Producer: Pong - Category: Game Console
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Video game console, 1978, Interton. The VC 4000 was made by Interton, a German maker of hearing aids, and is one of the first programmable cartridge consoles sold in Europe. It is based on the Signetics 2650 processor and 2636 video chip, a combination used by many similar consoles of the time (Radofin 1292, Acetronic, Grundig Super Play), whose cartridges are compatible with each other. The two controllers have an analogue joystick and a 12-key keypad, and about 40 cartridges were released, mostly in Germany.
| Years | 1978 to 1983 |
| Processor | Signetics 2650A |
| RAM | 43 bytes in the video chip plus cartridge RAM |
| Graphics | Signetics 2636 PVI, 8 colours, 4 sprites |
| Sound | 1 channel in the 2636 |
| Media | ROM cartridges |
| Controllers | 2 controllers with analogue joystick, 12-key keypad and 2 fire buttons |
| Price (1978) | DM 298 |
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