Pelé's Soccer
Overview
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...
game based on the famous football (soccer) player Pelé
Pelé
However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...
, and published in 1981
1981 in video gaming
-Events:* November -** The British video game magazine Computer and Video Games starts.** Game & Watch - released in Sweden.* Arnie Katz and Bill Kunkel found Electronic Games, the first magazine on video games and generally recognized as the beginning of video game journalism.-Notable releases:*...
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It features basic graphics, realistic (for that time) ball handing and goal keeping techniques using the Atari
Atari
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...
joystick
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
. Each team has one forward, two defensemen, and a goaltender on the field at all times. The player's goaltender is always controlled by the computer unless he saves a shot.
Quotations
Quiero hacer contigo lo que la primavera hace con los cerezos.
I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.
Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente,y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca.
I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent,and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you.
Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
Es tan corto el amor y tan largo el olvido.
Love is so short and forgetting is so long.