The ''Gameroom Tele-Pong'' (sometimes also called ''Entex Gameroom Tele-Pong'' or ''ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong'') is a dedicated first-generation

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developed, published and marketed by

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starting in

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.ENTEX Gameroom Tele-Pong
OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum The Gameroom Tele-Pong displays the

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in black and white. The score is built in the console. It has no sound. The Gameroom Tele-Pong is similar to the first Japanese video game console, Epoch's ''

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'', released a year prior. There was also a version released in the United Kingdom marketed by

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called the ''TV Game Unit''. It had a price of £23.95.

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* (Feb 18, 2015. By Sly DC.)
Gameroom Tele-Pong at www.old-computers.com
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