--- title: Philips Tele-Spiel ES-2201 categories: - Consoles origins: - Netherlands years: - '1975' cpus: - Only discrete components params: name: Tele-Spiel ES-2201 image: /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_1.jpg company: /companies/philips company_name: Philips specs: - label: NAME value: Tele-Spiel ES-2201 - label: MANUFACTURER value: Philips - label: ORIGIN value: Netherlands - label: YEAR value: '1975' - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE value: None - label: KEYBOARD value: Two detachable sliders with fire button - label: CPU value: Only discrete components and a few integrated circuits - label: COLORS value: Black & white - label: SOUND value: 'No' - label: I/O PORTS value: TV RF output, 2 x controllers connectors on the cartridge - label: BUILT IN MEDIA value: Cartridges (with only analog components in it) - label: OS value: 5 cartridges - label: POWER SUPPLY value: 9v battery - label: PRICE value: '61' tabs: - photos - software - links - docs forum_thread: 648 photos: - title: ES-2201 subtitle: '' text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_2.jpg - title: SYSTEM ALONE subtitle: '' text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_3.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE INSERTED subtitle: '' text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_4.jpg - title: REAR subtitle: '' text: |- Here, a cartridge is inserted into the system. Each cartridge has a connector which we see here at the back of the system. It is used to connect the paddles ! So, the controllers are not directly connected to the system, but to each cartridge inserted... Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_rear.jpg - title: INSIDE subtitle: '' text: Only discrete components and seven integrated circuits image: /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_inside.jpg - title: CONTROLLER subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_controller.jpg - title: BOTH CONTROLLERS subtitle: '' text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_controllers_2.jpg - title: INSIDE BOX subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_box.jpg - title: BOX subtitle: '' text: '' image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es2201_box_2.jpg - title: FRENCH BOX subtitle: '' text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_box_3.jpg - title: 'INSIDE BOX #2' subtitle: '' text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_inside_2.jpg screenshots: - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: Rear text: |- Each cartridge has a controller connector. Both paddles are connected to this plug after the cartridge is inserted into the system. Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-rear.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE BOX subtitle: '' text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-box.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: Top view text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-top_3.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: Inside text: '' image: /media/museum/software/philips_es2201_cart-inside.jpg - title: BOX subtitle: Side view text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_2213-box.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: Top view text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-top.jpg - title: BOX subtitle: Side view text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_2214-box.jpg - title: CARTRIDGE subtitle: Top view text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture image: /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-top_2.jpg links: - title: PONG-STORY.COM url: http://www.pong-story.com/spiel.htm text: Pong-Story has a nice page about this system docs: - title: PHILIPS TELE-SPIEL ES-2201 GERMAN USER DOCUMENTATION url: null cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/philips_tele-spiel_es2201_cover.jpg text: |- **PHILIPS TELE-SPIEL ES-2201 GERMAN USER DOCUMENTATION**\ written by Philips  compiled/archived by Zoran Sretic\  type of document : PDF\  size : 1,2 MB **... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** oc_id: 664 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011007/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=664 date: '2023-06-14' --- This is one of the first european console. It is almost a pong but as it plays different games (not only pong) available on cartridge, it can be considered a console (the same way as the Odyssey). It was produced by Philips. This is not a pong-in-a-chip system like many later pong systems. When you open it you only find discrete components and a few integrated circuits. There is no game built-in, but the system was sold with a Tennis game cartridge. Four more cartridges were available (Pelota, Skeet shooting, Racing and Ghostchaser). The cartridges only contain discrete components too, which complete the basic design of the system itself to produce a specific game. The score is not displayed on screen, hence the two score sliders found on the case (ranging from 0 to 15). The controllers are quite special too: two long and thin sliders with one tiny red button each. The controllers are not connected to the system itself but to the cartridge! Two knobs on the unit are used to switch video canal used and the handicap (difficulty level).