---
title: Binatone Colour TV Game MK 6 (model n° 01 / 4761)
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- United Kingdom
params:
  name: Colour TV Game MK 6 (model n° 01 / 4761)
  image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/binatone
  company_name: Binatone
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Colour TV Game MK 6 (model n° 01 / 4761)
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Binatone
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: United Kingdom
  - label: YEAR
    value: ? Unknown
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: '6 games : squash, squash practice, football, tennis, target, shooting'
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Two detachable paddles with knob
  - label: CPU
    value: Unknown
  - label: SPEED
    value: Start, Manual serve
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Game selection and player options (power, speed, bat size, angle, serve, sound)
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'Yes'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in speaker
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output, 2 x controller plugs, lightgun port
  - label: OS
    value: 6 x D size 1.5v batteries
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External power supply unit (8v, 150 mA)
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: Yes, delivered with the system
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  forum_thread: 1085
  photos:
  - title: COLOUR TV GAME MK 6
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_1.jpg
  - title: TOP
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_top_2.jpg
  - title: LEFT SIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_l-side.jpg
  - title: BOTTOM
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_bottom.jpg
  - title: RIGHT SIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_r-side.jpg
  - title: GUN & PADDLES
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_gun.jpg
  - title: DOCUMENTATION
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_doc.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_box.jpg
  - title: BOX - DETAIL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk6_box_detail.jpg
  oc_id: 1115
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001116/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1115
    date: '2023-06-13'
---

This pong is one of the many Binatone systems. As its name indicates, it offers 6 games : 4 pong games (squash, squash practice, football, tennis) and 2 shooting games (target, shooting).

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 Colour TV Game serie are colour pongs (first generation). The **Colour TV Game MK 6** system is the same as the [Colour TV Game 4 plus 2](/museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-4-plus-2-model-n-01-4850/) except that the light gun is included in the MK 6 package while it is only optional for the Colour TV Game 4 Plus 2 (you had to buy it separately). Same marketing strategy for the [TV Master 4 plus 2](/museum/binatone-tv-master-4-plus-2-model-n-01-4869/) and [TV Master MK 6](/museum/binatone-tv-master-mk-6-model-n-01-4907/).

The two shooting games (and thus the lightgun) are also the only difference between the **Colour TV Game MK 6** and [Colour TV Game](/museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-model-n-01-4931/). And the **Colour TV Game MK 6** is the same as the **TV Master MK 6**, except that the latter offers only black & white games.

So how to differentiate a **TV Master MK 6** from a **Colour TV Game MK 6** ? Well first, the name... ;-) The underside and switches of the former are orange while those of the Colour TV Game are grey. The Colour TV Game has also a small 'colour' logo next to its name (upper right), which the TV Master lacks.

The paddles are rather small, with one knob each, but are detachable and connected to the system through two small sockets. One interesting feature is that there is a switch to turn sound on / off (great !).