before! If you've ever worked in the restuarant biz click here to see a damn funny shirt flick on Busboys! It's damn funny!
thats true but i think most people dont know the difference so its esier for him to just say pong as thats what most people will call it and recognize it as anyway.
no, they filmed that area and made their own version of the game so that everything was put in to be bounced off of, and then they overlayed it onto the video...I can't explain it well, but no...no projector
yeah it looks cool. basically it seems like they artist figured out the scale dimensions of that building and built it out in flash using action script to control the impact around the windows then projected the full screen flash movie on the face of the building...its really cool but when you break it down not that difficult to produce...whats awesome here is the concept...what other kinds of flash games can be made and projected? I wanna do frogger
So as I was saying somewhere above, it's a flash game (which use a video projector). I can dynamically create blocks (as many as I need) then move then around, adjust their size, position, shape... Once all blocks (each windows or other architectural obstacles) are setup, I make then invisible... So it seams that the ball is bouncing on the architecture when it's bouncing on invisible blocks...
Very Very COOLLLLL!!!
And great music! MESU KASUMAI
djdax2006 4 years ago
Does anyone know the trackname?
I really like it!
djdax2006 4 years ago
como se llama la musica? what is the music`s name?
viper32000 4 years ago
cool
johnfinbarburke 4 years ago
Cool!!
suprakarma777 4 years ago
C'était à sur la poste de st-brieuc au festival art rock l'année dernière! franchement excellent surtout à 2h du mat! lol
Fabreizh22 4 years ago
Well I like it
FatherWarhol 4 years ago
kool
TsukiAme1 4 years ago
really nice made xD
tek3786 4 years ago
cooooooool we're playing with lights -.-
SamDinoHarmon 4 years ago
yo the beginning music is aweosme whta is it??
deathpk 4 years ago
this really has nothing to do with pong.
it's breakout or arkanoid, not pong
buZztiaan 4 years ago
lol i know how u did that :D
lights!
flamer0692 4 years ago
kool very interesting
song named??
SuShIxGuRl 4 years ago
SuShIxGuRl Can't you read ???? is at 01:19 written duuuuuuuu
1Ali380 4 years ago
that's arkanaoid duh
ncanevaro 4 years ago
wow
sunshine0908921 4 years ago
interesting, cool n awesome
misteriily 4 years ago
yes, interesting
addictedtogaming 4 years ago
ke bello!!! ^_^
suprakarma777 4 years ago
interesting !
sebassatan 4 years ago
wow thats cool
gogators432 4 years ago
interesting !
ww278 4 years ago
interesting!
montannea2 4 years ago
Hmm...Interesting.
AdventINC2 4 years ago
cool¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
EcuationZyx 4 years ago
Breakout is an arcade game developed by Atari and introduced in 1976. It was conceptualized by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow, and influenced by the 1972 arcade game PONG. They had an idea to turn PONG into a single player game, where the player would use a ball to deplete a wall of bricks without missing the ball on its rebound...
recyclism 4 years ago
I was just about to reply about Breakout, before I read your desciption 'recyclism'
naartem 4 years ago
oooh. i like this. any other similiar applications of this tech?
lainieyeoh 4 years ago
ohhh man, great score
5hakespeare 4 years ago
WoW!!
Gianlu93 4 years ago
yeah... 1/2 pong and 1/2 breakout. Neat idea...
mmmmna 4 years ago
That's wicked, I'd love to have a go at that
wyrmoftheflame 4 years ago
dude thats awesome
palthir 4 years ago
that's pretty cool
CrackStuntman 4 years ago
YEA
norteyboy 4 years ago
IT'S DUMB!! What so cool about this. Who did u sleep with?
mattquit 4 years ago
the question is who didnt they sleep with to get it featured :)
Marshall787878 4 years ago
Wow...You're an idiot.
ExecutionKing 4 years ago
apprently 180,677 people
swiftarrow22 4 years ago
Really cool and really inventive.
HLimmen 4 years ago
lol that was soo cool
funkyalex92 4 years ago
It's cool, but you can only play at night and have to find a good building to use.
