Nice German Pong system of the popular Interton brand. This was found in France too. There it was sold under the Thomson and the Continental Edison brand. This is the smallest of the Interton systems that always had that flat, black design. This system was also found in the U.K.
www.old-computers.com says:
the main particularity of the system is that despite the fact that it uses a "common" AY-3-8500 GI chipset, if offers 5 games, one more than what the chip can normally do. The bonus game is a soccer game but here the computer plays the oponnent! This must be an electronic hack done "outside" the main chipset. This kind of hack can be found on some other pong systems...
David Winter (www.pong-story.com) says:
For the 5-players soccer game (in fact 2 paddles for left player and 3 for right one), it is a non-documented game. It is normaly possible to play it on any pong system (GI chipset powered) if you can manage to not select any game (game switch must not indicate any game). Some systems, like the Interton Video 2400 if I recall correctly can play this game though... I don't know what differences has the AY-3-8500-7 compared to the standard AY-3-8500 version... I know there is also a AY-3-8500-1x but I have no info about it. It is certainly a question of internal revision.
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