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PRINZTRONIC Videosport 600

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1978

General Instruments AY-3-8500 ?

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Videosport 600

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PRINZTRONIC

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NAME	Videosport 600

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MANUFACTURER	Prinztronic

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ORIGIN	Europe

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YEAR	??? 1978

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BUILT IN LANGUAGE	Squash, Squash practice, Soccer, Football, Shooting on fix target, Shooting on moving target

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KEYBOARD	Two strangely shaped controllers with knobs at the top

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CPU	General Instruments AY-3-8500 ?

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SPEED	Serve, reset

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CO-PROCESSOR	On/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto

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RAM	On screen

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COLORS	Black & white

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SOUND	Built-in speaker

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SIZE / WEIGHT	Unknown

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I/O PORTS	RF TV video output, gun connector

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OS	6 X LR6 batteries

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POWER SUPPLY	9v DC

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PERIPHERALS	Yes

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PRICE	Unknown

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BOX		Notice the "Simply Plug-in and Play" statement! Quite impressive 20 years before Microsoft and its "Plug&Play" marketing label...	null

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UK BOX			null

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Web Wiz CAPTCHA	http://www.webwizcaptcha.com

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Stefano	Wednesday 11th December 2019	Also the prinztronic videosports 800 has 6 games, not 8. Find some photos on the web to confirm it. I have found on the web another console with the same shape but 10 games. I do not know the name and haven''t found any reference about it

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Nick Blackburn (Isle of Man UK)	Monday 24th April 2017	Hi although I agree with Olivier about how much these are worth, they are still very collectable and a great talking point for parties and some of them look good enough to have on display just for their aesthetic value.

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Olivier (France)	Saturday 2nd November 2002	Hi Sorry, but this system, and any pongs in general, is not worth much...\ Try www.ebay.com to find its value... regards\ __ Boisseau Olivier\ olivier@old-computers.com\ www.old-computers.com

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simian (bristol, england)	Wednesday 30th October 2002	I have a Prinztronic videosport 800 colour\ and just wondered how much it's worth ?\ i have both controlers but no lightgun any advise would be greatly recieved

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https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001216/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=718	2023-06-13

In UK, Prinztronic was the market brand used by Dixons Group for their electronics.

This system is original because of its large selector in the middle of the front panel. Small and easy to carry. It offers the classic 6 games of the General Instruments AY-3-8500 chipset, including two shooting games playable with an optional light gun.

This system will be followed by the Videosport 800, which offers more games (8) and a colour display.

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