Seven3000 4 years ago
Nice! I love it! I hope you keep posting more like this.
jsmp2007 4 years ago
lol
ToDeluxeForEsports 4 years ago
dude thats pretty sweet
rockerguy08 4 years ago
nothing special- who did you sleep with to get this featured? lol
pokerworldcommunity1 4 years ago
thats pure awesome
Evilbottom 4 years ago
cool
darkman13forever 4 years ago
Thats cool, really outside the box
Elbenzo64 4 years ago
Pure awesomeness!
saxman112 4 years ago
holy crap thats so trippy
NinjaBoiz1161 4 years ago
very nice
MaToMaStEr 4 years ago
As im watching this, the movie has been seen 153.988 times......WHY?
perchst 4 years ago
that was pretty cool
sdogg671 4 years ago
v v v cool
mizzle0454 4 years ago
but... that's not pong, is it?? :/
moluzca 4 years ago
AWESOME!!
hopeless4ever 4 years ago
cool :D what music is this ?^^ please write back >_<
Riokii 4 years ago
check the credit at the end of the movie...
recyclism 4 years ago
whats the title. cant go through 40 songs to find it.
alin0steglinski0 4 years ago
This isn't Pong...but it is done very well. :)
SheduCrew 4 years ago
Good idea, but it more Breakout than Pong (which has already me mentioned in the comments here). The problem with this sort of thing is that architecture isn't optimally designed to be used as a play space. This can then cause more problems. As for the technology, I don't see it being an issue. PC with the game running on it, in which you can define spaces to be used as objects. Then the active area is not projected, just the paddle, ball and score. Is this correct?
fooflyz 4 years ago
whatever bro
wegaengine1 4 years ago
awesome where do I get it I would so buy it haha
krossfire623 4 years ago
yeah, me too!
joshhug 4 years ago
so boring man!!
kwessa83 4 years ago
bienvenu en france!!!
Thats such a cool idea for a party !!!!
idea000 4 years ago
its more like breakout than pong
JayWalking08 4 years ago
Hey, i was wondering, whats the music on this piece? Cheers!
Jamikazi 4 years ago
perchè lo chiamano 'the Pong' quando è palesemente Arkanoid??
BETMARK 4 years ago
hey recyclism can you plz tell us the song name
swiftarrow22 4 years ago
check the credit at the end of the movie...
recyclism 4 years ago
Creative! I love the use of the architecture as obstacles. Intriguing design.
Now, would you like to know what would take it to the next level?
An entire city street of play. Get the ball to the end of the street before you drop it!
KakashiZukoFan 4 years ago
wow! my cat went crazy
HHUUMMBBLLEE 4 years ago
Cool idea... But this doesn't really resemble Pong - it's more like Arkanoid. Too bad the windows are not destructible ;-)
Olhado256 4 years ago
anyone know what this song is?
twang 4 years ago
cool!!!!! :)
wildflowers323 4 years ago
that's awesome...
Midwestgamer2 4 years ago
hah :) cool.
mayla7 4 years ago
nice
loni007 4 years ago
minimal sux
juliusreea 4 years ago
Hazza! What in the name of babolon!
biggysmalls12345 4 years ago
Yeah, it's in my city. ^^
kameleonsama 4 years ago
Wow, that's pretty cool.
PhistMan 4 years ago
lol pretty cool
0solidus0 4 years ago
thats amazing!! great one
Cocoapuffed 4 years ago
sweet
Koogz406 4 years ago
kool...
KalC07 4 years ago
I would like some side to side bouncing or diagonal
bouncing. then have some score points when hit, like pinball machines
bobbydias 4 years ago
Check de Pong Game II in my other videos, bonus (extra ball), points (with High Score), Slidermania, etc...
recyclism 4 years ago
dot on the wall. zoom in
lordartzi 4 years ago
anyone know what song this is
alin0steglinski0 4 years ago
Arkanoid Rules.
MountainDeW06 4 years ago
only problem is the challenge is kinda weak if it prjected up some bricks to break it would look like more fun
gagfat 4 years ago
That's Friggen Brilliant! You guys ROCK!
GrandpaJoe7 4 years ago
That is so cool!
pizzajiffy 4 years ago
agreed it's not pong it's arkanoid or brick but cool.
GomezMarga 4 years ago
Where was the 1 minute rant about how easy it is to insult pong people?
Exiio 4 years ago
lol.... awesom ^^
cloudthebiker 4 years ago
nice
3guysandacat 4 years ago
that would be awsome to see up close!
hannahbobo93 4 years ago
THIS IS SOOOO WEIRD.....I LOVE IT <333
CherryBloodPlus 4 years ago
Decent... not really amazing though.
