---
title: PLAYTECH Telesport
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Australia
cpus:
- AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
params:
  name: Telesport
  image: /media/museum/photos/playtech_telesport_1.jpg
  company: /companies/playtech
  company_name: PLAYTECH
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Telesport
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Playtech
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Australia
  - label: YEAR
    value: Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Solo squash, Squash, Football, Tennis
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Two built-in sliders
  - label: CPU
    value: AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
  - label: SPEED
    value: Start
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Game selection, Bat size large/small, Speed fast/slow, Angle hi/low, Power on/off
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: Black & white
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in speaker
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output
  - label: OS
    value: Unknown
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: Unknown
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'No'
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - emulators
  - links
  photos:
  - title: CIRCUIT BOARD
    subtitle: ''
    text: One game chip and very few components.
    image: /media/museum/photos/playtech_telesport_mobo.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: ''
  comments:
  - author: Brenton (Australia)
    date: Wednesday 19th June 2013
    text: Ah... I can shed some light here. As a 12 year old boy in 1977 I received one of these as a birthday present. I can recall begging my mum to get it. It cost her $29.99, and in those days that was a lot of money to spend on a present. The game console was purchased assembled and bought from Myers toy department at the time. I can recall I could tune it to either VHS 0 or 1 at a flick of a switch. While the game was in in B$W it provided years of fun until I bought my first game colsole in 1983 (An Atari 2600).
  - author: Bill (Australia)
    date: Sunday 17th June 2012
    text: I just bought one for $20
  - author: Simon (Australia)
    date: Saturday 6th January 2007
    text: Does anyone know how much this console (working) would be worth?
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  oc_id: 770
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001113/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=770
    date: '2023-06-13'
---

This australian game was released in 1976 in limited quantities. Although assembled manually, it is not known if it was sold as a kit.

It uses the AY-3-8500 chip (General Instruments) and plays the 4 PONG variants. The design is very uncommon and very nice. It is typical for a kit, hence our wonder about how it was sold.

The circuit board is very simple and requires very few extra components, since the main game circuits are integrated in the game chip.