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Atari SUPER PONG (Model C-140)	Pongs	U.S.A.	1976	Atari chipset	name image company company_name specs tabs photos links videos comments software oc_id source SUPER PONG (Model C-140) /media/museum/photos/atari_superpong_1s.jpg /companies/atari Atari label value NAME SUPER PONG (Model C-140) label value MANUFACTURER Atari label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1976 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 4 pongs games (Catch, Solitare, Super Pong and Pong) label value KEYBOARD Two built-in paddles label value CPU Atari chipset (C010073-01 pong-in-a-chip) label value SPEED Start label value CO-PROCESSOR Power on/off, game selection, channel 3/4 switch for TV-output label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Black & white label value SOUND Built-in speaker label value SIZE / WEIGHT 11'' (w) x 5.5'' (d) x 5.5'' (h) label value I/O PORTS RF TV video output label value OS 4 x 'D'-size batteries label value POWER SUPPLY External power supply unit (6v) label value PERIPHERALS No label value PRICE $79.95 (USA)\ AC Adaptor: $9.95 photos software links videos title subtitle text image ATARI SUPER PONG /media/museum/photos/atari_superpong_1.jpg title subtitle text image PICTURE #2 /media/museum/photos/atari_superpong_2.jpg title subtitle text image PICTURE #3 /media/museum/photos/atari_superpong_3.jpg title subtitle text image DETAIL /media/museum/photos/atari_pong-c140_detail.jpg title subtitle text image OWNER'S MANUAL /media/museum/photos/super_pong_doc.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/atari_superpong_box.jpg title url text Pong Story http://www.pong-story.com/atpong2.htm Excellent page about Atari pong systems title url text Sothius' Super Pong page http://www.sothius.com/hypertxt/welcome.html?atarisuperpong.html Detailed page with nice pictures title url text Super Pong TV commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G2TzdbGCUs Length: 29 s author date text Darlene Justus (United States) Tuesday 2nd June 2020 Sears was taking orders for Christmas delivery of the new Super Pong game. It was the most anticipated gift for Christmas! Atari was building the set top boxes and dual controllers, the whole system - minus the microchip. The micro electronic chip was being manufactured by a group out of Texas, struggling with a serious corrosion problem. There was a very serious concern that the manufacturing problem was not going to be resolved before Christmas. Sears, Atari and the chip mfg were in trouble, and most of all all of those orders would fail at the worst time. Santa’s requests, for the most sought after gift that Christmas, would not be filled. Many folks would be so disappointed! MICARL, Motorola Integrated Circuit Advanced Research Lab committed to help out! The Lab and so many folks worked tirelessly and rescued Super Pong and all of Sears Christmas orders! Atari donated several Super Pong Systems\ to MICARL for an employee drawing. I was a technician in the MICARL, CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Technology group at the time. All were proud\ to help and not let the Grinch steal Christmas. MICARL was located in Motorola, in Mesa Arizona on Broadway and Dobson Rds. author date text njof (LONDOM) Thursday 12th September 2019 HELLO MY NEEKS author date text Bartimaus (U.S.A.) Monday 6th February 2017 I love this system. I got mine from deep in the basement in 2015 and I LOVE this thing! Its a real classic. The power cable is broken so I have to use the batteries but it has a surprisingly good battery life. All in all this is a solid system. /software/catch /software/pong-393 /software/solitaire /software/super-pong 1007 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001107/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1007 2023-06-13

The Super PONG (model C-140) is a follow up to the orignal Atari Pong (model C-100). Compared to its brother which could only play one game of pong, Super Pong offers 4 different pong games.

Like the C-100, the C-140 is based on an Atari pong-in-a-chip IC (C010073-01) which was revolutionnary for the time. The on-screen scoring as well was a feature scarcely found on other pong systems.

Like all first Atari pong systems, the C-140 was also sold by Sears. It was the same as Atari's model, but with detachable controllers, and a woodgrain style.

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