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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> 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's ''[[TV Tennis Electrotennis]]'', released a year prior.
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> 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's ''[[TV Tennis Electrotennis]]'', released a year prior.


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=3&c=1040|access-date=2020-07-24|website=www.old-computers.com}}</ref> It had a price of £23.95.<ref name=":1" />
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://web.archive.org/web/20230201075922/https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1041|website=www.old-computers.com}}</ref> It had a price of £23.95.<ref name=":1" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:35, 22 July 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] 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.

There was also a version released in the United Kingdom marketed by Binatone called the TV Game Unit.[4] It had a price of £23.95.[4]

References

  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, tabble 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. ^ a b "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com.