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{{Short description|Home video game console}}
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| name = Gameroom Tele-Pong
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| manufacturer = [[Entex Industries]]
| manufacturer = [[Entex Industries]]
| type = [[Dedicated console|Dedicated]] [[home video game console]]
| type = [[Dedicated console|Dedicated]] [[home video game console]]
| releasedate = [[1976 in video gaming|1976]]<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GgEAAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA91&dq=Tele-Pong%20Entex&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q=Tele-Pong%20Entex&f=false TV games turn your set into a sports arena], By William J. Hawkins, Popular Science, Nov 1976, Page 91, Table: ''...Entex / Tele-Pong / $60 / Tennis, tabble tennis, handball, practice / Digital scoring, sound, skill selector, (H-V movment on table tennis)...''</ref>
| releasedate = [[1976 in video gaming|1976]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GgEAAAAAMBAJ&dq=Tele-Pong+Entex&pg=PA91 TV games turn your set into a sports arena], By William J. Hawkins, Popular Science, Nov 1976, Page 91, Table: ''...Entex / Tele-Pong / $60 / Tennis, table tennis, handball, practice / Digital scoring, sound, skill selector, (H-V movement on table tennis)...''</ref>
| price = <!-- this is price at initial release, not the current price -->
| price = <!-- this is price at initial release, not the current price -->
| lifespan = 1976-?
| lifespan = 1976-?
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| display = TV
| display = [[Television|TV]]
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The '''''Gameroom Tele-Pong''''' is a [[Dedicated console|dedicated]] [[home video game console]] manufactured and released by [[Entex Industries]] in [[1976 in video gaming|1976]].<ref>[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1041&st=3 ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong], OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum</ref> The Gameroom Tele-Pong displays the [[Video game|games]] in black and white. The score is built in the console.
The '''''Gameroom Tele-Pong''''' (sometimes also called '''''Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong''''' or '''''ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong''''') is a [[Dedicated console|dedicated]] [[First generation of video game consoles|first-generation]] [[home video game console]] developed, published and marketed by [[Entex Industries]] starting in [[1976 in video gaming|1976]].<ref name=":0">[https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1041&st=3 ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong], OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voxodyssey.com/gameroom-tele-pong/|title=Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong is a video game console|last=Vox|website=Vox Odyssey|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref> It had a price of US$60.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GgEAAAAAMBAJ&dq=Tele-Pong+Entex&pg=PA91 TV games turn your set into a sports arena], By William J. Hawkins, Popular Science, Nov 1976, Page 91, Table: ''...Entex / Tele-Pong / $60 / Tennis, table tennis, handball, practice / Digital scoring, sound, skill selector, (H-V movement on table tennis)...''</ref> The Gameroom Tele-Pong displays the [[Video game|games]] in black and white. The score is built in the console. It has no sound.<ref name=":0" /> The Gameroom Tele-Pong is similar to the first Japanese video game console, [[Epoch Co.|Epoch]]'s ''[[TV Tennis Electrotennis]]'', released a year prior.{{Why|date=September 2024}}

The console does not contain a central CPU but uses 8 dicscrete SN74LS00 chips. It is only battery-operated (1.5V "C" cell x 4).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230201075922/https://www.old-computers.com/museum/forum.asp?c=1041&st=1 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>

There was also a version released in the United Kingdom marketed by [[Binatone]] called the '''''TV Game Unit'''''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum|url=https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1041|website=www.old-computers.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201075922/https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1041 | archive-date=2023-02-01 }}</ref> It had a price of £23.95.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-01 |title=OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum |url=https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=1040 |access-date=2024-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601055153/https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=3&c=1040 |archive-date=2023-06-01 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{youtube|w-c_iUCWqG0|Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong}}
* {{YouTube|w-c_iUCWqG0|Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong}} (Feb 18, 2015. By Sly DC.)
*[https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1041&st=3 Gameroom Tele-Pong at www.old-computers.com]
*[https://www.mobygames.com/game/108715/gameroom-tele-pong/ Gameroom Tele-Pong] on [[MobyGames]]

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[[Category:1976 in video gaming]]
[[Category:1976 in video gaming]]
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{{Video game consoles|Generation=First}}


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Latest revision as of 13:48, 25 December 2024

Gameroom Tele-Pong
ManufacturerEntex Industries
TypeDedicated home video game console
Release date1976[1]
Lifespan1976-?
Units soldUnknown
DisplayTV
WeightUnknown
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorUnknown

The Gameroom Tele-Pong (sometimes also called Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong or ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console developed, published and marketed by Entex Industries starting in 1976.[2][3] It had a price of US$60.[4] The Gameroom Tele-Pong displays the games in black and white. The score is built in the console. It has no sound.[2] The Gameroom Tele-Pong is similar to the first Japanese video game console, Epoch's TV Tennis Electrotennis, released a year prior.[why?]

The console does not contain a central CPU but uses 8 dicscrete SN74LS00 chips. It is only battery-operated (1.5V "C" cell x 4).[5]

There was also a version released in the United Kingdom marketed by Binatone called the TV Game Unit.[6] It had a price of £23.95.[7]

References

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  1. ^ TV games turn your set into a sports arena, By William J. Hawkins, Popular Science, Nov 1976, Page 91, Table: ...Entex / Tele-Pong / $60 / Tennis, table tennis, handball, practice / Digital scoring, sound, skill selector, (H-V movement on table tennis)...
  2. ^ a b ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong, OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum
  3. ^ Vox. "Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong is a video game console". Vox Odyssey. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  4. ^ TV games turn your set into a sports arena, By William J. Hawkins, Popular Science, Nov 1976, Page 91, Table: ...Entex / Tele-Pong / $60 / Tennis, table tennis, handball, practice / Digital scoring, sound, skill selector, (H-V movement on table tennis)...
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20230201075922/https://www.old-computers.com/museum/forum.asp?c=1041&st=1 [bare URL]
  6. ^ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-01.
  7. ^ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". 2023-06-01. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-09-12.
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