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Philips Las Vegas ES-2208

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AY-3-8550 from General Instruments

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Las Vegas ES-2208

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NAME	Las Vegas ES-2208

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MANUFACTURER	Philips

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ORIGIN	Europe

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YEAR	1977

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	6 games

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KEYBOARD	2 analog joysticks

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CPU	AY-3-8550 from General Instruments

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SPEED	Reset, Service

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CO-PROCESSOR	Speed slow/fast, Angle 40°/20°, Game selection, Paddle size, Power on/off, Auto/manual service

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RAM	On screen

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COLORS	Yes

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SOUND	Built-in speaker

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I/O PORTS	RF TV video output, Light-gun (female DIN connector)

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OS	Yes. One ''square'' battery cell.

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POWER SUPPLY	9v DC

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PERIPHERALS	Yes, optional

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UNIT			/media/museum/photos/philips_las-vegas_es2208_2.jpg

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INSIDE		The motherboard is quite basic with all the switches, the sound speaker and the AY-3-8550 chip from General Instrument.	/media/museum/photos/philips_lasvegas-es2208_inside_1.jpg

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PONG-STORY.COM	http://www.pong-story.com/spiel08.htm	David has put up a nice page about the Las Vegas systems

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230613002724/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=739	2023-06-13

This pong from Philips is a bit special. It uses the unusual AY-3-8550 from General Instruments. This chips offers 4 classic pong games (Tennis, Squash, Squash practice, Football) and 2 shooting games. The paddles can be moved verticaly AND horizontaly, hence the analog joysticks (instead of the classic sliders). The display is in color.

There is a female DIN plug at the bottom-right part of the case. It is used to connect an optional light-gun to play the two shooting games.

There are switches to control the different options like ball speed, paddle size, angle 20°/40°, manual/auto service. There are two buttons: reset and serve. There is even a TV channel selection knob to adjust the picture on the TV.

The Las Vegas ES-2208 is in fact one of the Las Vegas pong systems from Philips. Here is the list:

- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2203 (6 games, black & white display, vertical movements)
- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2204 (6 games, color display, vertical movements)
- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2208 (6 games, color display, vertical & horizontal movements)
- Las Vegas Tele-Spiel ES-2218 (8 games, color display, vertical & horizontal movements)

There was also a:
- Travemünde Tele-Spiel ES-2207 (4 games, black & white display, vertical movements)

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