Description

Play a Pong clone with this Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget. It's difficult, but possible to win. Concentrate!

About Pong

Pong is a video game released originally as a coin-operated arcade game by Atari Inc. on November 29, 1972. Pong is based on the sport of table tennis (or “ping pong”), and named after the sound generated by the circuitry when the ball is hit. The word Pong is a registered trademark of Atari Interactive, while the term “pong” is used to describe the genre of “bat and ball” video games. Pong is often regarded as the world’s first video arcade game, but Computer Space by Nutting Associates had been launched a year earlier in 1971. Pong was the first video game to achieve widespread popularity in both arcade and home console versions, and launched the initial boom in the video game industry. The popularity of Pong led to a successful patent infringement lawsuit from the makers of an earlier video game for the Magnavox Odyssey. Pong is a first generation video game, a term used to describe the video game industry between 1972 and 1977.

Description

Name your victim and start the torture! Voodoo Doll Sidebar Gadget.

About Voodoo Dolls

How voodoo dolls became a means of casting a spell on an individual is unknown, but like ouija boards and tarot cards, they’re popular outside of the spiritual traditions from which they arose.

Description

Type a sentence and press enter to hear your computer talk. Say It! is the wildly popular gadget that allows you to perform text-to-speech right from your Vista Sidebar. Download the next evolution of the gadget that countless thousands have already enjoyed. Version 2.0 provides even more features to help you waste your day.

About Vista Narrator Text-to-Speech

Narrator is a text-to-speech program (or basic screen reader) that is built into Windows Vista. Narrator reads menus without leaving the active window. Individuals who use Narrator will also find a more pleasant, natural sounding voice in Windows Vista.

Description

Can't decide, or having problems predicting the future ? The Magic 8-Ball has it all! Magic 8-Ball for your Vista Sidebar.

About Magic 8-Ball Sidebar Widget

The Magic 8-Ball, manufactured by Mattel, is a toy used for fortune-telling. Invented in 1946 by Abe Bookman of the Alabe Toy Company, it is a hollow, plastic sphere resembling an oversized, black and white 8-ball. Inside is a white, plastic, icosahedral die floating in a dark blue liquid. Each of the 20 faces of the die has an affirmative, negative, or non-committal statement printed on it in raised letters. There is a transparent window on the bottom of the 8-ball through which these messages can be read.

To use the ball, it must be held with the window initially facing down. After “asking the ball” a yes-or-no question, the user then turns the ball so that the window faces up, setting in motion the liquid and die inside. When the die floats to the top and one of its faces is pressed against the window, the raised letters displace the blue liquid to reveal the message as white letters on a blue background. Contrary to popular belief, it is not necessary (or recommended) to shake or jostle the ball before turning it, as doing so can create air bubbles that may visually distort the answer.

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Animated American Flag. Animated Flag of the USA.