The app is known as “A Tiny Game of Pong”, where this free download delivers gameplay in a fast-paced, endless arcade mode, with the ultimate aim of lasting as long as possible, with the added incentive of being ranked on Apple’s Game Center leaderboards. But there is little debate as to what game lead to the popularization of the format, Pong. Coughing up will also let you change the theme colour, for those of you who refuse to play games that don’t coordinate with your choice of strap. A Tiny Game of Pong is fairly easy to play and greatly helps you pass those cumbersome waiting moments. By using the Digital Crown for control, you can move your paddle back and forth using the same motions that you used on your Magnavox Odyssey (if you’re old enough to have played on one, that is).
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With a $0.99 in-app upgrade, classic playoff mode can be unlocked to allow challenging the computer and player against a one-on-one match in a first to three game. If you are not familiar with the traditional Pong game, all you have to do is keep the ball floating by striking it with your paddle. Leaderboards are the closest it comes, with an iPhone/iPod Touch companion app maintaining a running high score list of the best players in Arcade and Classic.
Personalize your game to your Apple Watch band style with ten theme colors.
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Introduction of this simple game hints toward the possibility of similar games coming to Apple Watch in future. If you are really into A Tiny Game of Pong, it gets really addicting once you challenge your friends for the score.
