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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 I|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.<ref>{{cite|url=http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/vanlandingham|title=Vanlandingham - Macintosh Garden|date=1986|accessdate=2016-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=http://www.jimbrooks.org/programming/opengl/boing/ |title=OpenGL Amiga Boing |date=2009-03-07 |accessdate=2016-03-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821232046/http://www.jimbrooks.org:80/programming/opengl/boing/ |archivedate=2015-08-21 |df= }}</ref>
== Specific platforms ==
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