---
title: MBO Tele-Ball II
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Germany
years:
- '1977'
cpus:
- AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
params:
  name: Tele-Ball II
  company: /companies/mbo
  company_name: MBO
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Tele-Ball II
  - 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 one slider each
  - label: CPU
    value: AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
  - label: SPEED
    value: Reset, Manual serve, Game selection, Power on/off, Speed fast/slow, Bat size large/small, Serve auto/manual
  - 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: 4 x 1,5v cells
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: 6v DC
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'No'
  tabs:
  - photos
  - emulators
  - links
  photos:
  - title: TELEBALL II
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: INSIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  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-iii
  - /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: 691
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613002729/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=691
    date: '2023-06-13'
---

This is a nice looking system from MBO, a famous electronic brand from Munich. It doesn't look at all like the other pongs. An original shape for both the unit (quite triangular in depth) and the remote controllers which are largely curved. The best part is that it has absolutely no switch, only buttons to select the different options. This system was sold in Germany as all the texts on the box are in german.

It is a classic pong system which uses the GI AY-3-8500 chipset, thus playing the 4 basic pong games. No shooting games here although the AY-3-8500 chip has got these games built-in. They simply did not implement the gun hardware :(

MBO produced a large serie of pong systems that they named "tele-ball" with numbers from 1 to 9. But there did not seem to be any real evolutivity as this model 2 for example, displays nearly the same features as the model 7 except for the 2 shooting games. Undoubtly it was just for marketing purposes. The chip included in the [Tele-ball VII](/museum/mbo-tele-ball-vii/) is dated from 1977 as the one included in the tele-ball II. So maybe they made different shapes at the same time just to propose "different products" and to sell more. The original [Tele-Ball](/museum/mbo-tele-ball/) system for example, offers exactly the same 4 games...

An odd detail: whereas all the systems including a GI AY-3-8500 chip run with a 9 volts voltage, this one runs with only 6 volts.