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UNIVERSUM TV-Spiel 1004	Pongs	Germany	1978	AY-3-8500 from General Instruments	name image company company_name specs tabs photos emulators links comments related oc_id source TV-Spiel 1004 /media/museum/photos/universum_1004_1.jpg /companies/universum UNIVERSUM label value NAME TV-Spiel 1004 label value MANUFACTURER UNIVERSUM label value ORIGIN Germany label value YEAR 1978? label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Tennis, Fussball, Squash, Pelota label value KEYBOARD 2 built-in sliders label value CPU AY-3-8500 from General Instruments label value SPEED Reset, Serve label value CO-PROCESSOR Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Black & white label value SOUND Built-in speaker label value I/O PORTS RF TV video output label value OS 6 x C size batteries label value POWER SUPPLY optional power supply jack on the back side label value PERIPHERALS No label value PRICE Unknown photos emulators links title subtitle text image TV-SPIEL 1004 /media/museum/photos/universum_1004_2.jpg title subtitle text image CONTROL PANEL /media/museum/photos/universum_tv-spiel-1004_control-panel_2.jpg title subtitle text image BOTTOM We can spot here the grid of the internal speaker. /media/museum/photos/universum_1004_bottom.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 Nikolai Sywolos (Canada) Monday 18th April 2011 this is the same console as the unitrex video pro i have. mine is the Canadian version from ontario. it was released about 1975/76. it uses an RF switch box similar to that of the atari 2600 or intelevision. it cost $40 from zellars, or that''s a sale price i donno that''s what the old tag says. the instuctions came in english and french. that''s about all that i know about the Canadian version. author date text Bill (USA) Wednesday 2nd February 2011 I bought one of these in Fort Worth, Texas (home of Tandy/Radio Shack) in 1977. The graphics on the console are slightly different but the shape, color, switches and functions are the same. I think it was on close out because it was priced very low, $20 or so. /museum/a10-telespiel-9010 /museum/alex-video-spiel-tg-621 /museum/apf-match /museum/apf-tv-fun-model-401 /museum/audiosonic-pp-800 /museum/bentley-compu-vision /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 933 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152856/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=933 2023-06-13

The Universum TV-Spiel 1004 is a classic pong system powered by the AY-3-8500 chipset which offers 4 different games (Tennis, Hockey, Squash and Handball), hence its name (1004). This system is quite unusual because of its weird triangular shape, and is thus sometimes referred to as the "boomerang pong".

The controllers are very simple: two sliders built into the case of the system... The games are selected through a big orange knob placed in the middle of the case. The usual switches complete the control panel: Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto...

This particular model seems to have only been sold in Germany.

David Winter reports:
The Universum 1004 is the German version. The same game existed under several other brands: Unitrex Video Pro (USA), Digitek 2001 (USA), Radio Shack TV Scoreboard 60-3052 (USA). Several similar games were released with different controllers: AudioSonic PP-600 (Europe), Concord (model unknown), Regina (model unknown, UK), Ingersol (model unknown, UK), etc.

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.