Still on my Pong trip, here.. :-) Can anyone tell me how the original Atari arcade Pong (and probably the home version too) interacted between the bat and the ball? (Anyone got one they can hook up and try?) I've found one reference that says the bats were split into 8 segments; but when the ball hit the bat, was the resulting direction of travel influenced *only* by the bat segment hit, or also by the direction of travel at the collision point? Presumably if the ball hits the bat at the nearmost end, then the ball is returned in the exact opposite direction (i.e. reflected back along its path by a simple reverse of direction). But what about the other 7 positions? cheers, Jules