Rebound (video game)

Rebound is a two-player sports arcade video game developed by Atari and released in February 1974.

In the game, two players each control paddles on either side of a volleyball net, with a ball dropped from the top of the screen.

The horizontal paddles are moved by the players left and right on their side of the net, represented by a short dashed line.

[4] Rebound was developed by Atari] beginning in late 1973; the final schematics are dated November 31, 1973, and use the code name "Volleyball".

Rebound was a variation on that theme, featuring controls and gameplay similar to Pong, with the addition of gravity arcing the ball and both paddles moved to the bottom of the screen.

[7] Other Atari ball-and-paddle games from 1974 include Superpong and Quadrapong, both of which were variations on the original Pong gameplay.

[10][12] The kits included a circuit board to plug in to the existing game and decal stickers to cover up the original name on the cabinets with "Rebound".

Screenshot of gameplay; the two players are tied at 0 points, the net is at its lowest level, and the ball is falling from the top towards the left side.
A Spike arcade cabinet, featuring a different cabinet than Rebound but nearly identical graphics and controls, with the addition of two "spike' buttons