website/content/museum/bentley-compu-vision.md

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BENTLEY Compu-vision	Pongs	U.S.A.	1983	AY-3-8500 from General Instruments	name image company company_name specs tabs photos emulators links comments related oc_id source Compu-vision /media/museum/photos/bentley_compuvision_1s.jpg /companies/bentley BENTLEY label value NAME Compu-vision label value MANUFACTURER Bentley label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1983 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Practice, Squash, Soccer, Tennis label value KEYBOARD Two detachable controllers with one knob each label value CPU AY-3-8500 from General Instruments label value SPEED Game Reset label value CO-PROCESSOR Game selection, Ball Angle (Steep/Slight), Ball Speed (Fast/Slow), Player Size (small/large) & Power switch label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Black & white label value SOUND Yes, through TV speaker label value SIZE / WEIGHT 6.5 inches wide, 9.75 inches long, and 1.75 inches tall / about 1 pound label value I/O PORTS RF TV video output label value OS 4 x ''AA'' batteries label value POWER SUPPLY DC 6V power supply label value PERIPHERALS No label value PRICE Unknown photos emulators links title subtitle text image COMPU-VISION /media/museum/photos/bentley_compuvision_1.jpg title subtitle text image TOP /media/museum/photos/bentley_compuvision_2.jpg title subtitle text image DOCUMENTATION /media/museum/photos/bentley_compuvision_doc.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/bentley_compuvision_box.jpg title url platform text www.pong-story.com http://www.pong-story.com/pcpong.htm Multiplatform Several pong emulators (simulators) presented here title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com author date text Bently Owner (USA) Friday 13rd July 2018 I bought this system at a yard sale sometime in the late 80''s. There was a major problem. In any game, the ball would come out, hit the player "paddle" on the right, and then start bouncing from top to bottom of screen in a straight line, with no way to ever hit it again. To this day I still wonder what kind of defect could cause this to happen. author date text Rot Meatscrape (Vatican City State) Tuesday 5th September 2017 Hello there, I would like to express my feelings for the meat on my carpet. Sometimes it cries, and it makes me feel sad. Goodbye, see you next year. author date text Joshua Sanders Monday 11th August 2014 I have the system I en her item it from my great grandma and looking to possibly sell I have opened it once but never tried it looking to find how much it is worth... author date text Terry (USA) Sunday 22nd May 2011 I have information about the Bentley Compuvision, in fact I have it in it''s original packaging. Graphics were Black $ White, it had only three sounds, and the maximum score is 15. Once you reach fifteen, all games are rendered unplayable and you must press Game Reset. The score does not change or reset when you switch games. author date text Terry (TX, US, NA, Earth, SS, MW, U) Sunday 24th April 2011 I have played the Bentley Compu-vision. I have the system and it''s original packaging. The sound isn''t very advanced, just static, and the color is black and white. The games are Practice, Soccer, Squash, and Tennis. All the games are hit a ball back-and-forth. /museum/a10-telespiel-9010 /museum/alex-video-spiel-tg-621 /museum/apf-match /museum/apf-tv-fun-model-401 /museum/audiosonic-pp-800 /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/mbo-tele-ball-iii /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 1026 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613153006/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1026 2023-06-13

The Bentley Compu-Vision was apparently marketed in 1983, which would makes it one of the last pong systems ever produced !

The controllers are on wires, so you can remove them from the base and relax; you don't have to stay hunkered over the game unit.

The first switch is a game selector which has the choices "Practice, Squash, Soccer, Tennis". The next button is Game Reset. The next is Ball Angle, whith the choices Steep and Slight. Then Ball Speed with Fast and Slow. Next is Player Size with Small and Large, and the last switch is the power switch. There is no built in speaker--the sound comes through the TV speaker. the unit is 6.5 inches wide, 9.75 inches long, and 1.75 inches tall. It weighs about 1 pound.

Inside of the unit, there are 3 adjustment knobs. one that controls picture size, horizontal placement, and brightness all at once. The second controls the volume, and the third is contrast

We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.