Pong!

Pong!
World	Retro Gaming, Wonderland-Style
Playable Stinkers	Stinky, Loof
Rainbow Coins	8
Bonus Coins	8
Time	5:00
Texture	Jade
Background	Walls
Music Track	Track 1

Pong! is the third level in Retro Gaming, Wonderland-Style. It is based on the 1972 arcade game of the same name while also appearing to borrow elements from the 1976 game Breakout.

Origin and Differences

The original game

Pong was developed by Atari and was originally released on November 29, 1972. It is the first video game to gain commercial success. The game is a table tennis simulator where the player controls a paddle to try and bounce a ball past the opposing paddle. Two players can play at the same time. The game ends when someone scores 11 points.

In the version in Return to Wonderland, the paddles are represented by Steel Boxes, and the ball is a Boulder. The objective is to destroy a set of Wooden Boxes with the boulder making it similar to Breakout. This will close a set of Gates, blocking off cannon fire and allowing Stinky and Loof to exit.

Walkthrough

Walkthrough courtesy of Wonderland Discussion Board member 'billy bob'

Collect all coins then push the highest metal box up.

Push the boulder up then push the highest metal box right two spaces.

Push the boulder right then push the lowest metal box down.

Push the boulder down then push the lowest metal box right two spaces then up.

Push the highest metal box up then push the boulder up.

Push the highest metal box right two spaces then down.

Push the lowest metal box down then push the boulder right then down.

Push the lowest metal box left six spaces then up then push the boulder left then up.

Push the top box left then down seven spaces then right.

Push the lowest box down three spaces then left.

Push the top box left then down six spaces then right.

Push the lowest box down three spaces then left two spaces.

Push the top box right then down five spaces then right.

Push the lowest box down three spaces then right.

Push the top box right then down four spaces then right.

Push the lowest box down three spaces then right two spaces.

Collect all bonus coins then push the remaining box down then get both stinkers to an exit.

Trivia

• The level's description in the Midnight Post is as follows:

Yikes, you can’t get much more Retro than Pong. A ball, two paddles, neither of which had an easy Wonderland equivalent. So we constructed a level with Stinky and Loof on opposite sides of a wall of wood, rolling a heavy stone boulder back and forth (smashing the boxes, perhaps a nod to Pong’s quasi-sequel, Breakout). Instead of Pong’s paddles, Stinky and Loof would push around steel boxes to stop the rolling ball.