VideoMaster Olympic TV Game
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- 2017-08-11 18:41:16
Product ID: VM3 D Release Date: 1975 Barcode: N/A
Publisher: Videomaster Developer:
Regional Info: PAL - EUR - Region Exclusive
System: Videomaster Disc Colour: n/a
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The Vdeomaster Olympic Home TV Game is a very early Pong console that comes in the same era as the Magnavox Odyssey.
The white box version of the Olympic Home TV Game was first released in 1975, though later revisions were made which included updated box art and redesigns to the consoles casing, components and main board.
The metal shell version had 2 revisions which included either red or black buttons. There is also a noticed difference between the size of printed text on the box, though this could just be due to the printing company and not an actual revision. The casing was changed in 1976 from the original black metal casing to a cheaper plastic casing. Numbers were added to the scoreboard ontop of the unit and other revisions included either red, green or black buttons. The rotating controls were also changed to black plastic aswel as the dials on the side of the unit.
The unit runs from a single square 9v battery and has no option to use a PSU. The TV lead is analogue RF output which is hardwired into the console. The controls are fixed into the top of the unit and supports 2 player gaming.
There is some detailed information that already exists on the web which we think covers most of what we could talk about here, so please referr to the links below to get a more descriptive documentation of the Videomaster Olympic.
Read a descriptive history of the Videomaster Olympic, which includes details of each revision and a teardown of the console.
Detailed info on a Pre-Olympic Videomaster Home TV Game.
Refrence to the Videomaster Green Button revision.
This information was put together for Billy Sastard on Twitter. Many thanks to Samuel Anstee of the UK VIdeogame HistoryFacebook group for supplying certain information.
Publisher: Videomaster Developer:
Regional Info: PAL - EUR - Region Exclusive
System: Videomaster Disc Colour: n/a
Click Here to View Larger Images.
The Vdeomaster Olympic Home TV Game is a very early Pong console that comes in the same era as the Magnavox Odyssey.
The white box version of the Olympic Home TV Game was first released in 1975, though later revisions were made which included updated box art and redesigns to the consoles casing, components and main board.
The metal shell version had 2 revisions which included either red or black buttons. There is also a noticed difference between the size of printed text on the box, though this could just be due to the printing company and not an actual revision. The casing was changed in 1976 from the original black metal casing to a cheaper plastic casing. Numbers were added to the scoreboard ontop of the unit and other revisions included either red, green or black buttons. The rotating controls were also changed to black plastic aswel as the dials on the side of the unit.
The unit runs from a single square 9v battery and has no option to use a PSU. The TV lead is analogue RF output which is hardwired into the console. The controls are fixed into the top of the unit and supports 2 player gaming.
There is some detailed information that already exists on the web which we think covers most of what we could talk about here, so please referr to the links below to get a more descriptive documentation of the Videomaster Olympic.
REFERENCES:
Check out a descriptive History of the Videomaster Company.Read a descriptive history of the Videomaster Olympic, which includes details of each revision and a teardown of the console.
Detailed info on a Pre-Olympic Videomaster Home TV Game.
Refrence to the Videomaster Green Button revision.
This information was put together for Billy Sastard on Twitter. Many thanks to Samuel Anstee of the UK VIdeogame HistoryFacebook group for supplying certain information.
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