Found an oldie!

[ttony_at]

A few years ago I got I an oldie TV game: ADVERSARV model 370.

 

It was made by National Semiconductor Corporation, Consumer Production Division, Santa Clara, Calif. © 1976

Measures: 23cm x 14cm x 5.5cm.

 

Because I had assumed the games were black&white I only played it on b/w TV sets. But yesterday I brought it out of the closet again and played it on a colour TV and was surprised to see colour!

 

There are 3 games.

When you first turn it on: it's hockey in a bright blue background with 3 vertically bouncing dots in the field on both sides. The paddles and borders are yellow.

Press Game Select: it's volley ball in green backdrop with bright blue top and bottom of screen.

Press Game Select again: it's ping pong played against a wall in a dark green backdrop. One player's paddle and score is orange, the other is blue.

 

In all games each player can varry the width of his/her paddle.

There's also a single player mode.

 

I find it a little backward. The on/off switch is on the left and must be slid towards you for "on" and away for "off".

 

It has a reset button under the on/off SW.

A switch for one or two players and channel 3 or 4 SW are underneath the unit.

RCA phono jack or antennae screw-in are at the back of the unit for connections to TV. It powers jack by 12 volts DC.

At front are two wires going to two hand devices. Both devices have reset buttons and sticks you move forward and backwards to move paddles on screen. The wires come in to the hand devices from behind them so when you hold them while playing it feels a little backwards.

 

I wish I could provide a picture of it here.

[+Marc Oberhäuser]

Google is your friend.

[Ralph3]

It helps to spell the system correctly when doing a search for "ADVERSARY" and not "ADVERSARV".

I also happen to have one of these. I aquired it about 5 years ago when I got a big box of Texas Instruments computer and other stuff. I haven't tried it out yet.

[SteveW]

I've got one too, I bought it last month in a Goodwill for $2.99. The box was gone, but it was still in it's styrofoam carton. I also haven't tried it yet. I've got quite a few Pong variants that I haven't checked to see if they work.

[ttony_at]

Difficult to tell if the last letter is Y or V.

 

Found it:

http://www.evg2000.com/graphics/dedicated/adversary.jpg

http://www.evg2000.com/graphics/dedicated/advesarypic.jpg

 

It helps to spell the system correctly when doing a search for "ADVERSARY" and not "ADVERSARV".

I also happen to have one of these. I aquired it about 5 years ago when I got a big box of  Texas Instruments computer and other stuff. I haven't tried it out yet.

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[Zonie]

...It was made by National Semiconductor Corporation, Consumer Production Division, Santa Clara, Calif. © 1976

Measures: 23cm x 14cm x 5.5cm.

 

...I find it a little backward. The on/off switch is on the left and must be slid towards you for "on" and away for "off"...

 

 

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A little Backward? The whole company is Backwards. I used to work for them. They are a good customer now. It's a nice little company. I'd like to get my hands on one of those.

 

Anybody want to trade a Marume 2000 for one of those?