Hyper Ping-Pong involves a bat with motion sensors and a speaker built into it, forcing gamers to rely on just the sound of the ball bouncing around the 'table' to play.

In a very real way, Pong started the video game revolution. You wouldn’t have thought so at the time, with its simple gameplay, rudimentary controls, some very low-end sounds, and a cannibali… ...

Boozy ping-pong gatherings may be a long way from the top-flight version of the sport, accepted into the Olympic Games in 1988, but contagious fun is spelt out in the nightly clatter of thwacks ...