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title	categories	origins	years	cpus	params
Binatone Colour TV Game MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4842)	Pongs	United Kingdom	1978	General Instruments AY-3-8610 ?	name image company company_name specs tabs photos screenshots links comments related oc_id source Colour TV Game MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4842) /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk-10_1.jpg /companies/binatone Binatone label value NAME Colour TV Game MK 10 (model n° 01 / 4842) label value MANUFACTURER Binatone label value ORIGIN United Kingdom label value YEAR ? 1978 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 10 games : target 1, target 2, basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis, ice hockey label value KEYBOARD Two detachable paddles with analog joystick and fire button label value CPU General Instruments AY-3-8610 ? label value SPEED Start, Manual serve, game selection label value CO-PROCESSOR power on/off, speed slow/fast, player 1 bat size (large/small), player 2 bat size (large/small), service auto/manual label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Yes label value SOUND Built-in speaker label value SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown label value I/O PORTS RF TV video output label value OS Operating on 6 pcs, HP-2 batteries label value POWER SUPPLY External power supply unit (Binatone mains adapter Model 02 / 5011) label value PERIPHERALS No label value PRICE Unknown photos software links title subtitle text image COULOUR TV GAME MK 10 /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk-10_top.jpg title subtitle text image CONTROL PANEL /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk-10_cp.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk-10_box.jpg title subtitle text image BOX #2 /media/museum/photos/binatone_colour-tv-game-mk-10_box_2.jpg title subtitle text image TENNIS /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_tennis_ss.gif title subtitle text image FOOTBALL / SOCCER /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_football_ss.gif title subtitle text image HOCKEY /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_hockey_ss.gif title subtitle text image BASKETBALL /media/museum/software/ay-3-8610_basket_ss.gif title subtitle text image GRIDBALL /media/museum/software/ay-3-8500_gridball_ss.gif title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com author date text Nial (UK) Wednesday 12th September 2018 This is the first game system I owned. No idea how much it cost, my dad brought it home one day. Probably about 78/79. It broke eventually and we got a Spectrum 16k :) author date text rod (canada) Sunday 28th January 2018 A pong console that featured joysticks instead of paddles??? Now I''ve truly seen everything. /museum/ingersoll-xk-410c /museum/mbo-tele-ball-ix /museum/saft-leclanche-tv8-sports /museum/universum-color-tv-multi-spiel-4010 1036 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230614011008/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1036 2023-06-14

This pong is one of the many Binatone systems. As its name indicates, it offers 10 games : 8 pong games (basket 1, basket 2, gridball, squash 1, squash 2, football, tennis, ice hockey) and 2 shooting games (target 1, target 2). It is the last Binatone pong marketed and the most evoluated one.

Game selection is made through 10 individual push buttons. The two detachable controllers are composed of an analog joystick and a fire button. They can be stored in slide-in compartments located on both sides of the case. The shape of this plastic case is fairly common and many pongs can be found with the same design.

Interestingly enough, both shooting games are not played with a light gun but directly with the analog joysticks.

This system seems to be powered by a General Instruments AY-3-8610 chipset, which equiped a lot of other pong systems (anyone can confirm ?).

Here are some interesting promoting texts:
10 separate push buttons for game selection. Games include football, ice hockey, gridball, basketball solo, basketball, tennis, squash, squash solo, plus 2 built in remote control shooting games. 'Joystick' hand controls for X-Y movement. Automatic on-screen scoring. Scores colour keyed for each player. Built-in push button firing device for shooting games. Different authentic sounds for hit, rebound and score. Selectable fast and slow ball speeds for professional and amateur ratings. Bat sizes separately adjustable for left and right players allowing for handicap situations. Selectable auto and manual service. Suitable for use on most sizes and brands of colour or black and white UHF TVs.