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 2/21/2008 11:22 AM
User is offline Kevin J Baird
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From Old-Computers.com:  This system is totally diferent from any other Telstar pong system or console you might have encountered until now. It looks like a common pong but it doesn't play the common pong games. This one offers 2 kind of games: Shooting games and Pinball games. A gun is available for it.

The nice devices are the 2 flipper buttons on both side of the system simulating a real Pinball. There is also a big red button on top of the case to launch the ball in the playfield. This button may be used in two ways: a short tap will shoot the ball out slowly and a long press will shoot the ball out faster. Excellent!

The pinball game display is totally adjustable: 3 sliding knobs (on the left side of the unit) can adjust the playfield (bumpers and chutes) up and down so you have completely different ball action in each game. These are also very useful when the ball is stuck...you can move them enabling the ball to get unstuck. The scoring is also very complex depending on what you're hitting with your ball, including "special" scoring like in real pinballs. There are 2 playfields available.

The shooting games are more simple: one is a 2 player game where you have to hit the target before it disappears, and the other is a moving target shooting game.

The system is powered by a Coleco home made chip: the MPS 7600. This chip offers 6 videogames: 4 pinball games and 2 shooting games. The shooting games don't exactly look like the ones of the GI-AY-3-8700 chip or the AY-3-8500 chip. The external rifle was dedicated to these 2 shooting games. The graphic display of this system is very good for the era and is in color. There is even a digital scoring on the screen.

The base of the unit was also used to store the switch box and the AC adaptor. You had to place the plastic rubber bumpers (under the unit) yourself.

 
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NutMan At:7:48 PM

is the show going up tonight?

Jedihillis At:11:17 PM

New character battle is up. Skeleton vs. Gordon Freeman. Vote foo's!

Sheep At:2:02 PM

you could just lock the threads....as long as people keep posting new stuff, the old threads will get bumped off the screen.

Jedihillis At:9:19 AM

Ok nm. I figured out you can edit each thread with new info. I'll edit one of the old ones for the next battle to keep from dominating the screen. Good call kolop

Jedihillis At:9:16 AM

Good question Kolop. I'm not sure that it can to be honest

kolop1 At:3:40 AM

Can the voting be one thread only? It's going to take up a lot of threads for this game.

Jedihillis At:1:21 AM

I don't know why you can't vote. I leave each poll up for 2-3 days. Polls are only open on the most recent battle though which currently is Bison vs. Kain.

madmex At:11:29 PM

u should be able to vote, idk y

HotBox At:10:56 PM

Or is voting only up for a couple hours