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Pong Before Pong-on-a-Chip

DIY & Pong Kits | Discrete Circuitry | Pong-on-a-Chip: A-E | F-M | N-S | T-Z

List of Pong Chips | Pong Emulation | Other Dedicated Consoles

Sources

What is Discrete Circuitry?

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Discrete circuits are made up of individual components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors and transistors mounted independently on a printed circuit board. Early gaming systems, before the invention of the integrated chip, used discrete circuitry. An integrated circuit has all the aforementioned individual components etched directly into layers of silicon. Later Pong systems used integrated chips, or Pong-on-a-chip.

A

Alfa Electronics (Australia)

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  • Videotronic (analog) 1976

Applied Technology Pty (Australia)​

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  • Saturn 5 Universal Video Game Hobby Kit (Electronics Australia magazine, may 1976)

B

Binatone (UK)

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  • TV Gaming Unit 01-4990 (Analog) 1976 (see Entex Tele-Pong)

Broadmoor (USA)

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  • Fourplay 1975 (see URL Video Action VA2)

CEA (France)​

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  • Tel-O-Kit kit 1940b (Radio Plans magazine, December 1976)

  • Tel-O-Kit kit 194b (Radio Plans magazine, December 1976)

  • Tel-O-Kit kit 3046bc (Radio Plans magazine, December 1976)

  • Tel-O-Kit kit 2846b (Radio Plans magazine, December 1976)

  • Tel-O-Kit kit 3046b (Radio Plans magazine, December 1976)

C

EA (West Germany)

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  • TV-Ping-Pong DN 76 (Digital) 1976

E

Electronics Australia (Magazine)

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  • Video Ball DIY instructions, Electronics Australia, May 1976

Entex (USA)

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  • Gameroom Tele-Pong 3047 1976 (illustrated box)

  • Gameroom Tele-Pong 3047 1976 (white box) (Canada)

Epoch (Japan)

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  • TV Tennis ElectroTennis 1975 (first home console in Japan)

  • TV Tennis ElectroTennis 1976 silver case version

Executive Games (USA)

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  • Television Tennis 35 (Analog+Digital) 1975

  • Face Off Rev. C (Analog+Digital) 1976

  • Face Off Rev. E1 (Analog+Digital) 1976

  • Face Off Rev. C-1 (Analog+Digital) 1976

  • Face Off (Analog+Digital) 1976 PAL Prototype

F

First Dimension (USA)

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  • Video Sports model FD-3000W (Analog (CMOS)) 1975

FKF (Germany)

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  • TV Games Model 100 TV Spiel (see Lasonic 2000)

G

General Home Products (USA)

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  • Gulliver Triple Challenge (7701) Odyssey 300 clone

H

Henry's Radio (UK)

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  • VideoSport MK2 (gold lettering) (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1974

  • Videosport MK2 (no gold lettering) (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

    • Jet Signal Industries T.V. Game

    • Mestrom TVG 1000​

    • Mestrom TVG 2006

    • Richin TVG 2001

    • Richin TVG 2006

    • Teyboll Automatico

I

IEE (Germany)

 

  • TV Spiel 100 1976

Interfab (USA)

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  • Handi Pong IV Kit assembled (TTL) 1976

  • Handi Pong IV Kit partially assembled (RF oscillator tuned) (TTL) 1976

  • Handi Pong IV Kit unassembled (TTL) 1976

Jet Signal Industries (Taiwan)

 

  • T.V. Game (see Henry's Radio)

J

Juker (Argentina)

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  • Telegol (Analog) 1975

L

Lasonic (France)

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  • Lasonic 2000 (Analog) 1976
    also see:

    • FKF Model 100 TV Spiel​

M

Magnavox (USA)

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  • Odyssey 100 7010 (Digital (TI)) 1975

  • Odyssey 200 7020 (Digital (TI)) 1975

  • Odyssey 400 7516 (Digital (TI)) 1976

  • Odyssey 500 7520 (Digital (TI)) 1976

Mestron (Germany)

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  • MEC TV Games Model TVG 1000 (see Henry's Radio)

  • Fernseh Spiel TVG 2006 (Analog (TTL/Transistor)) 1976 (see Henry's Radio, adding 3 additional games)

O

Orelec (France)

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  • PP-2000 (Analog (TTL)) 1976

P

Packel Instrument (Australia)

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  • Tennis Game Machine 1975

Philips (EU)

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  • Odyssey 200 (Digital (TI)) 1976 (see Magnavox Odyssey 200)

Pizon Bros (France)

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  • Visomatic 101 (Alcatel chipset) 1973

Richin ​(Germany)

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  • TV Games Model TVG 2001 (see Henry's Radio)

  • MEC TV Games Model TVG 2006 (see Henry's Radio, adding 3 additional games)

R
S

Superlectron (EU)

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  • TV Challenger 2000 (Analog) 1976

T

Teyboll (Argentina)

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  • Automatico (see Henry's Radio)

U

Universal Research (USA)

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  • Video Action II VA2 (Digital (TTL)) 1975
    see also:

    • Broadmoor Fourplay​

  • Video Action VA-III (Digital (CMOS)) 1976

V

Videomaster (UK)

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  • Home TV Game VM 577 (Analog (TTL)) 1974

  • Home TV Game II (MK2) VM 577 (Analog (TTL)) 1975 Bronze metal

  • Home TV Game MK3 VM3 (Analog) 1975

  • Home TV Game MK3 VM3 (Analog) 1975 With scoring add-on

  • Olympic VM3 MK2 (Analog) 1975

  • Rally VM4 MK1 (Analog (CMOS)) 1975

Visulex (USA)

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  • Electronic Ping Pong hobby kit w/ paddles 1975

  • Electronic Ping Pong hobby kit w/ joysticks 1975

Zanussi / Seleco (Italy)

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  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-1 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-2 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-3 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-4 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-5 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

    • The Gun-O-Tronic light gun was available after this point​

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-6 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-7 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-8 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-9 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

  • Ping-O-Tronic PP-10 (Analog (TTL/Trans)) 1975

Z

? (unknown brand)

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  • (Netherlands) Television Gaming Unit (Analog) 1976 (see Entex Tele-Pong)

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Total Consoles = 65

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