--- title: ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong categories: - Pongs origins: - U.S.A. years: - '1976' params: name: Gameroom Tele-Pong image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_3s.jpg company: /companies/entex company_name: ENTEX specs: - label: NAME value: Gameroom Tele-Pong - label: MANUFACTURER value: ENTEX - label: ORIGIN value: U.S.A. - label: YEAR value: ? 1976 - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: one (pong) - label: KEYBOARD value: 4 built-in knobs. Two for each player (vertical & horizontal movement ?) - label: CPU value: Unknown - label: SPEED value: Unknown - label: CO-PROCESSOR value: Unknown - label: RAM value: On the system himself - label: COLORS value: Black & white - label: SOUND value: 'No' - label: SIZE / WEIGHT value: W 182mm x L 345mm x H 84mm / 1.5 Kg - label: I/O PORTS value: RF TV video output (channel 3 or 4) - label: OS value: 4 x 1.5V - label: POWER SUPPLY value: Superior limit DC-6.3V, Inferior limit DC 5.5V - label: PERIPHERALS value: 'No' - label: PRICE value: Unknown tabs: - photos forum_thread: 1015 photos: - title: GAMEROOM TELE-PONG subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_1.jpg - title: 'PIC #2' subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_2.jpg - title: TOP subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_top_1.jpg - title: LEFT SIDE subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_3.jpg - title: ZOOM subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_detail_1.jpg - title: CONTROL PANEL subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_cp_1.jpg - title: SCORE TRACKER subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_cp_2.jpg - title: UPSIDE DOWN subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_under.jpg - title: BOX subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_box.jpg - title: 'BOX #2' subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_box_2.jpg - title: INSIDE THE BOX subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/entex_gameroom-tele-pong_inside_1.jpg oc_id: 1041 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001113/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1041 date: '2023-06-13' --- Very interesting and early pong system but sadly nearly nothing is known about it. It might be an analogic pong, using no dedicated chipset. The back of the manual says "Semi-conductors: 8 ICs, 26 transistors". The controllers are weird : two knobs for each player, integrated into the plastic case. One for vertical movements and the other for horizontal movements. Two other knobs at the top of the case are used to set V-Hold and H-Hold values of the display. Another control (dial or push button) seems to be used to choose between channel 26 or 31 on the TV. It does not have sound and there is a swith on the right hand to switch between 2 player or 1 player with computer. In this case, the computer is almost impossible to beat! The score is not displayed on TV, but there is a way to keep track of each player's score thanks to two numbered wheels built-in the case. There is a UK version marketed by Binatone : [TV Game Unit](/museum/binatone-tv-game-unit-model-n-01-4990/).
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