AkAmagiX 4 years ago
I know it probarbly takes skill to make something like this but some people spend all their lives in art school etc. just to make animations that loads and loads of people make a fuss about,
I mean this has had nearly 100,000 views and nearly 300 comments when really it's just a silly animation..
ledzepplindonnelly 4 years ago
thats more like DXball than pong.. but kinda cool nonetheless
Tubull 4 years ago
now play it on the empire state building =D
bailey09809 4 years ago
bailey09809 (7 hours ago)
now play it on the empire state building =D
impossible. you would need a HUGE projector array, 100+ projectors towering into the sky...
alin0steglinski0 4 years ago
This is cool!
lmccombes 4 years ago
nice and cool. but not really ground-breaking
alanseventhheaven 4 years ago
cool!
reptilewranglers 4 years ago
those darn Europeans...they sure are funny
pacemaster06 4 years ago
This isn't actually Pong, which involves two paddles in a tennis-like contest. This game is more like Arkanoid or Breakout. Regardless, the concept is great.
icebot1 4 years ago
Yeah it's that game where you try to break blocks with a ball right?
lacthewatcher1 4 years ago
no, thats brick. pong is like ping pong without a net.
InToThat 4 years ago
You're sure right!
S3030S 4 years ago
It looks like it cut a corner off that window at :56, but its still damn impressive.
ThreeHeadedDragon 4 years ago
what ?????????????????????????
carolines5696 4 years ago
llooll^^
rene09XD 4 years ago
yeah cool but i played that with my atari like 20 years ago...
Richinator2000 4 years ago
So Friggin' Awesome ;D
FatalNova 4 years ago
As casioblue said (7 hours ago)
it's not exactly Pong or Arkanoid. Since it has no destroyable bricks, it's more like Pong with obstacles. Without the bricks, Arkanoid is just 1-player vertical Pong. Give the guy a break, he just made a modified Pong, not a modified Arkanoid. But I am sure he already knew that.
recyclism 4 years ago
I really don't care about the technical side of it - this is a nice piece of conceptual art! You might also be interested in an old movement called situationists...
iha1ite 4 years ago
I'm indeed, check out the rest of my projects: recyclism dot com
recyclism 4 years ago
it says pong but its actually arkanoid/BlockBuster
Pong was a 1vs1 ping pong type game.
01hdav 4 years ago
5 stars: for music and idea :)
Vmrexor 4 years ago
Accidently stumbled across this. That is pretty bad ass!
Skeeterbag 4 years ago
hahahhaahha awesome pong!!!
medicineman4ever 4 years ago
People here are saying that this is very innovative when it really is quite simple! I don't work with actionscript and I seem to be the only one to realize he made boxes mapped to the building and made them invisible "alpha 0%" and coded them as boundrys. Whith his hittests and X times -1 or whatever.
JarvidO 4 years ago
who cares how its made ? its awesome, dat's all...
benozor1 4 years ago
well yeah obviously, but its still a fun way of playing the game
dazonastick 4 years ago
Interesting....
savrasbane 4 years ago
it's not exactly Pong or Arkanoid. Since it has no destroyable bricks, it's more like Pong with obstacles. Without the bricks, Arkanoid is just 1-player vertical Pong. Give the guy a break, he just made a modified Pong, not a modified Arkanoid. But I am sure he already knew that.
casioblue 4 years ago
;-)
recyclism 4 years ago
The music was great i loved the music i am on here to search for theshrever that is one word thank u very much.
willcanbe 4 years ago
This has probably already been said... but Pong has two paddles, one on each side, to simulate 2D ping-pong or tennis. This game is more like Arkanoid (or Breakout for the younger)
WhiteRioting 4 years ago
very very good.
tiberianfallout 4 years ago
cool!
daxflamesbiggestfans 4 years ago
nice, like it alot. check out coolaspablo
coolaspablo 4 years ago
That's ace. :D
NightowlDarksky 4 years ago
It would have been even more awesome if you could light up / "deactivate" windows by hitting them, and have powerups falling from them etc. :D Make it more like breakout.
BotenErik 4 years ago
And the funny thing is that that is possible. :D
JarvidO 4 years ago
wwow it bounces off the windows!!
kevsterma 4 years ago
that's not a recreating on pong, it's a recreation of super breakout. pong has two paddles, one on the right and left. this is breakout, one paddle that moves left to right on the bottom.
fastfingersfunk 4 years ago
nice :D
paris26581 4 years ago
cool
andross123 4 years ago
Looks more like Araknoid
Nerosbane 4 years ago
Yep... that´s not Pong. People who knows Pong knows Arkanoid. Also, people who never played videogames before, know the existenz of Arkanoid thanks to the games for mobiles.... Anyway, its cool.
