---
title: Bandai TV Jack 1000
categories:
- Pongs
params:
  name: TV Jack 1000
  image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack-1000_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/bandai
  company_name: Bandai
  tabs:
  - photos
  - videos
  photos:
  - title: TV JACK 1000
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack-1000_1.jpg
  - title: BACK
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack-1000_back_1.jpg
  - title: UNDER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack-1000_under.jpg
  - title: BLACK MODEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: The black model has all its labels in english (instead of japanese).
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack-1000_black_1.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack-1000_box_1.jpg
  - title: EXPLANATIONS
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: DOCUMENTATION
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack-1000_doc.jpg
  videos:
  - title: TV Jack 1000 gameplay
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rojFulncx8
    text: 'Length: 2 min 30 s'
  oc_id: 1321
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230203132654/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1321
    date: '2023-02-03'
---

The TV Jack 1000 was the first system from a line of consoles released by Bandai and quite popular in Japan in the late 70s. This particular model was released in Japan in 1977.

The TV Jack 1000 offers 4 classic games of that era: Hockey/Football, Tennis, Squash and Practice. It is powered by a Texas Instruments TMS1955NL chip which is a clone of the famous AY-3-8500-1 from General Instruments. A color chip ( SN75499N) add colours to the display.