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This is a fun project. It reminds me of a little console of sorts my brother and I had when I was around the age of 4. I remember it only as "TV Games" and I'm
by dools 3y ago
This is a fun project.
It reminds me of a little console of sorts my brother and I had when I was around the age of 4. I remember it only as "TV Games" and I'm pretty sure it only had pong on it.
It's funny to think about how much computer power went into producing the "Cansole" versus "TV Games". I'm sure it probably didn't even have a CPU, it was probably just all done in hardware.
- misnome 3y agoOne of these "TV Master"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binatone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binatone - identifiable by the distinctive orange/black casing. I had a Mk.8 in the early 90's picked up from a junk sale, and it had an interesting set of pong-a-likes.
- blincoln 3y agoMost of the dedicated Pong-style game consoles used a chip (or chipset) designed for a specific set of related games.[1] The Wikipedia photo of the TV Master[2] is a great example of switches that correspond to most of the pins on the AY-3-8500. [1] http://pong-story.com/gi.htm http://pong-story.com/gi.htm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Binatone_TV_Master_Mk_IV.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Binatone_TV_Master_Mk_IV....