Ping-O-Tronic
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sèleco Ping-O-Tronic, Zanussi Ping-O-Tronic, ping • o • tronic
thumb|Interior of a Ping-O-Tronic thumb|Gameplay of the Ping-O-Tronic The Ping-O-Tronic (stylized on its logo as ping·o·tronic and also known as Zanussi Ping-O-Tronic or Sèleco Ping-O-Tronic) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console produced by Zanussi, an Italian home appliance company, and released under their Sèleco brand in late-1974 only in Italy. It was the first Italian video game console, excluding Magnavox Odyssey imports and clones.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- home video game console
- Manufacturer
- Electrolux Italy
- Image
- Zanussi - Ping-o-tronic.jpg
- Has parts of class
- video game
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- publication date
- 1974-00-00
- units sold
- 1000000
- input device
- light gun
- editor
- Sèleco
- uses
- 7400 series
- Commons category
- Zanussi Ping-O-Tronic
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Play-O-Tronic
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thumb|Interior of a Ping-O-Tronic thumb|Gameplay of the Ping-O-Tronic The Ping-O-Tronic (stylized on its logo as ping·o·tronic and also known as Zanussi Ping-O-Tronic or Sèleco Ping-O-Tronic) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console produced by Zanussi, an Italian home appliance company, and released under their Sèleco brand in late-1974 only in Italy. It was the first Italian video game console, excluding Magnavox Odyssey imports and clones.
The Ping-O-Tronic came in an orange and white plastic container with a paddles housing. The control logic is based on three 7400 chips. Usable games are only three similar ones: Pong, Squash/Solo and Automatic/Attract. The last one was the only game that did not require players and was used by stores to demonstrate the system without having anyone play it.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ping-O-Tronic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.