Rebound (video game)
Development of "Rebound" began in late 1973, as one of several variations they produced in 1974 on the gameplay of the successful "Pong" (1972), Atari's first game and the fourth-ever arcade game. Around the same time, Atari launched Kee Games, a subsidiary meant to produce clone games of Atari's products and act as a competitor in order to expand into more distribution channels in the same region than the industry typically supported. Kee's first game, released in March 1974, was "Spike", a clone of "Rebound", which added a "spike" button to the game that made the paddle jump up and attempt to bounce the ball downwards instead of up. In addition to the base game, Atari sold a conversion kit to convert any Atari two-player "Pong" variant into "Rebound", and in 1977 "Rebound" was included in "Video Olympics" for the Atari 2600, a collection of "Pong" variants.
Space Duel
Space Duel is an arcade game released in 1982 by Atari Inc. It is a direct descendant of the original "Asteroids", with asteroids replaced by colorful geometric shapes like cubes, diamonds, and spinning pinwheels. "Space Duel" is the first and only multi-player vector game by Atari. When "Asteroids Deluxe" did not sell well, this game was taken off the shelf and released to moderate success. There were no contemporary home ports.