Video Pinball allows 7 games—4 pinball variations, a basketball game, and two versions of Breakout (Breakout and a variant called Break Away) -- for one to two players. The unit provides digital on-screen scoring, automatic serves, and color graphics.[4]: 26 Video Pinball uses a micro-controller and a small amount of RAM rather than the "Pong on a chip" IC's that had been used in the slew of pong machines Atari Inc. had been releasing. Pinball was played primarily with the side bumper buttons, and Breakout and Basketball with the dial and top buttons.
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There were three different models of Video Pinball released over its lifetime. Atari released both woodgrain and cream colored versions as "Atari Video Pinball". An OEM version whose name was changed to "Pinball Breakaway" was also produced by Sears under the Sears' Tele-Games label.[5]
^Page 149, Atari Inc: Business is Fun, By Marty Goldberg, Curt Vendel, Publisher: Syzygy Press, 2012, ISBN9780985597405, ...Atari's solution came by way of a former Standard Microsystems employee named Harold Lee who had joined Atari in late 1973...he began to sketch out the circuits for what would eventually become PONG-on-a-chip, codenamed Darlene.
^Winter, David (2013). "David Winter's Pong Rarity List and Price Guide". Pong-Story.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
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video, pinball, series, video, pinball, redirects, here, atari, 2600, game, same, name, video, pinball, 1980, video, game, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, un. Video Pinball redirects here For the Atari 2600 game of the same name see Video Pinball 1980 video game This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Video Pinball series news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Video Pinball brand is a series of first generation single player dedicated home video game consoles manufactured released and marketed by Atari Inc starting in 1977 Bumper controllers on the sides or a dial on the front are used to control the games depending on the game selected There are three game types in the first model of the Video Pinball series Pinball Basketball and Breakout Video Pinball seriesDeveloperHarold Lee 1 ManufacturerAtari Inc TypeSeries of dedicated home video game consolesGenerationFirst generationRelease dateNA 1977DisplayHorizontal orientation Raster medium resolutionPredecessorAtari Stunt CycleSuccessorAtari 2600The first model is based on the single chip 011500 11 C011512 05 Pong on a chip produced by Atari 2 3 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Models 3 Arcade 4 References 5 External linksGameplay EditVideo Pinball allows 7 games 4 pinball variations a basketball game and two versions of Breakout Breakout and a variant called Break Away for one to two players The unit provides digital on screen scoring automatic serves and color graphics 4 26 Video Pinball uses a micro controller and a small amount of RAM rather than the Pong on a chip IC s that had been used in the slew of pong machines Atari Inc had been releasing Pinball was played primarily with the side bumper buttons and Breakout and Basketball with the dial and top buttons Models EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2019 There were three different models of Video Pinball released over its lifetime Atari released both woodgrain and cream colored versions as Atari Video Pinball An OEM version whose name was changed to Pinball Breakaway was also produced by Sears under the Sears Tele Games label 5 Later white version Sears Pinball BreakawayArcade EditAn arcade video game version called Video Pinball was released by Atari in February 1979 It sold a total of 1 505 arcade cabinets 6 References Edit Page 149 Atari Inc Business is Fun By Marty Goldberg Curt Vendel Publisher Syzygy Press 2012 ISBN 9780985597405 Atari s solution came by way of a former Standard Microsystems employee named Harold Lee who had joined Atari in late 1973 he began to sketch out the circuits for what would eventually become PONG on a chip codenamed Darlene Winter David 2013 David Winter s Pong Rarity List and Price Guide Pong Story com Retrieved 2013 10 05 Page 154 Atari Inc Business is Fun By Marty Goldberg Curt Vendel Publisher Syzygy Press 2012 ISBN 0985597402 9780985597405 Kaplan Deeny ed Winter 1978 The Video Games Video Buyer s Guide Reese Communications 1 1 17 30 ISSN 0147 8907 Winter David Atari PONG The Home Systems Pong Story com 2013 Product Total Build PDF Atari Games 1999 External links EditAtari Video Pinball Model C 380 at old computers com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Video Pinball series amp oldid 1147190642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
