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title	categories	origins	years	cpus	params
RIL (ROLLET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED) Robot	Pongs	France	1978	AY-3-8500	name company company_name specs tabs photos comments oc_id source Robot /companies/ril-rollet-international-limited RIL (ROLLET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED) label value NAME Robot label value MANUFACTURER RIL (Rollet International Limited) label value ORIGIN France label value YEAR 1978 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 1 - Entrainement\ 2 - Squash-Pelote\ 3 - Football-Hockey\ 4 - Tennis-Ping pong\ 5 - Ball-trap\ 6 - Tir cible label value KEYBOARD 2 paddles with no fire button label value CPU AY-3-8500 (General Instruments) label value SPEED Serve, Reset label value CO-PROCESSOR Power on/off, Ball speed Pro/Am, Ball angle Pro/Am, Paddle size Pro/Am, Service Manual/Auto, Robot on/off 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, Gun connector (DIN) label value POWER SUPPLY 9v DC label value PERIPHERALS Yes photos title subtitle text image INSIDE null title subtitle text image BOX (FRANCE) null author date text Mef82 (Krakow / Poland) Sunday 6th September 2015 As for being SOE OC5000 motherboard repackaged in different case - please note how the $ion switches, ROBOT dial and buttons, together with the external light-gun din plug share identical layout. author date text Combat Wombat (LA, California, USA) Friday 18th June 2004 I actually have one of these, and it still works. I modified it so I could use the battery with it. This is a very hackable pong, you can make gameplay changes with hardware mods. 681 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152952/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=681 2023-06-13

It's a very uncommon french system. It's a very complete AY-3-8500 based sytem: 7 selectors and 2 buttons ! This system inludes a Robot option that allows the player to play against the system and to set its "intelligence". It's very odd looking, I mean, not a clone from another system but an original shape. Each paddle is detachable.

Now, the funiest part: Inside the system is a mother board with SOE OC5000 written on it ! Well, the OC-5000 is a French pong produced by a French company (Société Occitane d'électronique). So, Fil just bought the internal components from SOE and included them inside their case.

One other strange feature: The OC5000 has a 9V battery plug but this one has only a plug for a 9v external PSU. When you look into the system, you can still see the 9V battery wire wich is simply tied up !