website/content/museum/philips-tele-spiel-es-2201.md

---
title: Philips Tele-Spiel ES-2201
categories:
- Consoles
origins:
- Netherlands
years:
- '1975'
cpus:
- Only discrete components
params:
  name: Tele-Spiel ES-2201
  company: /companies/philips
  company_name: Philips
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: Tele-Spiel ES-2201
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Philips
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Netherlands
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1975'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: None
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Two detachable sliders with fire button
  - label: CPU
    value: Only discrete components and a few integrated circuits
  - label: COLORS
    value: Black & white
  - label: SOUND
    value: 'No'
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: TV RF output, 2 x controllers connectors on the cartridge
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: Cartridges (with only analog components in it)
  - label: OS
    value: 5 cartridges
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: 9v battery
  - label: PRICE
    value: '61'
  tabs:
  - photos
  - software
  - links
  - docs
  photos:
  - title: ES-2201
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: SYSTEM ALONE
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: CARTRIDGE INSERTED
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: REAR
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      Here, a cartridge is inserted into the system. Each cartridge has a connector which we see here at the back of the system. It is used to connect the paddles ! So, the controllers are not directly connected to the system, but to each cartridge inserted...

      Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: INSIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: Only discrete components and seven integrated circuits
    image: null
  - title: CONTROLLER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: BOTH CONTROLLERS
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: INSIDE BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: FRENCH BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: 'INSIDE BOX #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  screenshots:
  - title: CARTRIDGE
    subtitle: Rear
    text: |-
      Each cartridge has a controller connector. Both paddles are connected to this plug after the cartridge is inserted into the system.

      Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: CARTRIDGE BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: CARTRIDGE
    subtitle: Top view
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: CARTRIDGE
    subtitle: Inside
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: Side view
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: CARTRIDGE
    subtitle: Top view
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: Side view
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  - title: CARTRIDGE
    subtitle: Top view
    text: Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture
    image: null
  links:
  - title: PONG-STORY.COM
    url: http://www.pong-story.com/spiel.htm
    text: Pong-Story has a nice page about this system
  docs:
  - title: PHILIPS TELE-SPIEL ES-2201 GERMAN USER DOCUMENTATION
    url: null
    cover: null
    text: |-
      **PHILIPS TELE-SPIEL ES-2201 GERMAN USER DOCUMENTATION**\
      written by Philips

       compiled/archived by Zoran Sretic\
       type of document : PDF\
       size : 1,2 MB

      **... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :**
  comments:
  - author: Per (Norway)
    date: Saturday 14th May 2011
    text: Ah, memories. Got one of these in the early eighties from a cousin whos husband was a sailor. Spent many hours, until one morning I woke up to a totally destroyed system - my younger brother had decided to ''fix'' it with the help of a pair of scissors... Would love to own one of these again...
  oc_id: 664
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011007/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=664
    date: '2023-06-14'
---

This is one of the first european console. It is almost a pong but as it plays different games (not only pong) available on cartridge, it can be considered a console (the same way as the Odyssey). It was produced by Philips.

This is not a pong-in-a-chip system like many later pong systems. When you open it you only find discrete components and a few integrated circuits. There is no game built-in, but the system was sold with a Tennis game cartridge. Four more cartridges were available (Pelota, Skeet shooting, Racing and Ghostchaser). The cartridges only contain discrete components too, which complete the basic design of the system itself to produce a specific game.

The score is not displayed on screen, hence the two score sliders found on the case (ranging from 0 to 15). The controllers are quite special too: two long and thin sliders with one tiny red button each. The controllers are not connected to the system itself but to the cartridge!

Two knobs on the unit are used to switch video canal used and the handicap (difficulty level).