Retro games never seem to go away, instead they just get brought back to life with various contemporary development platforms - and the greatest example is the first arcade game "Pong". Rob Cai demonstrates a two-player version based around an Arduino or compatible board that replicates the original very well.
Apart from the gameplay using paddles (potentiometers or variable resistors) for input just like the original, Rob's version uses VGA video output instead of the more common composite video that can easily be generated by an Arduino.
The external circuitry is quite minimal, and the end result is quite playable, as shown in the following video:
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