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+title: Philips Las Vegas ES-2208
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- Europe
+years:
+- '1977'
+cpus:
+- AY-3-8550 from General Instruments
+params:
+  name: Las Vegas ES-2208
+  company: /companies/philips
+  company_name: Philips
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Las Vegas ES-2208
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Philips
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: Europe
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1977'
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: 6 games
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: 2 analog joysticks
+  - label: CPU
+    value: AY-3-8550 from General Instruments
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Reset, Service
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Speed slow/fast, Angle 40°/20°, Game selection, Paddle size, Power on/off, Auto/manual service
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: 'Yes'
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Built-in speaker
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output, Light-gun (female DIN connector)
+  - label: OS
+    value: Yes. One ''square'' battery cell.
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: 9v DC
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: Yes, optional
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: UNIT
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: INSIDE
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: The motherboard is quite basic with all the switches, the sound speaker and the AY-3-8550 chip from General Instrument.
+    image: null
+  - title: PADDLES
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: BOX
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  links:
+  - title: PONG-STORY.COM
+    url: http://www.pong-story.com/spiel08.htm
+    text: David has put up a nice page about the Las Vegas systems
+  oc_id: 739
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613002724/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=739
+    date: '2023-06-13'
+---
+
+This pong from Philips is a bit special. It uses the unusual AY-3-8550 from General Instruments. This chips offers 4 classic pong games (Tennis, Squash, Squash practice, Football) and 2 shooting games. The paddles can be moved verticaly AND horizontaly, hence the analog joysticks (instead of the classic sliders). The display is in color.
+
+There is a female DIN plug at the bottom-right part of the case. It is used to connect an optional light-gun to play the two shooting games.
+
+There are switches to control the different options like ball speed, paddle size, angle 20°/40°, manual/auto service. There are two buttons: reset and serve. There is even a TV channel selection knob to adjust the picture on the TV.
+
+The Las Vegas ES-2208 is in fact one of the Las Vegas pong systems from Philips. Here is the list:
+
+\- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2203 (6 games, black & white display, vertical movements)\
+\- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2204 (6 games, color display, vertical movements)\
+\- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2208 (6 games, color display, vertical & horizontal movements)\
+\- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2218 (8 games, color display, vertical & horizontal movements)
+
+There was also a:\
+\- Travemünde Tele-Spiel ES-2207 (4 games, black & white display, vertical movements)