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My "Crappy" Gaming Setup

A good friend of mine informed me that I might have a chance at winning Engadget's Worst Gaming Setup Contest. I feel like I should go on about how terrible it is, but I'm sorry, I can't... I guess I enjoy old crap. And yes, this is truly my gaming system. I've been known to arrive at gaming nights with this stuff and some are not so impressed, yet others kick back and enjoy its' beauty. However, if the fine folks at Engadget feel it is the crappiest, more power to them, cause I wouldn't turn down a custom PS3 Slim from Rockstar Games.

So here is the low down on my gaming set up. The game is pong, and if you want to play different flavors of pong, you need different systems.  So I have a few, each providing their own variety of the game.

TELE-GAMES PONG SPORTS II: This is the system I have hooked up to the TV and is front and center in the picture.  It is the system I use most often. It provides a color display, and allows 4 people to play at once since there are 4 paddles. The system includes 16 different games: pong, super pong, maxi pong, team pong, hockey, super hockey, maxi hockey, team hockey, street tennis, super street tennis, maxi street tennis, team street tennis, street hockey, super street hockey, maxi street hockey, and team street hockey.

TV Scoreboard by Radio Shack: This is a hand held pong system. In the picture it is the smaller system next to the black pistole.  One player holds the entire console, while the other uses the remote paddle controller. For pong, players can choose from practice, tennis, squash, or hockey. However, this system has an added bonus in that it comes with a pistole which allows you two options of target practice, or skeet.

Magnavox Odyssey 4000: This is the system that is in the upper right hand side of the table in the picture.  This system is fairly advanced. The display can be in either black and white or color and the two controllers are not paddles but joy sticks, which breaks the user out of the traditional one dimensional play of pong and into a two dimensional world. Players can choose from tennis, hockey, soccer, gridball, basketball, or smash.

Bentley Compu-vision: standard black and white 2 player pong set up with squash, tennis, soccer and practice modes.  In the picture this is in the upper left hand side of the table.

I have a dedicated RF Modulator for these systems that has the appropriate video adapters all plugged in (lower left hand side of the picture). This makes it easier to hook up to more modern entertainment systems.

Each game system provides a little different experience, such as games, ball speed, paddle size, etc.

Also in the picture (upper center of table) is my Atari 10 games in 1 plug and play throw back system by Jakks.