---
title: UNIVERSUM TV-Spiel 1004
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Germany
years:
- '1978'
cpus:
- AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
params:
  name: TV-Spiel 1004
  company: /companies/universum
  company_name: UNIVERSUM
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TV-Spiel 1004
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: UNIVERSUM
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Germany
  - label: YEAR
    value: 1978?
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Tennis, Fussball, Squash, Pelota
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 2 built-in sliders
  - label: CPU
    value: AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
  - label: SPEED
    value: Reset, Serve
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: Black & white
  - label: SOUND
    value: Built-in speaker
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output
  - label: OS
    value: 6 x C size batteries
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: optional power supply jack on the back side
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'No'
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - emulators
  - links
  photos:
  - title: TV-SPIEL 1004
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: CONTROL PANEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: BOTTOM
    subtitle: ''
    text: We can spot here the grid of the internal speaker.
    image: null
  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: ''
  comments:
  - author: Nikolai Sywolos (Canada)
    date: Monday 18th April 2011
    text: this is the same console as the unitrex video pro i have. mine is the Canadian version from ontario. it was released about 1975/76. it uses an RF switch box similar to that of the atari 2600 or intelevision. it cost $40 from zellars, or that''s a sale price i donno that''s what the old tag says. the instuctions came in english and french. that''s about all that i know about the Canadian version.
  - author: Bill (USA)
    date: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
    text: I bought one of these in Fort Worth, Texas (home of Tandy/Radio Shack) in 1977. The graphics on the console are slightly different but the shape, color, switches and functions are the same. I think it was on close out because it was priced very low, $20 or so.
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  oc_id: 933
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152856/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=933
    date: '2023-06-13'
---

The Universum TV-Spiel 1004 is a classic pong system powered by the AY-3-8500 chipset which offers 4 different games (Tennis, Hockey, Squash and Handball), hence its name (100**4**). This system is quite unusual because of its weird triangular shape, and is thus sometimes referred to as the "boomerang pong".

The controllers are very simple: two sliders built into the case of the system... The games are selected through a big orange knob placed in the middle of the case. The usual switches complete the control panel: Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto...

This particular model seems to have only been sold in Germany.

**David Winter** reports:\
The Universum 1004 is the German version. The same game existed under several other brands: Unitrex Video Pro (USA), Digitek 2001 (USA), Radio Shack TV Scoreboard 60-3052 (USA). Several similar games were released with different controllers: AudioSonic PP-600 (Europe), Concord (model unknown), Regina (model unknown, UK), Ingersol (model unknown, UK), etc.

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