My 1970's PONG Systems

[XFile2708]

Great vid matey - ive had a couple of chances to grab one of those Tournament IIs in the past - they do look very cool systems :)

[StigsGameRoom]

@XFile2708 Thanks Marcus ! I have a weakness for these systems, they are just so retro and cool :)

[XFile2708]

@StigsGameRoom Exactly matey... I love the cover on that Tournament II :)

[izaurralde]

Haha love the retro look of the vid (the white lines + dots)

why the low voice, was it 3 am or something?

[StigsGameRoom]

@izaurralde Yes mate, as usual, recording at 3am when the family are upstairs sleeping lol

[adfot1]

Lovely piece of retro heaven .. family fun for everyone :) love the binatone number great stuff

[StigsGameRoom]

@adfot1 Thanks Ads :)

[masterkeaton1000]

Great consoles man, did you make this late at night/ early in the morning? You seem a little quieter than usual?

[StigsGameRoom]

@masterkeaton1000 Thanks mate, yeah it was recorded at 3 am LOL, had to be quiet so as not to wake the family upstairs

[masterkeaton1000]

@StigsGameRoom Ah right, that'll explain it then :)

[lakepalmer]

Coooooool! Nice one John oh happy days!!

[StigsGameRoom]

@lakepalmer Thanks mate :)

[lakepalmer]

@StigsGameRoom My streaming has capped this but I nearly wet myself on the thumbnail! I'll watch it tomorrow as this is proper old school! Cheers mate

[ReplayRetro]

I had a small number of these a fair few years back (not the ones you have, nor in such fantastic condition) sold them at a carboot in the end though, great little retro items and its bizarre to think one game spawned so much hardware!

Your Binatone is a pretty advanced one, i had one of the more simple orange and black ones without cartridges, i never knew Binatone made a cart based system! great video, thanks for this mate

[StigsGameRoom]

@ReplayRetro Thanks matey, yeah these things are pretty cool, I never play them but they're great items to have in the collection :)

[OldSchoolNYCGamer]

For the age they're both in they look real kick ass John. = )

[StigsGameRoom]

@OldSchoolNYCGamer Thanks Sid, yeah they are in great condition, well apart from the burn that I inflicted lol

[edt1138]

Those pong systems are in really good shape for their age (except for the scar from the soldering iron). I liked the 8mm film look to the video as well.

[StigsGameRoom]

@edt1138 Thanks Ed, yeah I was gutted at the time when I burned it but it's not that noticable really. Seems you are the only one to have noticed the 8mm film look lol

[CorporalColeco]

Its amazing how many pong consoles are out there. I have around 12 in my collection and have never seen theese. Very cool..!

[StigsGameRoom]

@CorporalColeco Yeah there's shit loads of them about, must pick up another few sometime :) Thanks man

[RPKGameVids]

That Binatone system looks really interesting. Could you show some gameplay footage from it sometime?

Thanks.

[StigsGameRoom]

@RPKGameVids I might do a gameplay video sometime mate, but it's just pong and variations of pong lol. If I ever get some of the other carts for it, I'll be sure to do a full review vid on it :)

[retroballz]

Great stuff. Never seen that Binatone before, I know that some of these early cart based "programmable" machines worked by having their system architecture changed by the cart, rather than any RAM or code. Will do my research. Love the box art on the Prinztronic, the kids parents want let him play! Thanks again geezer, take care :-)

[StigsGameRoom]

@retroballz Thanks mate, hmm that's interesting, so your saying that all the games are already built in to the system, the carts just allow access to them, cool, I may pull that cart apart and have a look at what's inside !

[almeu2011]

Nice look at some unusual Pong clone, especially the Binatone one that uses cartridges. I started with a simpler Binatone Pong clone myself, which I must get back into my collection at some point.

[StigsGameRoom]

@almeu2011 Thanks mate, they are becoming more and more collectible now :)

[Polaventris]

There are just silly number of different pong systems out there. Love the true retro design and package artwork on these :)

[StigsGameRoom]

@Polaventris Yeah it's scary how many there are ! Yeah that's the main attraction of these for me, love the snapshot in time on the front :)

[Kefka14]

Excellent Pong consoles! I actually don't own any Pong consoles unless you count the Odyssey 1.

[StigsGameRoom]

@Kefka14 Thanks Chase ! I wouldn't really consider the Odyssey to be a Pong clone, it's far to awesome for that :)

[Kefka14]

@StigsGameRoom Agreed my friend :). Especially with the awesome Rifle lol.