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The Interton Video 2000 is a dedicated
On the box art for the console, ten games are shown, but only five game cartridges were found:
#''Sparring''
#''Badminton''
#''Attacke''
#''Tennis''
#''Super Tennis''
The super tennis game has the first point marker on a video console as squares.
first-generation
First generation, Generation I, or variants of this, may refer to:
History
* 1G, the first generation of wireless telephone technology
* First generation of video game consoles, 1972–1983
* First generation computer, a vacuum-tube computer
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home video game console
A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. While initial consoles were dedicated units with only a few game ...
released in 1975 by Interton in Germany and licensed by Philips
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), simply branded Philips, is a Dutch multinational health technology company that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, its world headquarters have been situated in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarter ...
(Magnavox
Magnavox (Latin for "great voice", often stylized as MAGNAVOX) is an American electronics brand. It was purchased by North American Philips in 1974, which was absorbed into Dutch electronics company Philips in 1987. The predecessor to Magnavox w ...
). The console turns itself on automatically when a cartridge is inserted.
The Interton Video 2000 contains 14 chips, making it relatively advanced for its time. It was followed by the Interton Video 2400 in 1976.
Games
On the box art for the console, ten games are shown, but only five game cartridges were found:
#''Sparring''
#''Badminton''
#''Attacke''
#''Tennis''
#''Super Tennis''
The super tennis game has the first point marker on a video console as squares.
References
Dedicated consoles First-generation video game consoles Home video game consoles 1970s toys {{videogame-hardware-stub