---
title: Sonico 406-6 (Color TV Sports Video Game)
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Germany
cpus:
- GI AY-3-8512 from General Instruments
params:
  name: 406-6 (Color TV Sports Video Game)
  image: /media/museum/photos/sonico_406-6_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/sonico
  company_name: Sonico
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: 406-6 (Color TV Sports Video Game)
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Sonico
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Germany
  - label: YEAR
    value: 197?
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Tennis / Hockey / Squash / Handball / Shooting 1 / Shooting 2
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 2 detachable controllers with knobs
  - label: CPU
    value: GI AY-3-8512 from General Instruments
  - label: SPEED
    value: Manual service, Start
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Power on/off, Sound on/off, Angles 20° / 20°-40°, Serve auto/manual, Speed hi/low, Bat size long/small
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'Yes'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in beeper
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Two controller connectors, lightgun connector
  - label: OS
    value: UM-2 (Size C) 1,5v x 6
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: DC 9v
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'Yes'
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - links
  photos:
  - title: SONICO 406-6
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/sonico_406-6_1.jpg
  - title: OPENED CASE & LIGHTGUN
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/sonico_406-6_2.jpg
  links:
  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
    text: ''
  comments:
  - author: other
    date: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
    text: |-
      I have a Sonico 406-6 (Color TV Sports Video Game) as this identical.\
      But I find a lot of information.\
      if there is much other information as conic.
  - author: other
    date: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
    text: |-
      I have a Sonic 406-6 (Color TV Sports Video Game) as this identical.\
      But I find a lot of information.\
      if there is much other information as conic.
  - author: Atle (Norway)
    date: Friday 18th January 2013
    text: I got one like this. It looks like this one, but it have the name Conic instead of Sonico.
  related:
  - /museum/coleco-telstar-marksman
  oc_id: 1202
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230319103141/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1202
    date: '2023-03-19'
---

A classic german pong system which uses the GI AY-3-8512 chip from General Instruments, thus playing the 4 basic pong games + 2 shooting games, all in color. This particular model (406-6) was made in Hong Kong and sold worldwide under many different brands, here Sonico in Germany.

The two controllers are not hardwired to the system, but connected to the console via two connectors located on the front panel (small jacks). This means that when one of them died, it wasn't necessary to change the whole system.

The shape of the case is weird. It looks like a case conceived for a small computer. Indeed there's enough room for a small keyboard instead of the actual panel control, and the bulk at the back could have contained a mother board or any other hardware...

Actually, this bulk is used to store the controllers when the system is not used, and there's also the cells compartment.

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Contributors : Juraj Mucko (pictures & info)