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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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content/museum/mbo-tele-ball-iii.md

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+---
+title: MBO Tele-Ball III
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- Germany
+years:
+- '1977'
+cpus:
+- AY-3-8500 from General Instruments ?
+params:
+  name: Tele-Ball III
+  image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_1s.jpg
+  company: /companies/mbo
+  company_name: MBO
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Tele-Ball III
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: MBO
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: Germany
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: ? 1977
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: Tennis, Hockey, Handball, Practice
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Two detachable controllers with knobs/dials
+  - label: CPU
+    value: AY-3-8500 from General Instruments ?
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Reset, Manual Service
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Speed fast/slow, Ball angle 20°/40°, Bat size large/small, Service auto/manual
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Built-in speaker
+  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
+    value: Unknown
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output, power in
+  - label: OS
+    value: Yes (specs unknown)
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: External power supply (specs unknown)
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - emulators
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: TELE-BALL III
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_1.jpg
+  - title: 'PICTURE #2'
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_2.jpg
+  - title: GAME SELECTION KNOB
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_cp_1.jpg
+  - title: OPTIONS PANEL
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_cp_2.jpg
+  - title: BOX
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_box_1.jpg
+  emulators:
+  - title: www.pong-story.com
+    url: http://www.pong-story.com/pcpong.htm
+    platform: Multiplatform
+    text: Several pong emulators (simulators) presented here
+  links:
+  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
+    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
+    text: ''
+  related:
+  - /museum/a10-telespiel-9010
+  - /museum/alex-video-spiel-tg-621
+  - /museum/apf-match
+  - /museum/apf-tv-fun-model-401
+  - /museum/audiosonic-pp-800
+  - /museum/bentley-compu-vision
+  - /museum/blaupunkt-tv-action
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-alpha-model-6030
+  - /museum/conic-tv-sports-tg-621
+  - /museum/conic-tvg-209
+  - /museum/dms-telesports-mini
+  - /museum/grandstand-t-v-game-model-3000
+  - /museum/hanimex-666
+  - /museum/hanimex-7771
+  - /museum/hanimex-t-338
+  - /museum/intel-germany-super-tele-sport-d-688-36
+  - /museum/interton-video-2400
+  - /museum/jostykit-multi-tv-game-hf-344
+  - /museum/magiclick-teleclick
+  - /museum/match-sd-01c
+  - /museum/mbo-tele-ball
+  - /museum/mbo-tele-ball-ii
+  - /museum/mentor-sport-tg-20
+  - /museum/novoton-tj-141
+  - /museum/novoton-video-sports
+  - /museum/playtech-telesport
+  - /museum/polistil-v-g-2
+  - /museum/r-f-t-bss-01-bildschirmspiel-01
+  - /museum/radofin-electronics-limited-tele-sports
+  - /museum/riva-t-800c
+  - /museum/roberts-paddle-iv
+  - /museum/roberts-rally-iv
+  - /museum/sands-3000
+  - /museum/societe-occitane-d-electronique-oc-4
+  - /museum/sonolor-telematch
+  - /museum/sportron-101u
+  - /museum/superlectron-tv-challenger-series-3000-tvc-3000
+  - /museum/tele-flip-paris-video-sport-fy-707
+  - /museum/thomson-jv1t
+  - /museum/ultrasound-tele-sports
+  - /museum/ultrasound-tv-9010
+  - /museum/universum-tv-multi-spiel-handheld
+  - /museum/universum-tv-spiel-1004
+  oc_id: 1159
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001055/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1159
+    date: '2023-06-13'
+---
+
+MBO, a popular German electronics manufacturer, produced a large serie of pong systems named "tele-ball" with numbers ranging from 1 to 9. Though they had some cosmetic differences, all these systems were very close to each other in terms of functionality.
+
+The **Tele-Ball III** is thus very similar to the original [Tele-Ball](/museum/mbo-tele-ball/) or [Tele-Ball II](/museum/mbo-tele-ball-ii/), offering only the 4 classic pong games in black & white. As usual with MBO, the different systems are quite different cosmectically, but very close in termes of functionality.
+
+The dial on the front panel is used to select the different games. Then 6 switches are used to select the different game options. Two red buttons acts as Reset button and Manual Service.
+
+All in all, not a very exciting pong system...