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title, categories, origins, years, cpus, params

title	categories	origins	years	cpus	params
Epoch TV Block	Consoles	Japan	1979	Atari custom chipstes	name company company_name specs tabs photos links software oc_id source TV Block /companies/epoch Epoch label value NAME TV Block label value MANUFACTURER Epoch label value ORIGIN Japan label value YEAR 1979 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 7 games (Flipper pinball 1, Flipper pinball 2, Racket pinball 1, Racket pinball 2, Basketball 1, Basketball 2, Breakout) label value KEYBOARD 2 side buttons (to play flipper pinball games) and one big knob to play other games (paddle games) label value CPU Atari custom chipstes (?) label value GRAPHIC MODES Blocky graphics label value COLORS Yes (at least 6 colors) label value SOUND yes, built-in speaker label value I/O PORTS RF TV video output, power in label value OS 7 (built-in games) label value POWER SUPPLY 6 x UM2 sized battery cells or external power supply label value PERIPHERALS No label value PRICE Unknown photos software links title subtitle text image TV-BLOCK null title subtitle text image TOP Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture null title subtitle text image BOTTOM Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture null title subtitle text image CONTROL PANEL The big white knob is used to select one of the 7 games offered by the system. null title subtitle text image BOX null title subtitle text image BOX (BOTTOM) Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture null title subtitle text image BOX (SIDE 1) Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture null title subtitle text image BOX (SIDE 2) Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture null title url text Pong-Story.com http://www.pong-story.com/atpong2.htm David has a nice page about the Atari Video Pinball /software/breakout-363 /software/breakthru-breakaway /software/flipper-pinball-ii-pinball-ii /software/paddle-pinball-i-pinpaddle-i-racket-pinball-i /software/paddle-pinball-ii-pinpaddle-ii-racket-pinball-ii 800 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230307164518/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=800 2023-03-07

This funky pong is the japanese version of the Atari Video Pinball C-380 (and the Sears Pinball Breakaway).

It plays seven games: Flipper pinball 1, Flipper pinball 2, Racket pinball 1, Racket pinball 2, Basketball 1, Basketball 2 and Breakout. All these games are in fact improved pong games.

All the games are controlled by the big white dial placed on the right part of the system, except the two flipper pinball games which must be played with the two side buttons, just like with a real pinball!

Apparently there were a TV Block MB model which had slightly different games (?). Instead of 2 basketball games and 1 breakout game, there were only one basketball game and 2 breakout games.

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.