---
title: Binatone TV Master MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4834)
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- United Kingdom
years:
- '1977'
cpus:
- General Instruments AY-3-8610
params:
  name: TV Master MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4834)
  image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_1.jpg
  company: /companies/binatone
  company_name: Binatone
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TV Master MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4834)
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Binatone
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: United Kingdom
  - label: YEAR
    value: ? 1977
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: '10 games : target 1, target 2, basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis, ice hockey'
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Two detachable paddles with analog joystick and fire button
  - label: CPU
    value: General Instruments AY-3-8610
  - label: SPEED
    value: Start, Manual serve, game selection
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: power on/off, speed slow/fast, player 1 bat size (large/small), player 2 bat size (large/small), service auto/manual
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen & on plastic case
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'No'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Minimalist beeps via the TV speakers or built-in speakers ?
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output, 2 x controller plugs
  - label: OS
    value: 6 x 1.5v HP-2 batteries
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External power supply unit, 9V DC @ 150mA
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'No'
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  photos:
  - title: BASE UNIT
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_mk10_base_1.jpg
  - title: TV MASTER MK 10
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_2.jpg
  - title: 'PIC #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_box.jpg
  - title: CONTROLLER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_mk10_controller.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_tv-master-mk-10_box_2.jpg
  comments:
  - author: Alleged_Geek (UK)
    date: Friday 23rd July 2021
    text: I can confirm that this system uses the AY-3-8610 chip. I recently won this beautiful old system at auction and it came in its original box which also included the instruction manual (which also has the circuit diagram) I had to make a minor repair and took a photo of the chip in question.
  - author: Maggie (SE England)
    date: Wednesday 18th July 2012
    text: I have one to sell, boxed and in excellent condition, was gonna try a boot sale but want more than a pound for it
  - author: Ian Smith
    date: Saturday 2nd July 2011
    text: I bought one of these at a car boot sale for £1 and it still works! Most modern consoles go wrong after a year or two. The sound comes out of the console, not the TV.
  - author: Martin (GB)
    date: Thursday 23rd December 2010
    text: I used to have one, that is all I can probably add, apart from that I believe the sound came out of the TV, not an internal speaker.
  - author: joe (uk)
    date: Friday 11th February 2005
    text: just wondering if any1 has any info on the price of this, ive been informed they're in short supply
  oc_id: 1038
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001115/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1038
    date: '2023-06-13'
---

This pong is one of the many Binatone systems. As its name indicates, it offers 10 games : 8 pong games (basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis, ice hockey) and 2 shooting games (target 1, target 2). It is the most complete of the Binatone TV Master serie (black & white pongs).

In order to understand how this system fits into the Binatone pong range, here is simplified list of the systems :

TV Master MK IV\
TV Master 4 plus 2\
TV Master MK 6\
TV Master MK 8\
TV Master MK 10

Colour TV Game\
Colour TV Game 4 plus 2\
Colour TV Game MK 6\
Colour TV Game MK 10

The TV master serie are black & white pongs (first generation). The **TV Master MK 10** system is the same as the [Colour TV Game MK 10](/museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-mk-10-model-n-01-4842/) except that games are in black & white, while the Colour TV game displays colour games.

Game selection is made through 10 individual push buttons. The two detachable controllers are composed of an analog joystick and a fire button. The shape of the plastic case is different from the [Binatone Colour TV Game MK 10](/museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-mk-10-model-n-01-4842/), which is to be noted as the Colour TV game systems usually use the same one as their TV Master counterparts.

Interestingly enough, both shooting games are not played with a light gun but directly with the analog joysticks.

This system seems is powered by a General Instruments AY-3-8610 chipset, which equiped a lot of other pong systems.