I'm interested in getting one but I don't know what it looked like so I'd need a picture. Thanks.
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What was the first ever home Pong?
Started by krambigmac, Mar 5 2002 10:43 PM
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Posted Tue Mar 5, 2002 10:43 PM
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Posted Tue Mar 5, 2002 10:51 PM
Take alook here and you will see a picture of the first home pong system by magnavox
http://www.pong-story.com/intro.htm
http://www.pong-story.com/intro.htm
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Posted Wed Mar 6, 2002 12:37 AM
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Originally posted by Mark Riley:
I'm interested in getting one but I don't know what it looked like so I'd need a picture. Thanks.
While the Odyssey was the first home videogame console, it contained a video ping-pong game that was the inspiration for Pong, but it wasn't Pong. The first Home Pong was manufactured by Atari and released by Sears. A photo of it can be seen on my website at
http://www.rolentapr...tari/atari.html
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Posted Wed Mar 6, 2002 8:31 AM
insparation! HA! good ol' Nolan stole the idea from right under magnavox's nose!
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Posted Wed Mar 6, 2002 10:26 AM
Well, depends on how you want to label the "First Pong".... the first home video game that had a Pong-like game play is the Magnavox Odyssey 1 in 1972. If you mean the first video game to be called Pong and was sold or licensed by Atari, then your talking about PONG in Christmas 1975. 150,000 were made under the Sears Pong name with white tops around the knobs and the 50,000 official Atari Pongs by Atari themselves.
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Posted Wed Mar 6, 2002 4:33 PM
I was thinking of the first game that was only Pong, not the Odyssey so it must be that Atari one I've seen on Ebay a few times. I tried getting it for 20 but I was outbid.
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Posted Thu Mar 7, 2002 8:34 AM
Interesting that you say that... it has been said that Coleco purposely made their Atari 2600 games inferior to make their Colecovision version more appealing, sorta like a bait a switch... you try it on your 2600 and say (man this system can't do good games....) then drool over the Colecovision versions and want mom & dad to spring for a Colecovision.
Still gotta love those cool white cartridge cases though, that was a real eye-catcher.
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Still gotta love those cool white cartridge cases though, that was a real eye-catcher.
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Today I found one of the original Sears units (I think). White panels under the knobs and a Tele-Games sticker up top. A bonus find was 4 Sears "Powermaster" D batteries in the battery compartment. No rust or corrosion from them either! The RF cord says "Belden" on it--is that original?
Does the power switch on all of these original Sears consoles say "Atari" in molded plastic? The one I found does. I looked at Rolenta's page and couldn't tell from the photo if that one has it on the switch or not.
It works well, but a little bit of jitter in one of the paddles. Can this be fixed? How?
Does the power switch on all of these original Sears consoles say "Atari" in molded plastic? The one I found does. I looked at Rolenta's page and couldn't tell from the photo if that one has it on the switch or not.
It works well, but a little bit of jitter in one of the paddles. Can this be fixed? How?
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