I acquired another Pong console from Facebook Marketplace for £10, this one is a Videomaster Visionscore VMVI and is a three game colour Pong variant for one or two players
The unit is quite small, and the controllers are built-in, although you can plug in "remote controls". There are three games, Football, Tennis, and Squash, these are selected by a momentary button which cycles through the games. Each player's "bat" has three skill levels which changes the size of the bat, this is also selected by a momentary button for each player. There is a reset button which sets the scores to 0. Also on the unit is a power switch, and a one or two player switch
I have not been able to open the battery compartment yet, it feels like it's been glued shut
The controls are just the usual rotary paddle type controls
There is a fixed TV lead and the unit broadcasts on CH37, there is a 3.5mm mono jack plug for external power, or BAT ELIM as they call it
The remote controls are just the same rotary paddle type controls terminated in the same 3.5mm mono jack plug as the power
Here's what I imagine is the official power supply, or battery eliminator. 18V is a lot for these Pong consoles
Anyway as usual the TV won't manual tune, so a full sweep it is, the unit emits a single pong style BEEP from the unit itself when switched on, the TV will emit white noise as there is no sound carrier in the RF signal, which is common on these consoles
While the TV is tuning I noticed the socket for the left player's remote control is missing, there is a rattle from within the unit, so it's likely the nut has come off and the socket has fallen inside the unit
This is Football, you may notice the background is blue, that matches the colour for Football on the front panel. Also the ball, which is more like a dash character, is always auto served with no apparent way of switching to manual serve, and the score is only on screen while the ball is not in play
This is Tennis, it would seem the ball is slow for the first couple of returns, then it speeds up, this is common for all games
And this is Squash. During testing I found everything seems to work as expected, but the controls only work on the first half of their travel, so it's likely some components have gone out of spec
Update
I already have one of these, but for £5 from Revival Games in Plymouth I'll buy it all day long
The box is in good condition
Not packed in the best way
It appears the glue has broken down and released the metal plate, the plate holds the buttons in, they're all here though, so that's good
Need to glue the plate back on
Model label
Rear of the console with RF lead and power socket
This console has player controls on the unit itself, and external controls as well
The Videomaster branded power supply which outputs 18V, double that of the usual 9v power supplies
Best picture I could get, so may try with a more suitable TV later
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