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Photos: The 8 most underrated videogame characters ever
February 12, 2009 12:51 PM PST 
Pong ball
From: Pong
Remembered for: Being the ball in Pong
Forgotten for: Deserving as much attention as the sodding bats
Forever trapped in a two-dimensional back-and-forth betwixt a pair of bats that snagged all the attention for themselves was the Pong ball. It sorely lacked the respect it deserved as a character, and it's time to remedy that.
True, it didn't boast many of the qualities required to be considered a character--a face, a sense of emotion, the ability to speak, or indeed any kind of personality--but these were simpler times, and less was always considered more.
The ball was, in many respects, the protagonist of Pong; the hero fiercely battling to escape the clutches of two conspiring entities hell-bent on denying it freedom from a life of eternal repetition.
So while you may have lost the game when it escaped, you should've been delighted that it had won its longed-for independence.Photo credit: Crave UK
