Well, here is yet another cornell project. Why am I still using them? Because they are cool, and complex, and I really want to make one of these. They use an atmel mega 32 microcontroller. They program the entire game, including the video output to control a television. This is the game that I would love to make. They even made their own controllers. You can see this next picture is a pic of their circuit board.
It is not that complex of a circuit, but if you look at the code, you see it is really hard. They use bitmaps to create the components that move, and they have a bouncing ball program, and just build it from there. You have to keep track of the ball, by giving it coordinates, and if your coordinates match that of one of your paddles, you know to bounce it back at a certain angle. I would love to make this, because it was the beginning of all of our gaming. Anyway, go see the link here for a thorough walkthrough of how it is done.
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This board has a voltage regulator, two push buttons to start the game, or select the players. It has a speaker, and the big chip in the middle is the Atmel Mega32