Gameroom Tele-Pong
Home video game console
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The Gameroom Tele-Pong (sometimes also called Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong or ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console developed, published and marketed by Entex Industries starting in 1976.[2][3] It had a price of US$60.[4] The Gameroom Tele-Pong displays the games in black and white. The score is built in the console. It does have sound. The Gameroom Tele-Pong is similar[why?] to the first Japanese video game console, Epoch's TV Tennis Electrotennis, released a year prior.
| Manufacturer | Entex Industries |
|---|---|
| Type | Dedicated home video game console |
| Released | 1976[1] |
| Display | TV |
The console does not contain a central CPU but uses 8 discrete SN74LS00 chips. It is only battery-operated (1.5V "C" cell x 4).[5]
There was also a version released in the United Kingdom marketed by Binatone called the TV Game Unit.[6] It had a price of £23.95.[7]