{"id":752,"date":"2018-08-10T11:52:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T11:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluemarble.ch\/wordpress\/?p=752"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:29:25","slug":"pong-revived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemarble.ch\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/10\/pong-revived\/","title":{"rendered":"PONG – Revived!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The game PONG<\/a> was released in 1972, one year before my birth. At the age of 18 I have constructed myself a Pong hardware using the AY-3-8500 integrated circuit on a self-made circuit board … basically a DIY game console! The game has now rested for more than 25 years. I have discovered it and was unable to connect it to any screen since it features a RF transmitter and needs to be connected to a regular VHF tuner which does of course not exist any more for most of today’s TV’s (remember the old days when you had to fine tune the TV channels?).<\/p>\n

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Thanks to PJ Evans and his inventive post<\/a> a simple composite output can be constructed to using the video and sync signals of the AY-3-8500. This worked flawlessly and the good old PONG console has come to a new life!<\/p>\n

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On the picture above you see the self made console from the mid 1990’s. The small circuit board on the lower right corner is the composite video add-on. Endless memories to a fun time when sprites were black and white, nobody had to wait for a game to start up and the games were not asking for updates …<\/p>\n

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The game PONG was released in 1972, one year before my birth. At the age of 18 I have constructed myself a Pong hardware using the AY-3-8500 integrated circuit on a self-made circuit board … basically a DIY game console! The game has now rested for more than 25 years. I have discovered it and … <\/p>\n

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