Fernseh Spiel [Model TVG 2006]

Fernseh Spiel © 1976 Mestron.

Features 6 games: Baseball, Practice, Football, Tennis, Basketball, Squash.

Baseball: This seems to be a Tennis variant without the central line.

Practice: This is the classic game played by almost every analog system: squash in solo. The second player has an infinite height and forms a vertical line on which the ball bounces.

Football: This game is rarely seen on analog systems, but existed in almost every pong system using a game chip. The goal of this two player game is to let the ball go in the opponent's goal.

Tennis: The game every pong system plays. This version is very simple, without on-screen scoring.

Basketball: On most analog systems that can invert the second player so as to form a wall with a hole, one can easily play basketball in solo by putting the hole on the top of the screen. Here, the hole is still there, but the game is played by both players, because the system draws the additional basket (which is rather a wall with the hole).

Squash: Usually, pong systems play this game with a vertical line on which the ball bounces. Here, there is still the hole in the wall, which is probably due to a hardware limitation (the hole may not be moved). Therefore, this is not a real squash game. One could call it a football game in solo, or even a penalty game.