Hey guys. My first system that I ever had, even before the NES, was a pong system. It was my old step dad's system, and has been gone now for ages (burnt up when I was young). I'm trying to find it again, but I'm puzzled on just how he got it (no I can't ask him). It seems that through my research, it came from the Netherlands, and is called the Philips N20. I've searched for years on the internet, on ebay, ect.. with no luck. Anyone know how I can get my hands on this again? Here is a picture and some details I've dug up on it (PS: I have no idea why the chart says it had a gun. I have never seen a gun for this pong system, and it surely wasn't with mine. It says it comes with shooting games, but I honestly don't remember this feature at all. To my knowledge it just played the typical pong sports games.) : The Philips N20 is a classic pong system offering the 6 games of the widely used General Instruments AY-3-8500 dedicated chip. The black & white games are: Tennis, Football (soccer), Pelote Basque (squash), Exercice (squash practice), Tir au pigeon (skeet) and Tir de cible (shooting on moving target). The two last games are only playable with the optional light gun. The most particular feature of the N20 is its typical 70's cosmetic design, especially the controllers. They don't look like any other controllers but play surprisingly well! The Radiola JET T02M and the Schneider Telelude are exactly the same systems (except for the case color) sold under different brands beloging to Philips. The N20 will be followed by the N30, offering different games (no more shooting games). NAME N20 MANUFACTURER Philips ORIGIN Netherlands YEAR 1978 BUILT IN GAMES Tennis, Football (soccer), Pelote Basque (squash), Exercice (squash practice), Tir au pigeon (skeet), Tir de cible (shooting on moving target) CONTROLLERS 2 strange paddles with one fire button each CPU General Instruments AY-3-8500 BUTTONS None SWITCHES Game selection, TV channel switch, Bat size big/small, Service auto/manual, Power on/off, Bounce angle, Ball speed SCORE On screen COLORS Black & white SOUND Built-in beeper I/O PORTS RF TV video output BATTERIES 6 x LR6 battery cells POWER SUPPLY 9v - 80 mA GUN Yes
It's a generic pong system with a AY-3-8500 chip, any system with that chip will play exactly the same, with the only likely difference being in the turning of the pot to on screen change. In the UK the Binatone TV Game systems pop up all the time and they are cheap and will play theg games exactly as you remember them.
I hope you can realize I'm not getting this for it's function, more nostalgia. I'd like to find the same unit as the one pictured, but I swear it's impossible to find anywhere. Sometimes collecting very oddball systems like this can get quite aggravating lol.
I co mpletely understand. I would love to find MY original Super Nintendo but I guess that'll never happen.
