I realise this might sound unplausable, (but take it from someone who was alive at the time) but theese machines was actually popular among elderly people in the late 70s. One of my grandfathers had a machine like this. My uncle altso. (My uncle being only a couple of years younger than my father.) My father didn't like playing pong with my grandfather and uncle tho. Altso some neighbours of us where I grew up, (who were grandpairents themselves) har a pong machine. So not only kids played those games. But they got fed up with them pretty soon. Unlike us kids, who went on to our Vic-20s and Commodore 64s etc.
@pferreira1983
7 жыл бұрын
I don't think it was just the elderly, my dad bought one.
@BrekMartin
9 жыл бұрын
We are having that jitter problem with the paddle on a vintage Pong here at the moment, but interestingly a different machine (branded Hanimex).
@justanotheryoutubechannel
4 жыл бұрын
It’s always kinda mind boggling how terrible the RF signal from these old Pong consoles looks.
@Lemonidas75
9 жыл бұрын
Yes, i did the same mistake of playing pong all day long. Thankfully it didn't leave me with any long-lasting psychological effects effects effects effects effects effects effects
@outtheredude
7 жыл бұрын
One example of these, wood paneled, with a gun, on a big B&W wood paneled telly, at my wood paneled cousin's place, was one of my earliest childhood memories in the late 70s, as well as my very first experience of a video game, which I was too young to play, being only around 3-ish. So. Much. Wood. Panelling.
@robsku1
6 жыл бұрын
That's some hefty wood panelling right there.
@ALurkingGrue
8 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons for the warning is those games would burn permanent images in your CRT. On an LCD you probably won't have that problem.
@TheOGRalph
4 жыл бұрын
Found this 5 years later, after randomly being given a Binatone superstar. Ended up choking on a donut after the "excessively large bollock" comet. Crying, laughing and coughing up donut chunks as I type. Thank you sir.
@betamax80
8 жыл бұрын
you were lucky to find a Mk. 10! I've certainly played on a Mk. 4 and Mk. 6 - they seemed to literally add a corresponding number of pong-based games with each "Mk".
@313Games
2 жыл бұрын
I've still not tested my boxed radiofin pong console, it just sits there on the shelf looking through me and hoping that today is the day to return to life. Maybe I will give it a shot soon..
@Scaze74
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome dude! I enwy you for thos sweet games ;p Hope you recover soon from that nightmare. ;D
@rickyyoung
6 жыл бұрын
I had that binatone! pong, double pong, pong against a wall and pong no mates!
@TheRetroByte
5 жыл бұрын
Strange how these things turn up in the loft. I had the TV Master back in the day. In fact it was my first taste of video games.
@Handlebar-MustDash
3 жыл бұрын
On a local shoeshop, there was a sign reading 'Shoes For All The Family', somebody had scratched off some of the lettering so it read - 'Shoes For Al The Fan i'
@alynicholls3230
7 жыл бұрын
the non working ones will more than likely need new capacitors, my old radoffin tv game was the same way, when i replaced the caps it fired right up. shame the only cart i have is shite invaders.
@d.d.malkovic7634
9 жыл бұрын
Great video :D Too bad two of the machines failed to operate. But hey, they probably looked the same on screen. :P
@Nostalgianerd
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks! haha, yeah that's what I thought. Although the lollipop controls on that mark 10 were amazing. Possibly... best... controller....ever? (quite a claim)
@d.d.malkovic7634
9 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia Nerd Nothing beats analog. (also quite a claim)
@Nostalgianerd
9 жыл бұрын
I concur. 110% (quite a percentage)
@kins749
6 жыл бұрын
The Prinztronic is a PC-50X system which requires cartridges, there are no built in games. The box shows the available games, e.g. Grand Prix as well as Pong variants. So it might be functional if you had any of the games.
@Handlebar-MustDash
3 жыл бұрын
I have 6 cartridges for the Prinztronic which still functions today which is unusual for Dixons own brand. Their warranties ended on the carpark driving away.
@wisteela
8 жыл бұрын
Cool loft find. I'd imagine it was up there due to it not working.
@Nostalgianerd
8 жыл бұрын
+Paul Potter I think it was holding the water pipe tbh
@michaelschneider603
4 жыл бұрын
Also known as: Fifty Shades of Pong.
@Linerax
7 жыл бұрын
Decades later someone will find that Wii U box an make a nostalgia video about the console.
@oddpodshow
9 жыл бұрын
great vid, i have a few pong machines too.
@Giuseppe86
7 жыл бұрын
I wonder if any of those would be worth repairing.
@delscoville
Жыл бұрын
We used to have a Coleco Telstar Pong.
@WorksOnMyComputer
7 жыл бұрын
I use to play these type of games all f***ing day long. Quite a few of us did. Had no idea about the XBOX at the time. ;)
@thespacemonkeyist
6 жыл бұрын
Re: Sovereign package: Orange and Brown -- the ultimate 70s retro colors. Proof: The Atari 2600
@gleroyTullySAEHEYKID
2 жыл бұрын
ATTN: I am in possession of original draft table from the office of ATARI , very office in which PONG was created. I work in same building here in Northern California and have provenance. What's its value?
