Definitely brought me a smile, and good memories. :) Maybe this isn't inspired by it, but there's a game with the same name from back in the day that I spent a looot of time on back in the day: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/5394-mortal-pongbat
This may not be all as versatile as that one was, with multiple power-up's and what-not - being able to actually disintegrate your opponents paddle was particularly cool - but it is fun in a similar way, and I love local multiplayer games overall. Wish we had more like it!
Dope work! Good mechanics, simple fun and great memories.
-cd-