Jc Penney system ?

[peedenmark7]

Wondering if anyone here remembers a JC Penney pong system from the 70's ?

 

It may not even be from Penneys, we got it for Christmas from a family member the same year ['77] as we got our Atari C-380.

 

I vaguely remember the horrid black and white game play, compared to our new full color Atari. What stands out to this day was the God awful up/down Slide Switch to move the paddle, that became glitchy after about a month making you miss the ball all the time.

 

I think you could also remove the handsets from the console like Atari's pong, this was a cheapy system for sure.

 

Does this ring any bells for you old schoolers ?

 

 

Thanks !

[SlowCoder]

Probably a Sears pong console?

[BassGuitari]

I've heard of JCPenney-branded systems. They're just generic Pong knockoffs, and their designs were licensed (I imagine) from some other company, who probably also licensed it out to half a dozen other companies.

[the.golden.ax]

Were those the units with the white paddles P1 with red button and spinner, and P2 with a blue button and spinner?

[Necron99]

was it this one?

 

http://www.pong-picture-page.de/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=362

[BassGuitari]

was it this one?

 

http://www.pong-pict...acturers_id=362

 

Tangentially, I have this system, branded Venture Electronics.

[the.golden.ax]

My parents got a system from JCP back in the day (I was 2 or 3) that had paddles just like the Odyssey TV... but it was stand alone I think. Anyone know what that is?