TV tennis electro tennis

TV tennis electro tennis
Manufacturer	Epoch-sha , Magnavox
Type	stationary game console
publication	September 12, 1975  did not show up  did not show up  did not show up  did not show up
Main processor	none
Graphics processor	unknown
Storage media	none (built-in games)
Controller	2 built-in paddles each on the right and left
Online service	none
Units sold	unclear: approx. 10,000 or approx. 3 million
predecessor	none
successor	TV Game System 10
info	First game console released in Japan

The TV Tennis Electro Tennis (short mostly TV tennis or Electro tennis called jap . テレビテニス , Hepburn : Terebitenisu , not to be confused with the Television Tennis ) is a stationary game console the first generation , which by the Japanese toy - and console manufacturers Epoch-sha on September 12, 1975 in collaboration with Magnavox was released exclusively in Japan. The console was priced at around 19,000 yen . The information on the total sales figures fluctuate; According to some sources, the system sold about 10,000 times by the time it was discontinued in 1984 and about 3 million times after others. However, due to the fact that there is a five-digit serial number on every box of the console, it is closer to 10,000 units. It was the first game console ever released in Japan. Around 5,000 units were sold in the first year. The successor to TV tennis electro tennis is the TV Game System 10 from 1977.

Overview

The system is housed in a large, light red housing. The control elements ( paddles ) are attached directly to the console and cannot be removed. There is an analog point counter in the middle of the case. In addition, the TV Tennis Electrotennis is the only game console that has a wireless connection to the TV set via an analog antenna signal.

Web links

• Japan's 1st Video Game Console was released 40 Years ago
• The very first Japanese video game console is celebrating its 40th anniversary

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Retro gaming: The very first Japanese video game console celebrates its 40th anniversary. September 14, 2015, accessed January 21, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} toarcade: Japan's 1st Video Game Console was released 40 Years ago! In: Toarcade. September 12, 2015, accessed March 8, 2019 . 
3. ↑ エ ポ ッ ク 社 沿革. Retrieved February 17, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Tobias Lithner: Super Retro: id: A Collector's Guide to Vintage Consoles . BoD - Books on Demand, 2019, ISBN 978-91-7785-677-1 ( google.de [accessed on January 21, 2019]).