---
title: MBO Tele-Ball III
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Germany
years:
- '1977'
cpus:
- AY-3-8500 from General Instruments ?
params:
  name: Tele-Ball III
  image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/mbo
  company_name: MBO
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Tele-Ball III
  - 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 knobs/dials
  - label: CPU
    value: AY-3-8500 from General Instruments ?
  - label: SPEED
    value: Reset, Manual Service
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Speed fast/slow, Ball angle 20°/40°, Bat size large/small, Service auto/manual
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'No'
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in speaker
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output, power in
  - label: OS
    value: Yes (specs unknown)
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External power supply (specs unknown)
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'No'
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - emulators
  - links
  photos:
  - title: TELE-BALL III
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_1.jpg
  - title: 'PICTURE #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_2.jpg
  - title: GAME SELECTION KNOB
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_cp_1.jpg
  - title: OPTIONS PANEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_cp_2.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/mbo_tele-ball_iii_box_1.jpg
  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-ii
  - /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: 1159
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001055/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1159
    date: '2023-06-13'
---

MBO, a popular German electronics manufacturer, produced a large serie of pong systems named "tele-ball" with numbers ranging from 1 to 9. Though they had some cosmetic differences, all these systems were very close to each other in terms of functionality.

The **Tele-Ball III** is thus very similar to the original [Tele-Ball](/museum/mbo-tele-ball/) or [Tele-Ball II](/museum/mbo-tele-ball-ii/), offering only the 4 classic pong games in black & white. As usual with MBO, the different systems are quite different cosmectically, but very close in termes of functionality.

The dial on the front panel is used to select the different games. Then 6 switches are used to select the different game options. Two red buttons acts as Reset button and Manual Service.

All in all, not a very exciting pong system...