The Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game is a PC-50x

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which was released by Neckermann's technology and multimedia home brand

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in 1978 only in Germany. The console, like all the PC-50x consoles, is a first-generation console, even though it is often considered a console of the second or third generation. The console has many predecessors, but the exact predecessor console is difficult to find out since the exact release dates of these consoles are unknown or at least unclear. In 1982, its successor, the Palladium Video Computer Game, was released.

Overview

The Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game is powered with either a power adaptor with 9V DC and 500 mA or 6 C/UM-2 batteries and features difficulty settings, auto/manual serve options as well as a reset button. The system is contained in a black housing on which ten game selection switches (German ''Spielwahlschalter'') can be found with which it is possible to choose between up to 10 different game modes depending on the game. There are also three buttons on the housing to change game options. There are two PC-50x different versions of the console known to exist: the 825/530 and 825/581. The controllers of the 825/581 model have fire buttons in contrast to those of the 825/530 model. Two controllers as well as four games (Kassette 603 (''Autorennen'', "Auto Race"), Kassette 606 (''Tele-Bowling''), Kassette 610 (''10 Ballspiele'', "10 Ball Games"), and Kassette 765 (''Motoradrennen'', "Motorcycle Race")) were in the scope of delivery of the 825/530 model. Also, the cases are slightly different between these two models. The Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game can output color, the sound is played through an internal speaker built in the console itself. It is one of the very few consoles licensed by

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and was licensed and marketed under various names by various companies, including the MBO-Teleball-Cassetten-Game by MBO Schmidt & Niederleitner GmbH & Co. KG (1977), Optim 600 by Optim (1978) and the TVG-3000 by

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(1978). The first system's original console seems to be the MBO-Teleball-Cassetten-Game, manufactured in West Germany by MBO Schmidt & Niederleitner and released in the late 1970s.

Predecessors

There are many predecessors of the Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game known to exist: *Palladium Tele-Match 4000 (825-131) (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match 6000 (825-166) (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match 825-182 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match 825-425 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match 825-468 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match 825-344 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match Color 825-452 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match Color 825-484 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match Color R 825-352 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match Color R 825-387 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match Color R or SR 825-417 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Match Color R 825-530 (1977) *Palladium Tele-Multiplay S 825-395 (1977) *Polygame Tele-Match (1977) *Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game Color (1978) (Since this system was released in the same year as the Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game and has the word "Color" in its name, this may also be a revision or even a successor.)

Games

The games for the console came on cartridges. The system itself did not contain a

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, but the cartridges contain one of the first generation console AY-3-8xxx chip. Like the also German SHG Black Point and many other European consoles from the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game uses PC-50x cartridges. There are 7 cartridges known to have been released for the 825/581: *Ball & paddlegaming *Submarine *Cycling *Car race *Shooting gallery *Wipeout *Tank battle

References

External links

Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game
on www.old-computers.org
Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game
on

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Website with images of the Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game
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