Interton Video 3000
Interton Video 3000 is a stationary game console released by Interton Electronic in 1976. It is based on the integrated circuit AY-3-8500 from General Instrument . The black and white image is output on a television with an antenna input, while the sound is output via a loudspeaker built into the console.
The department store chain Horten, for example, offered the console in 1976 at a price of 198 DM, the manufacturer's suggested retail price. A power supply unit, two rotary controls each with a long connection cable ("V350 remote control") and a light rifle ("V300 electronic rifle") were available as accessories from Interton . The remote control could be purchased from Horten for 39 DM and the light rifle for 85 DM. There is a license version in a blue housing under the name Club Exclusiv 2000 .
Interton Video 3000
(light panel)
Interton Video 3000
(dark panel)
Interton Video 3000
(transverse control panel)
Interton remote controls V350
Four different pong variations (tennis, soccer, squash, pelota) and two shooting games (battue, clay pigeon shooting) can be played with the console . Depending on the capabilities of the built-in AY-3-8500, various game parameters such as the speed of the ball, the club size, the rebound angle of the ball and the type of ball throw (manual or automatic) can be set.
Screenshot tennis
Screenshot football
Screenshot squash
Screenshot pelota
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Werneck: Renner of the season. Die Zeit, December 17, 1976.
- ↑ Interton: What is it? Advertising brochure.
- ↑ See! Listen! Experience! Horten Electronic News, 1976, p. 3.
- ↑ Club Exclusiv 2000. Binarium.de, accessed on 28 January 2020th
- ↑ Interton: Operating Instructions Interton Video 3000.
