---
title: SAFT LECLANCHÉ TV8 Sports
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- France
years:
- '1978'
cpus:
- AY-3-8610
params:
  name: TV8 Sports
  company: /companies/saft-leclanche
  company_name: SAFT LECLANCHÉ
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TV8 Sports
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Saft Leclanché
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: France
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1978'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Squash, Squash solo, Tennis, Hockey, Football, Basketball, Basket solo, Gridball
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Two joysticks
  - label: CPU
    value: AY-3-8610
  - label: SPEED
    value: Serve, Reset
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Right paddle size pro/am, Left paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: Black & white
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in speaker
  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output
  - label: OS
    value: 9v battery cells
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: 'No'
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'No'
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - software
  - links
  photos:
  - title: TV8 SPORTS
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: INSIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  screenshots:
  - title: TENNIS
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_tennis_ss.gif
  - title: FOOTBALL / SOCCER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_football_ss.gif
  - title: HOCKEY
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_hockey_ss.gif
  - title: BASKETBALL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_basket_ss.gif
  - title: GRIDBALL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/ay-3-8500_gridball_ss.gif
  links:
  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
    text: ''
  comments:
  - author: Adrian Scheel (Germany)
    date: Friday 8th October 2010
    text: |-
      This was also sold in France by an obscure company called Galaxica. While The Sauft Leclanché was in orange, the Galaxica is in off-white. Also the paddle knobs of the Galaxica are slightly different.\
      Pictures can be seen on my website.
  - author: Tempest (France)
    date: Sunday 10th November 2002
    text: Saft Leclanché was the french pioneer in battery manufacturing. Isn't funny that a battery maker sale a power-hungry and no-external-power-supply PONG system ?
  related:
  - /museum/binatone-colour-tv-game-mk-10-model-n-01-4842
  - /museum/ingersoll-xk-410c
  - /museum/mbo-tele-ball-ix
  - /museum/universum-color-tv-multi-spiel-4010
  oc_id: 736
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011102/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=736
    date: '2023-06-14'
---

This is a real funky french pong system! It is orange and very round in shape. It doesn't look like any other pong system ! Its two round paddles are also quite unsual. They are identical to those of the OC5000 sytem.

This system includes the AY-3-8610 chipset from General Instruments. That explains why there are joysticks instead of simple sliders, since with this chip, you can move your paddle horizontally and vertically (whereas with the more comme AY-3-8500, you could only move it vertically).

The system offers 8 games, hence its name (TV8 Sports). The two shooting games of the AY-3-8610 are simply not implemented on this system.

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