@leeh3568
6 жыл бұрын
Luv your humour
@spoonhanz
6 жыл бұрын
I have a binatone tv master mk 8
@Segasocks
9 жыл бұрын
The quality is higher than the price! Lmao
@Nostalgianerd
9 жыл бұрын
Sheer genius. I love it
@supernovagamer929
7 жыл бұрын
it's not the only thing that was higher than the price back in the 70's
@tvgamecenters7030
7 жыл бұрын
At £120 in todays money, the price wasn't anything to laugh about either!
@dajosh42069
6 жыл бұрын
I think you're missing the point here... The game devices "price' was free!! Found abandoned in an attic.. so, the statement isn't false.
@pferreira1983
7 жыл бұрын
My dad bought a Binatone MK 10 years ago. It was the first games console we ever had and we still have it today. Great fun. Works fine although one of the controllers is a bit loose.
@w00denstar
5 жыл бұрын
I had one of these. Think it’s still in my parents loft somewhere. Going to find it mate. Loved it 😂😂😂😂
@jasonbiggin4087
4 жыл бұрын
Is that a sweat band on your left wrist per chance.
@GazzJ82
9 жыл бұрын
I have the smaller binatone machine. But mine is not orange, it's some kind of a god awful brown colour from memory. Mine came chucked in for free with a zx spectrum at the car boot.
@Nostalgianerd
9 жыл бұрын
"chucked it for free"... Love it! ah man, the late 70s and early 80s were big on brown weren't they? Cars, toys, food, clothes... what was that about?
@GazzJ82
9 жыл бұрын
Yeah, can't quite work out why the brown car has never made a come back?!
@Nostalgianerd
9 жыл бұрын
Gary James I look forward to the day it does. I can tell you
@tvgamecenters7030
7 жыл бұрын
Doesn't the Binatone (I've always gone for Bin-A-Tone not Bean-A-Tone) use the same General Instruments AY chip as the Sovereign you disassembled? I think there was a Binatone MkIV+2 model that came with the optional light gun for the extra two games. I think the Binatone Mk10 and the Prinzetronic were both later models, circa 1981~3? And I'm sure I found out somewhere that Prinzetronic was the brand name Dixons Stores used for cheap electronics they imported from Hong Kong!
@chriswathen9612
7 жыл бұрын
TV GameCenters I have a 4+2, don't have a gun for it though. I think there was a 6 which included it. There were also colour versions too, IIRC they had a blue case rather than the orange of the b/w models
@meetoo594
6 жыл бұрын
I had a mk 6 colour version, the shell was white(ish) and the top was brown. It had a lightgun that you could take the barrel off to turn it into a smaller pistol. The gun could be fooled by pointing it at a lightbulb or turning the brightness up on the telly. Oh, and the colour feature was just a green background instead of a black one lol.
@edbadyt
8 жыл бұрын
Someone bought a Wii U?
@Sinn0100
4 жыл бұрын
"The manuals are all much of a muchness" what?
@andrewstones2921
3 жыл бұрын
Proper English that is.. we Brits say stuff like that all the time.
@Sinn0100
3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewstones2921 Well...I love it! I have been to the UK a number of times and I always learn new words when I go. Especially when you're in a bar in South London watching soccer and the home team screws up...wow! They really hate the word "spazzing." I used it to describe the referee's calls and boy did they set me straight (they were really cool). Here in the states, you can run up and down the streets yelling the word and no one will bat an eye; However, if you were to do that with the C-word (rhymes with blunt) people would not be very pleased with you. ;) We also seemed to disagree on the usage of the word "pissed."
@andrewstones2921
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sinn0100 in the UK pissed means angry or drunk, depending entirely on context. So many words have different meanings to the US, some of my favourites include Fag, Rubber, Fanny and Pavement. All those words have totally different meanings in the US and the UK.
@Sinn0100
3 жыл бұрын
@@andrewstones2921 I have never heard someone from the UK used the word "pissed" for angry, that's pretty cool. What you guys call cigarettes is like the nuclear option here. Unless of course you go by South Park rules and you're talking about annoying Harley riders. If you want to hear every foul word ever uttered in a matter of minutes just head over too your nearest Xbox and fire up Call of Duty "anything." You can speed up the process by lobbing a grenade at everyone's feet. ;)
@youaintseenmeok
8 жыл бұрын
How do you run these on a monitor .?
@pferreira1983
7 жыл бұрын
Plug it in, simples!
@ff_crafter
7 жыл бұрын
0:40 jumpscare
@randywatson8347
7 жыл бұрын
Lol 02:00 those figures look like two people having a back to back fetish or something...
@AnnoyingBastsardonSteam
4 жыл бұрын
Lol that skull scared mey lol
@nickblackburn1903
Жыл бұрын
"Bye" na tone, not Bee na tone... jeez
@sogekingable
2 жыл бұрын
Someone want to sell to me binatone 4+2. So i search on youtube and found this video.
@ALitleBitSpecial
7 жыл бұрын
Wake up people! Watch out for Lollypop Ladies when on the road!! when will the world learn?
@orange-thing
7 жыл бұрын
First ?
@Nostalgianerd
7 жыл бұрын
CAQ Vevo Sure. We'll run with that.
@outtheredude
7 жыл бұрын
One example of these, wood paneled, with a gun, on a big B&W wood paneled telly, at my wood paneled cousin's place, was one of my earliest childhood memories in the late 70s, as well as my very first experience of a video game, which I was too young to play, being only around 3-ish. So. Much. Wood. Panelling.
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