A Purchase Too Far -- The Dawn Of Gaming Consciousness!

[minks36]

great pickup mate;) same as you we had one of these in the family before i got my 1st own console to myself the atari 2600,

thats in cracking condition mate:) i turned down the chance to get one of these from the car boot last year, just had a gut feeling from how the guy was talking that he knew it didnt work or he would of ebayed it

[1msx2go]

WoW!! looks awesome...a classic indeed. I need to get one of these vintage consoles into my collection....thanks for showing :)

[zark212]

Hi, Great video. As a recommendation I find it best to switch these vintage items on from time to time. The capacitors can loose capacitance over a long time and much like a car engine knead to be run from time to time. Great video and Long live retro.

[retroballz]

@zark212 Tanx geezer, yeah, i can understand this prob, for some machines its a matter of decades since being fired up, take care :-)

[darrenwalshsock]

"You will become a superstar with Binatone TV game!"

That speaker is going to blow your house down! :)

[retroballz]

@darrenwalshsock Thats the way i roll :-)

[timeteam1982]

I would buy one if I came across some I would collect em .

[electricadventures]

Wow that is going back a way.  Our family had one by Hanimex, that had pong of course, but also motor cycle jumping, which was pretty cool. Not sure if I want to collect that far back :)

[retroballz]

@electricadventures Deep down, you know that you will go that far back! Dont fight it! You have the room! :)

[retroballz]

@electricadventures Deep down, you know that you will go that far back! Dont fight it! You have the room! :)

[retroballz]

@electricadventures Deep down, you know that you will go that far back! Dont fight it! You have the room! :)

[retroballz]

@electricadventures Deep down, you know that you will go that far back! Dont fight it! You have the room! :)

[StigsGameRoom]

According to Old-Computers website this was released in 1977 :)

[retroballz]

@StigsGameRoom Cheers geezer, but why do i think that one edition of this machine had a light gun? More research. Plus this thing takes loads of batts! Take care :-)

[StigsGameRoom]

That is awesome mate ! I have a couple of pong clones, I think I'll do a video response to this, if you don't mind :) I have a Binatone "SuperStar" pong system but it actually has cartridges with different games on them !

[TigonVLiger]

Wow, now that's a vintage looking piece of kit! ;-) A seriously cool looking machine and condition-wise, it looks excellent. Was hoping you'd demo that baby but great showcase vid all the same. Well done mate ;-)

[retroballz]

@TigonVLiger 2 Player demo coming soon, just as soon as my son can get his head around the idea of a controller with no buttons, and the fact that you cant enable on-line functions :-)