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---
title: GAMATIC 7600
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Korea
years:
- '1977'
cpus:
- TMS-1965 from Texas Instruments
params:
name: '7600'
image: /media/museum/photos/gamatic_7600_1s.jpg
company: /companies/gamatic
company_name: GAMATIC
specs:
- label: NAME
value: '7600'
- label: MANUFACTURER
value: Gamatic
- label: ORIGIN
value: Korea
- label: YEAR
value: ? 1977
- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
value: Tennis, Hockey, Squash, Practice
- label: KEYBOARD
value: Two detachable controllers with one knob each
- label: CPU
value: TMS-1965 from Texas Instruments
- label: SPEED
value: Game Reset
- label: CO-PROCESSOR
value: Game selection, Ball Angle (20°/40°), Ball Speed (rapide/lent), Player Size (petit/grand), Automatic service (on/off) & Power switch
- label: RAM
value: On screen
- label: COLORS
value: Black & white
- label: SOUND
value: Built-in speaker
- label: SIZE / WEIGHT
value: 27 (L) x 14.5 (D) x 5 (H) cm
- label: I/O PORTS
value: RF TV video output, power in
- label: OS
value: 6 x CM2 cell batteries
- label: POWER SUPPLY
value: External power supply (9V DC, 360 mW)
- label: PERIPHERALS
value: 'No'
- label: PRICE
value: Unknown
tabs:
- photos
- software
forum_thread: 1255
photos:
- title: GAMATIC 7600
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Boneless for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/gamatic_7600_1.jpg
software:
- /software/squash-also-known-as-jai-alai-pelote-basque
oc_id: 1290
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001301/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1290
date: '2023-06-13'
---
The Gamatic 7600 is a classic pong system sold worldwide under many different brands, as the [Grandstand T.V. Game Model 2000](/museum/grandstand-t-v-game-model-2000/) for example, or the [Univox 41N](/museum/univox-41n/).
The system itself seems to have been made in Korea. The electronic board is labeled "F'GAMATIC-7600". Indeed many Gamatic 7600 systems identical to this one can be found worldwide, the earliest one being a japanese Gamatic 7600 system released in 1976.
The case design is not particularly original: black rectangle with two detachable controllers and a wide control panel at the top. The controllers are also rectangular with a dial to move the bat on screen and a red button each, one to serve (left player) and the other to reset the game (right player).
As almost all systems powered by the TMS-1965 chipset from Texas Instruments, the Univox 41N offers 4 pong games : Hockey, Pelote, Tennis and Entrainement delivered by this specialised chip (the TMS-1965 was pin-to-pin compatible with the more popular AY-3-8500 chip from General Instruments)
On the control panel can be found the usual setting switches: ball speed (slow/fast), automatic service (on/off), game selection, rebound angle (20°/40°), paddle size (small/big) and power switch. The system can be powered by six CM2 battery cells or through an external power supply (9v DC, 360 mW).