TV Scoreboard
Template:Short description Template:Infobox information appliance The TV Scoreboard (sometimes called RadioShack TV Scoreboard) is a Pong-like dedicated home video game console manufactured in Hong Kong from 1976 through the early '80s and made by Tandy.[1][2] Distribution was handled exclusively by RadioShack.
The TV Scoreboard consisted of a left and right player, with dials or paddles on the hand held piece, and had multiple Pong era games. A variant also included a revolver-type light gun, which was used for a clay pigeon shooting game. Using additional cosmetic attachments to the light gun, the user could change its appearance to be that of a rifle. The games included but were not restricted to tennis, squash, hockey and practice. Games and game modes, including difficulty settings and serving settings, could be adjusted with switches. It ran on either an AC adapter, or six 1.5 V AA batteries.[2]
The console belongs to the first generation of video game console and is based on one single chip, the General Instrument AY-3-8500.[citation needed]
Versions
The system was also released in Germany under the name Universum Multispiel[3] in 1977. Another very similar console is the 677 released in 1978 by Hanimex.[4]
Games
The following ten games are playable with the system:[2]
- Tennis
- Football
- Squash
- Practice (Pelota)
- Target
- Motorcycle
- Enduro
- Motocross
- Stunt Cycle
- Drag Race
References
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- ^ Radio Shack TV Scoreboard (handheld), OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tandy TV Scoreboard - Computer - Computing History". www.computinghistory.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."pongmuseum.com - and the ball was square... Universum Multispiel". www.pongmuseum.de. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
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