Tele-sports

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Tele-Sports
Designer Radofin
Manufacturer Acetronic, Audio Sonic, Bodenfund, Coleco, DMS, K-Mart, Prinztronic, Radofin, SHG, Ultrasound
CPU Radofin Tele-Sports, Mini, and III
Mostek MPS-7600-001
Tele-Sports IV
General Instruments AY-3-8500
Graphics black and white
Memory 43 bytes
Media ROM cartridge or built in media
Released 1976-1978
Added to Museum not yet
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The Tele-Sports was a series of video game consoles based on Pong, created by Radofin. The early models had built-in games, and the later models used cartridges.

The hardware was then licensed to and sold by other companies as well. Along with Radofin, Acetronic, Audio Sonic, Bodenfund, Coleco, DMS, K-Mart, Prinztronic, SHG, and Ultrasound sold variations of the various systems.

In all, consoles based on Radofin Tele-Sports hardware were released by nine different companies in Europe and the United States from 1976 to 1983.

Design

The early Tele-Sports and its compatible consoles utilize a Mostek MPS-7600-001 chip. The Tele-Sports IV had a General Instruments AY-3-8500 chipset.

Tele-sports systems

Name Company Released Media Availability
Tele-Sports Radofin 1976 Built-in games Radofin released it in two varieties. One had a black case, and the other had artifical wood panels.
Released by SHG in Germany as the Blackpoint 10.
Released by Ultrasound in Germany as the Ultrasound Tele-Sports.
Released by K Mart in the United States as the SC Eight Thousand.
Tele-Sports Mini Radofin 1977 Built-in games Released in the United States by Coleco in 1977.
Released in Europe by DMS in 1983.
Tele-Sports III Radofin 1978 Cartridge Released in Europe by Audio Sonic as the Audio Sonic Tele-Sports III.
Tele-Sports IV Radofin 1978 Cartridge Released by SHG in Germany as the Blackpoint.
Released by PrinzTronic in Europe and New Zealand as the Micro 5500.
Released in Europe by Audio Sonic as the Audio Sonic Tele-Sports IV.
Released in Europe by Acetronic as the Acetronic Tele-Sports IV.
Released in Europe by Bodenfund as the Programmable Video System.