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Philips Tele-Spiel ES-2201	Consoles	Netherlands	1975	Only discrete components	name image company company_name specs tabs forum_thread photos screenshots links docs oc_id source Tele-Spiel ES-2201 /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_1.jpg /companies/philips Philips label value NAME Tele-Spiel ES-2201 label value MANUFACTURER Philips label value ORIGIN Netherlands label value YEAR 1975 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE None label value KEYBOARD Two detachable sliders with fire button label value CPU Only discrete components and a few integrated circuits label value COLORS Black & white label value SOUND No label value I/O PORTS TV RF output, 2 x controllers connectors on the cartridge label value BUILT IN MEDIA Cartridges (with only analog components in it) label value OS 5 cartridges label value POWER SUPPLY 9v battery label value PRICE 61 photos software links docs 648 title subtitle text image ES-2201 Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_2.jpg title subtitle text image SYSTEM ALONE Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_3.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE INSERTED Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_4.jpg title subtitle text image REAR 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 /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_rear.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE Only discrete components and seven integrated circuits /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_inside.jpg title subtitle text image CONTROLLER /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_controller.jpg title subtitle text image BOTH CONTROLLERS Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_controllers_2.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE BOX /media/museum/photos/philips_es2201_box.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es2201_box_2.jpg title subtitle text image FRENCH BOX Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_box_3.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE BOX #2 Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/photos/philips_telespiel-es-2201_inside_2.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE Rear 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 /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-rear.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE BOX Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-box.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE Top view Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-top_3.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE Inside /media/museum/software/philips_es2201_cart-inside.jpg title subtitle text image BOX Side view Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_2213-box.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE Top view Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-top.jpg title subtitle text image BOX Side view Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_2214-box.jpg title subtitle text image CARTRIDGE Top view Thanks to Thomas Douveneau for this picture /media/museum/software/philips_telespiel-es-2201_cart-top_2.jpg title url text PONG-STORY.COM http://www.pong-story.com/spiel.htm Pong-Story has a nice page about this system title url cover text PHILIPS TELE-SPIEL ES-2201 GERMAN USER DOCUMENTATION null /media/museum/docs/couvs/philips_tele-spiel_es2201_cover.jpg **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 :** 664 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011007/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=664 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).