My first game....Pong!

I am wanting to make pong. I have been dabbling in c++ for a few years and know how most functions work but I am not too advanced with programming. My next question should sum up my C++ knowledge.....WHere do I start?

Are their any links that will help me out? Where do I start? What do I need to know to make Pong? I would really like to know and understand what I am doing rather than copy/paste things and figure it out. I have read all over the net that I will need to get to know API, GUI and other things. Im stuck....where do I go? Any information will greatly help. Thnx.

>> Are their any links that will help me out?

There is a sticky at the top of this board with many usefull links. ;)

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/

pong in a nutshell.

Code:

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make ability to move padle(the computer padle is probably going to be the hardest part to program)
detect hit from either of the padles
if a hit, bounce ball back other way
detect if ball's x is <=,>= the size you set for the score zone :)
if true than score a point for whichever side scored;
check if total points is == to a game win
gameover play agian?

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All you need is a graphics lib to load your images and set a timer routine for you. I would check out allegro. I will be nice and give you a link. :)

Here's a pretty good beginners tutorial on allegro Tutorial Link