WhitetheDark 4 years ago
Most people dont know arkanoid, they know breakout, but I liked arkanoid better
crimsonlung 4 years ago
Awesome! HAHA! ever seen anything like that before! If you've ever worked in the restuarant biz click here to see a damn funny shirt flick on Busboys! It's damn funny!
bigeasylou 4 years ago
Made me wanna play pong right away.
HeartaQ 4 years ago
yeh likin that cool! a bit of funky retroness goin on lol
sheree21x 4 years ago
What is the name of the Mesu Kasumai Track?
I'm trying to find it, but cannot. Thanks.
gardner1007 4 years ago
check on 8bitpeoples dot com you'll find it ;-)
recyclism 4 years ago
ROCKIN STYLE!
StandUPProductions 4 years ago
I love the song.
Hater4K 4 years ago
Definitely Breakout and not Pong. Not code-complex at all, but still wicked cool and clever to watch.
Peffe01 4 years ago
cool
CarryOnWithOutMe 4 years ago
does anyone know what the name of that song is?
gdogg2285 4 years ago
Yep, definitely Breakout, not Pong. Still, très cool.
blogbat 4 years ago
I think what many people are failing to see here is how innovative this is (as others are here just for pure entertainment.) Very nice work.
KarabSoT 4 years ago
That's not Pong, that's Arkanoid.
Great research you did for your project, mate.
brun42 4 years ago
thats true but i think most people dont know the difference so its esier for him to just say pong as thats what most people will call it and recognize it as anyway.
cocainetheband 4 years ago
thats pritty cool. take alook at mine please and if u like subscribe :P
bigballbubblehead 4 years ago
:S que tiene de bueno ?
peteco8 4 years ago
round about 40 LEDs to get 5000 Lumen ^^
Abrophis 4 years ago
Cool. (( Check out my videos! ))
BigKidsProductions 4 years ago
Yes, awesome!!
But it's more "Breakout" than "Pong" hehe.
morrls74 4 years ago
Did u just use a projector.............?????
CrAzYFliPz 4 years ago
Yes 5000 Ansi Lumen
recyclism 4 years ago
no, they filmed that area and made their own version of the game so that everything was put in to be bounced off of, and then they overlayed it onto the video...I can't explain it well, but no...no projector
thebutler89 4 years ago
yeah it looks cool. basically it seems like they artist figured out the scale dimensions of that building and built it out in flash using action script to control the impact around the windows then projected the full screen flash movie on the face of the building...its really cool but when you break it down not that difficult to produce...whats awesome here is the concept...what other kinds of flash games can be made and projected? I wanna do frogger
cocainetheband 4 years ago
So as I was saying somewhere above, it's a flash game (which use a video projector). I can dynamically create blocks (as many as I need) then move then around, adjust their size, position, shape... Once all blocks (each windows or other architectural obstacles) are setup, I make then invisible... So it seams that the ball is bouncing on the architecture when it's bouncing on invisible blocks...
recyclism 4 years ago
I really appreciate this work...what kind of projector did you use? What model?
cocainetheband 4 years ago
A Barko 5000 Ansi Lumen
recyclism 4 years ago
I would say this game more resembles "Break Out" than "Pong". Awesome concept.
level2789 4 years ago
whats that song that is playing!!!
sexhappens 4 years ago
How did this make it on the front page? Not that it is bad it just isn't very good.
aznsensation3 4 years ago
haha nothing that makes it to the front page is that good
skateplayguitar 4 years ago
nice
I'd like to play that some day
plaxcaster 4 years ago
Can you add 2 player?
projectcyclopsrpv 4 years ago
How did you do that?
saintgc75 4 years ago
... now either, theres just some very clever hidden objects in flash that line up with the windows...
or... thats ingenious :D
eitehrr way, very very cool well done :)
(im going with my theory... because it only bounces off the windows... not the other archeteture and such)
Hahnchen121 4 years ago
greatest sniper ever-that vid is funny
AttackChimp 4 years ago
Priceless
Konsolenkind 4 years ago
Ok...
Have2go4it 4 years ago
clever idea
mcatII 4 years ago