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title, categories, origins, years, cpus, params

title	categories	origins	years	cpus	params
RIL (ROLLET INTERNATIONAL LIMITED) Robot	Pongs	France	1978	AY-3-8500	name image company company_name specs tabs photos comments oc_id source Robot /media/museum/photos/fil_robot.jpg /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 /media/museum/photos/fil_robot_inside.jpg title subtitle text image BOX (FRANCE) /media/museum/photos/ril_jeux-video_box.jpg 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 !