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=== The bouncing ball ===

[[File:boingball.png|thumb|The Boing Ball.]]

Historically, the bouncing ball has been a popular theme in computer [[demo effect]]s since the 1950s, when a bouncing ball demo was released for [[Whirlwind (computer)|Whirlwind]] computers. It later became the primary theme for the early Atari games [[Pong]] and [[Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]. [[Commodore International|Commodore]] released a bouncing ball demo at the 1978 [[Consumer Electronics Show]], to illustrate the capabilities of the VIC chip. A similar theme was used by Amiga Corporation to demonstrate the capabilities of the Amiga computer at the 1984 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in January 1984. It was a real-time [[animation]] showing a red-and-white spinning ball bouncing and casting a shadow., this bouncing ball became the official logo of the [[Amiga]] company. Within the context of this tradition of bouncing ball demos at the Consumer Electronics Show, CBS Electronics also showed a Bouncing Ball demo for the [[Atari]] VCS/2600, with a spinning and bouncing ball, at the same event. Following these semi-official demonstrations the bouncing ball theme has reappeared in various demoscene productions.

== Specific platforms ==