General Instrument AY-3-8500 IC
Hardware theme
These games use an AY-3-8500 chip.
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The General Instrument AY-3-8500 is actually an integrated circuit, not a CPU. It accepts input and produces 500x525 (500x626 PAL version) black and white TV output for 7 pong variants. Grayscale output could be achived by using resistors and color by using the AY-3-8515 companion chip.
Ping Pong
Soccer
Squash
Practice
Rifle 1
Rifle 2
Handicaped Soccer
Handicaped Soccer was a variant that added an extra player to one of the teams. It was rarely used.
With propper wiring, the contained variants could be manipulated to simulate many other games. Such as american football, hockey, tennis, handball and even racing games. General Instrument created later chips based on this design that included additional games and options.
Ping Pong
Soccer
Squash
Practice
Rifle 1
Rifle 2
Handicaped Soccer
Handicaped Soccer was a variant that added an extra player to one of the teams. It was rarely used.
With propper wiring, the contained variants could be manipulated to simulate many other games. Such as american football, hockey, tennis, handball and even racing games. General Instrument created later chips based on this design that included additional games and options.
Games by year
The first General Instrument AY-3-8500 IC video game was released in 1976.
APF Electronics published all these games.
Platforms
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