{"id":3908,"date":"2019-09-14T13:25:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2020-03-22T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T18:43:38","slug":"introduction-to-my-unisonic-pong-console-from-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/introduction-to-my-unisonic-pong-console-from-1977\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to my Unisonic PONG Console from 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I created this short teaser video to introduce you to my <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Unisonic PONG Console (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unisonic_Products_Corporation\" target=\"_blank\">Unisonic PONG Console<\/a> that I played with when I was 7 years old.  It still works great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Teaser for my Unisonic PONG Console from 1977\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C620mBHcEy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And if that short 4 minute teaser left you wanting more, then you&#8217;re in luck!  You can also watch a 19 minute detailed walk-through version where I spend time giving the history of Pong clones and my teenagers also help me play all of the games on my Unisonic Tournament 2000!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introduction to my Unisonic PONG Console from 1977\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFOkE1_52NA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unisonic_Products_Corporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/102618713p-03-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3912\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/102618713p-03-01.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/102618713p-03-01-400x231.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pong clone consoles were all the rage in the mid to late 1970&#8217;s.  Mostly because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pong-story.com\/gi.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"several chip manufacturers (opens in a new tab)\">several chip manufacturers<\/a> started selling <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"pong-on-a-chip micro-chips or integrated circuits (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AY-3-8500\" target=\"_blank\">pong-on-a-chip micro-chips or integrated circuits<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AY-3-8500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/chip.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3916\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/chip.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/chip-400x213.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"My Unisonic Tournament 2000 model Pong clone console is not really all that rare (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pong-story.com\/mypongs.htm\" target=\"_blank\">My Unisonic Tournament 2000 model Pong clone console is not really all that rare<\/a>.  They were very popular in 1977 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/i.html?_nkw=unisonic+tournament+2000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"gently used working models can be found and purchased pretty easily, even today (opens in a new tab)\">gently used working models can be found and purchased pretty easily, even today<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in the tech behind the light gun (and light pens), you&#8217;re in luck because <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The 8-Bit Guy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8uT9cgJorJPWu7ITLGo9Ww\" target=\"_blank\">The 8-Bit Guy<\/a> published a nice little technical video on just that topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How light pens and light guns work NES Zapper\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nu-Hoj4EIjU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for your interest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I created this short teaser video to introduce you to my Unisonic PONG Console that I played with when I was 7 years old. It still works great! And if that short 4 minute teaser left you wanting more, then you&#8217;re in luck! You can also watch a 19 minute detailed walk-through version where I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[109],"tags":[151,432,625,484,149,74,431],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3969,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions\/3969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}