Rally

Arcade · plays in your browser, no download

Where it comes from

The 1972 original that started the industry: two paddles, a square, and a coin slot. The original cabinet divided each paddle into segments so the angle depended on where the ball struck, and without that one detail there is no game at all — so that is the detail we kept.

How to play

Slide your finger anywhere on the court to move the bottom paddle. It follows your finger, it does not chase it.
First to five points. A point goes to whoever is not the one who missed.
Three stars also has a wider paddle than yours and a faster ball. It is not unfair, it is three stars.

What makes this one different

Where the ball hits your paddle decides where it goes: the middle sends it straight back, the edges send it away at an angle. Without that, it is two walls returning the ball the same way forever. Your opponent has a reaction time and cannot change its mind inside it — 150 milliseconds at one star, 45 at three — so the faster the ball, the more it is caught out.

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