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[thegamezmaster]

Does anyone know what they are and what they go to? Couldn't find anything myself. The controllers have a 16 pin male plug at the end. Not sure but I think the cables go to a 32x? Are they worth anything? Thanks for any help.

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[ApolloBoy]

The cables are just normal ones you can find at Radio Shack and the like. You can use them for a lot of things, like connecting an iPod to some car radios or the model 1 Genesis' headphone jack to a Sega CD. The controllers look like they go to some kind of Pong clone.

[Chuck D. Head]

ApolloBoy, on Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:57 PM, said:

The controllers look like they go to some kind of Pong clone.

I agree, but a half hour of image searching doesn't put me any closer to saying which one. Everyone but my grandma's bridge club put out a pong console in the 70's. These controllers are pretty distinctive, though, so maybe someone will recognize 'em.

[nathanallan]

The only place I have seen connectors like on those controllers is on old computers. Like late 70's early 80's old. TG doesn't really mean much, so I cannot ID them.

My answer is to ohm them out and see what pin goes where, use them on an Atari 2600. They look quite comfortable to hold.

[swlovinist]

I have never seen these before, but I can bet you that they probably go to a pong device of some sort.

[5-11under]

I don't know if I've ever seen a pong controller with a switch... .
It looks like the connector is meant to plug into a DIP socket.
Could be anything, but the fact that there's two of them likely means it's part of some sort of game, rather than industrial use.

My 2 cents.

[Cebus Capucinis]

Chuck D. Head, on Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:52 PM, said:

Everyone but my grandma's bridge club put out a pong console in the 70's.

Trust me, even your grandma's bridge club probably put out a pong console.

[Prodos8]

The paddles are probably for the older Apple II computers with a 16-pin dip socket on the mother board.

ETA: I'm certain the set of TG paddles is for the Apple II, I found an ad for them in an issue of InfoWorld from June '82.

[Jr. Pac]

All I can say is they look like paddles, or cameras.

[dwane413]

I agree with Prodos8. They remind me of paddles I used on an Apple II+, but I don't remember what the plug looked like. However, it's been enough years that I can't remember if they were exactly like these or not. Just that they were similar.

[swlovinist]

after further review, I have to agree that they are probably for Apple II computer. I sometimes forget that paddles were made for other systems other than atari, abit uncommon.

[nathanallan]

Prodos8, on Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:11 PM, said:

The paddles are probably for the older Apple II computers with a 16-pin dip socket on the mother board.

ETA: I'm certain the set of TG paddles is for the Apple II, I found an ad for them in an issue of InfoWorld from June '82.

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Prodos8 nailed it.

[Keatah]

Definitely Apple II series paddles. TG also made a joystick in that style of casing.

[thegamezmaster]

Thanks for the help on the TG paddles. Are they worth anything. Also does anyone know what the two cables go to on the picture and value if any? Again thanks. PM me if interested in either.

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