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| TV Games System
2000K serial 953523 made in Korea. |
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Options are Tennis, Football,
Squash and Target (for which I don't have
the plug-in rifle). The games can be played
by two or four players with expert or amateur
settings. Serving can be automatic or player
controlled.
This unit works well but is very difficult
to tune in to modern television sets. The
image here is on my 5 inch black & white
portable which is almost correctly tunable
if I'm really patient. |
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| TV Games System
3000H (no serial number) made in Hong Kong. |
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| Four games for
up to four players. This was Commodore's contribution
to the long list of Pong clones. The main unit allows
the selection of the game, skill level (two options)
and manual or automatic serve. Choose from Target
(a plug-in rifle is needed, I don't currently have
one that works), Football (below left), Squash (below
middle) or Tennis (below right). |
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| The 2000K has
two controllers attached to the consol by wires,
while the 3000H has one built-in paddle and another
connected by a wire. In both cases, two more controllers
can be plugged in for four player games or a rifle
for the Target game. Sound comes from the unit,
not the television. |
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| The 2000K works
but I cannot get a clear image on any tv set. The
3000K works well but only on my old Toshiba portable
television (see the images below). |
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| Both games systems
have a mains power adaptor but they can also run
from six AA batteries. |
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| Football. |
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Squash. |
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Tennis. |
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| Screenshots
from my 3000K |
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| I also have the
pistol for the target game on the 3000H. |
| The target game
has a choice of a jumping target (Skeet) or one
that's constantly moving. Aiming is tricky and results
can be affected by the amount of light in the room
and the brightness of the tv. |
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| Following the
acquisition of MOS Technology, Commodore entered
the tv game market. Like calculators and digital
watches, this market soon became saturated. |
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