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Atari Pong table on its wheeled flight-case base with a seat alongside, the playfield lit blue

Atari Pong Table

Hire from £425.

Atari Pong Table Hire

Pong is more or less the game that started the arcade business - Atari put it out in 1972 - and this is an officially licensed Atari version built into a low table you sit either side of. You'll see it listed as the Atari Pong Coffee Table, a Pong table, or just Pong. Two players take a spinner each and knock the ball back and forth across the surface, each trying to slip it past the other's paddle.

What tends to catch people out is that it isn't a screen. The paddles and the ball are physical blocks that slide across the playfield, moved by magnets and motors underneath, so it has a mechanical feel rather than a video one. It's built for Atari by UNIS and Calinfer, and the licensed Atari and PONG branding is on the cabinet. If you'd rather play on your own, there's a one-player mode against the computer, and five speed settings, so a first-timer and someone who grew up with it can both find a level that suits.

The name comes from the board game Go, where atari is the word for a stone that's about to be taken - near enough "hitting the target" - which is a fair description of what you're trying to do here.

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Overhead view of the Atari Pong table mid-game with the colour-change LED edge lit up

Where It Works, and Branding

It earns its place on an exhibition stand because it does two things a static display can't. People recognise it from across the floor, and a two-player game gives your team a reason to start talking to whoever's waiting for a go. We've taken it to a brand launch at Manchester's Trafford Centre and staffed it for an anniversary staff party at Birmingham Arena, and it sits just as well in an office breakout space or at a Christmas do.

The bottom board takes a printed design, handled in-house, so the table can carry your own branding rather than just the Atari livery - that's £95, and we keep the printed board for any repeat hires at no extra charge. The scoreboard can be branded for £29, or a full front wrap for £69. There's more on the branding page. Tell us what you're after when you enquire and we'll fold it into the quote.

Atari Pong table with the licensed PONG fascia and a lit playfield, score on the LED display
Years Hiring
25+
Google Rating
5/5
Insurance Cover
£5M
Original Atari Pong
1972

Ideal For

  • Exhibition Stands and Trade Shows

  • Brand Activations and Product Launches

  • Offices and Breakout Spaces

  • Corporate Events and Christmas Parties

  • Private Parties and Games Rooms

  • University and Freshers Events

  • Players

    1 or 2

  • Speed Settings

    5 levels

  • Footprint

    About 4ft x 2.3ft

  • Access

    Fits a standard doorway

  • Power

    Single 13A socket

  • Licence

    Officially licensed Atari

Size

Floor Space Height
Table footprint: About 4ft x 2.3ft (1.22m x 0.71m) Coffee-table height
Required space: About 6ft x 5ft with both seats Seated play

The table is the officially licensed Atari Pong coffee table, and it comes on a wheeled flight-case base with two seats at the right height for play. It fits through a standard doorway.

Suitability

  • Indoors on Hard Surface
  • Indoors on Artificial Grass
  • Outdoors on Hard Surface (under cover)

Two players head-to-head, or one against the computer. Suitable for adults and children.

What's Included

  • Delivery, setup and collection by our own team
  • The table set up and tested on site, with two seats
  • A full operational tutorial and instructions for your staff, plus telephone support during the hire
  • £5M public liability insurance as standard
  • Risk assessments and method statements emailed to you or your venue before the event

We own and maintain the table in-house rather than subbing it out, so if something needs sorting on the day there's no third party to chase. If you'd rather not tie up your own people, we can send a trained attendant to run it hands-free. The bottom board takes your own branding through our in-house team - have a look at the branding page for what that involves.

Delivery charges and minimum order values may apply depending on hire duration and location. Combining items on one delivery brings the cost down - contact us for an accurate quote.

Venues We Deliver To

We've been hiring out exhibition and arcade games from our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham since 1999, five minutes from the A1, M1 and M18. We cover South and West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and the East Midlands as a matter of course, and deliver nationwide to the bigger exhibition venues, including NEC Birmingham, ExCeL London and Manchester Central. We're a repeat supplier for clients including Amazon. If you're filling a larger stand or a games corner, the Pong table has gone out alongside our Grab a Grand, Batak and Virtual Bowling before now.

See the Atari Pong Table in action, and for more videos check out our whole YouTube channel.

Common Questions

Is this the real Atari Pong, or a copy?

It's officially licensed from Atari and built by UNIS and Calinfer. The paddles and the ball aren't on a screen - they're physical blocks that slide across the surface, moved by magnets and motors underneath, so it plays like a mechanical table rather than a video emulation.

Can one person play, or do you need two?

You can do both. Two people play head-to-head with a spinner each, or one person can take on the computer. There are five speed settings, so you can dial it down for younger players or up for a faster game.

How much room does it need, and will it fit through a door?

The table footprint is about 4ft by 2.3ft, and with a seat either side you want roughly 6ft by 5ft. It sits at coffee-table height, fits through a standard doorway, and runs from a single 13A socket.

Gallery

  • The licensed PONG fascia and lit playfield, with the score on the LED display

  • Both seats and spinner controls, the table lit blue and pink

  • The table with its two seats and a spinner control on each side

  • Top-down view of the playfield - the paddles, ball and centre line

  • On its wheeled flight-case base with a seat alongside, set up at a venue

  • Overhead, mid-game, with the colour-change LED edge lit up

  • Set up at an evening event, the LED edge cycling through colours

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The Atari Pong Table sits well in a nostalgia-themed games corner. The retro cabinets, pinball and jukebox fill out the look, and the Sega Rally twin gives you a two-player driving machine to go with it. Want a hand putting a stand or a games room together? Drop us a line and we'll suggest a setup.

Hire the Atari Pong Table

Tell us your dates, venue and audience size and we'll come back with a quote. Want the bottom board branded for your stand, or the table paired with our other arcade kit? Mention it in your message.

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