Name: ポンコン - 怒っているビデオゲームオタク - 第89話 (Pong Consoles - Angry Video Game Nerd - Episode 89)
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He's the angriest gamer you've ever heard

Pong. A simple word. A simple idea. It's just Pong.

It was one of the first video arcades from 1972.

A simple screen mounted inside what looked like a carved treestump.

You could call this the wooden age of video games, when everything was made of wood,

and two people playing tennis looked like two glowsticks batting a square ball back and forth.

Yeah, this was before circles were invented.

In spite of its simplicity, it's a fun and addicting game, even to this day.

I thought it was fun. Apparently, people thought so too, back then.

That's why they made a home Pong console, so you could play it at home.

There was like, nine million fucking Pong consoles!

A Pong console can refer to any game system made in the '70s that didn't utilize cartridges.

Instead, they had one built-in game, which was Pong.

Sometimes, they included different variations, certain kinds of updates,

but it's mind-blowing to think that such a simple game could have inspired so many pieces of hardware to play it.

So, just for shits and giggles, we're gonna take a look at all the Pong consoles which I happen to own.

This right here is the Tournament 1000 by Unisonic.

Unfortunately, this one doesn't work, but with game consoles this old, that's something you have to expect.

From what we can assume, you can select between four different kinds of Pong.

And over here, it looks like the game didn't even have the technology of keeping score,

so you have to do it manually, which is pretty shitty.

Even the most basic Pong games kept score.

Now that's what you call "a basic controller".

Next, the APF TV Fun. That's a great name, isn't it?

The console's got that wooden paneling, and it's shaped like some kind of spaceship.

The controllers are like cylinders. You move the paddle by turning this thing right here.

This little switch here changes the type of Pong.

One thing that's typical about Pong consoles is that the sound effects never come through the TV.

They come from a built-in speaker on the console itself.

I guess you can say it's similar to the Wiimote, how certain sound effects come out of it.

Next, the Wonder Wizard. Looks like a slab of wood with game dials thrown on it.

It was literally built from a Magnavox Odyssey, using the same circuit board and part of the plastic casing.

It's the most bizarre thing I've ever seen, and as far to my knowledge, it only exists on the Odyssey and the Wonder Wizard.

This might be a good time to bring up that most of these old consoles have a connector that looks like this.

You have to plug them into a box and then screw the box into your TV.

plug it into the coaxial input on your TV,

However, the Odyssey and Wonder Wizard, with this fucking weird shit,

And even worse, it has to be a special box that takes this crap.

And after all that, you're lucky if the picture comes in clear!

The left paddle won't stop flickering, and the right paddle doesn't even exist!

And speaking of weird hookups, the worst of all is the RCA Studio II.

Technically, it's not a Pong console because it uses cartridges, but when the hell am I ever gonna talk about this thing?

Typically, any game system will use two wires, one for the AC adapter, and one to plug into the TV.

But then there's shitty consoles like this that think they're being cutting-edge by combining both the wires into one.

In other words, both the video connector and AC adapter plug into the same box, which then plugs into the TV.

Again, forcing you to use a box, and to unscrew it every time you want to play a different game system.

So, technically speaking, the video signal is traveling up this wire,

and then the electricity coming from the wall socket is coming back through the same wire.

The only other system I know that does that is the Atari 5200.

We all know how much ass that thing sucks!

One last thing to say about the RCA Studio II, it doesn't even have any external controllers.

Two players would have to huddle around and use the keypads.

Man, if there was an RCA Studio I, I'd hate to see it.

Next, the RadioShack TV Scoreboard. Looks like a remote for a TV, with a Siamese twin.

Pull this off, you give it to your friend, say "Fuck you, this is all you get."

"Look at me, I got all this shit. I'm in control, motherfucker!"

Ugh, why does the ball keep going through the paddle?

Serve, reset, reset, serve...I'm playing Ghost Pong!

Oh, there's color? All of a sudden, the color comes on?

The Sears Super Pong Telegames. Simple enough.

Two little knobs for controllers. Works alright. Basic Pong.

Like, what the hell is this? Reverse Pong?

Colorsport VIII. Now this is badass-looking.

The controllers pop out the sides, like that.

Two more controllers plug in, so I guess you could have four players.

Got all these switches here, four different games,

Okay, what's going on? All they do is change color?

Hockey's red, tennis is blue, is that it?

I don't even know if this thing's working right.

Instead of two controllers, let's have two consoles.

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ポンコン - 怒っているビデオゲームオタク - 第89話 (Pong Consoles - Angry Video Game Nerd - Episode 89)

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