Today's Pong console is the Interstate Multisport TVG 1110 console from 1977, there are already a couple of Interstate branded consoles in the museum. This one, like many others is a rebranded console which was made in Hong Kong, another example of this is the Sportron 106
The Multisport offers ten games powered by the common General Instrument AY-3-8610 IC. These games are selected by a large five position dial which offers two games per position, they are swapped by a switch, so each position on the dial has a Game A and a Game B, which can be seen in the table below
| Dial | Game A | Game B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Target 1 | Basketball 1 |
| 2 | Target 2 | Gridball |
| 3 | Basketball 2 | Handball 2 |
| 4 | Soccer | Hockey |
| 5 | Handball 1 | Tennis |
There are other consoles in the museum that utilise the same approach to game selection, including the Videomaster Olympic and the Adman Grandstand 3600 aka Bingo TVG 203
The console has all the usual options you would expect for the time, including auto and manual serve, bat size per player, and ball speed. As well as power and the game A or B switch
As well as two large, and orange, serve and reset buttons
The printed graphics suggests twelve games as they had to add two of the boxes for visual balance, however they just list the games, which are already printed around the dial in the other boxes
The controllers can be removed from the base unit, and are attached by a short and hardwired coiled cable. There are clips to hold the controllers in place but no cable storage, and the clips are broken on my console
The base of the unit has the battery compartment, a quality control sticker, and a blank label
The console looks very nice and feels well built
The rear of the console has the TV socket and external power. There is no connection for a pistol which means the target games use the sticks
The side profile shows the rear of the console raises up slightly which may not be obvious from the earlier photos
The controllers have a chrome effect stick which is just plastic and can be unscrewed, there is also a fire or serve button on each controller, and the protective film cover was never removed
I got the official power supply but something is rattling inside and one of the pins is not secure. It doesn't look like this comes apart without breaking it, so this won't be used
And I have the RF lead, so we finish on a plug as normal
R - Tape loading error, 0:1
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