TV Ping Pong

Description

This game is one of many variations on the "ping pong" gameplay. Two players compete in volleying a ball across the screen by moving paddles up and down along the sides of the screen. The first player to 11 (or 15) wins.

TV Ping Pong was produced by Chicago Coin Machine Co. in 1973.

Chicago Coin Machine Co. released 454 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1931. Chicago Coin Machine Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Chicago Coin Machine Co. during the time period TV Ping Pong was produced include: Mini-Baseball, Fascination, All-Star Football, Super Bowl, Holiday, Big Top, Riviera, TV Hockey, TV Pin Game, and Olympic TV Football

Specs

Name	TV Ping Pong
Developer	Chicago Coin Machine Co. (United States)
Year	1973
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10003
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Ball and Paddle
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: TV Monitor Color: Black and White
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Rotary: Analog
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

The gameplay is almost identical to Pong.

Game Play

A ball is automatically served and each player turns his rotary control to move the paddle up and down to return the volley. When a player misses, the other player is awarded a point. A player wins by scoring either 11 or 15 points (switch selectable).

TV Ping Pong KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Cabinet Information

A very simple cabinet where the monitor glass and marquee are cream colored with red and yellow lettering. The control panel is a metal plate with the directions silk-screened onto it. The sides of the cabinet are fake-wood vinyl veneer and the front of the cabinet is painted yellow and orange.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op TV Ping Pong Census

There are 14,769 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,482 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,617 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by TV Ping Pong collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a TV Ping Pong machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra TV Ping Pong circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

There are no processor or graphics ICs on the board. The power supply is a simple transformer and the rotary controls are 5K Ohm potentiometers. The monitor is just a B&W television that recieves its video signal through its VHF and UHF antenna inputs.

Manuals

Parts Catalog - TV Ping Pong Manual — **Parts Catalog**
(10 pages, 670 kB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 9; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 9; Color photo

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