Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game

The Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game is a home video game console which was released by Neckermann's technology and multimedia home brand Palladium in 1978 only in Germany.[1] Some sources claim that the system is a third-generation console,[2][3] even though it is technically a console of the second generation.

Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game
DeveloperPalladium
ManufacturerPalladium
TypeHome video game console
GenerationSecond generation
Release dateGermany: 1978
GraphicsColored
SoundPlayed via internal speaker
PowerPower adaptor: 9V DC, 500 mA
Batteries: 6 x C/UM-2
PredecessorSeveral
SuccessorPalladium Video Computer Game

The console has many predecessors, but the exact predecessor console is difficult to find out since the exact release dates of these consoles are unknown or at least unclear.

In 1982, the successor, the Palladium Video Computer Game, was released.[4]

Overview

The Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game is powered with either a power adaptor with 9V DC and 500 mA[1][5] or 6 C/UM-2 batteries[1] and features difficulty settings, auto/manual serve options as well as a reset button.[6] The system is housed in a black housing on which the 10 "SPIELWAHLSCHALTER" (German for game selection switches) can be found[5][6][7] with which it is possible to choose between up to 10 different game modes depending on the game.[6][7] There are also three buttons on the housing to change game options.[8] There are two different versions of the console known to exist:[8] the 825/530[1][4] and 825/581.[2][4] The controllers of the 825/581 model have fire buttons in contrast to those of the 825/530 model.[2] Two controllers as well as four games (Kassette 603 („Autorennen“), Kassette 606 („Tele-Bowling“), Kassette 610 („10 Ballspiele“), and Kassette 765 („Motoradrennen“)) were in the scope of delivery of the 825/530 model.[1] Also, the cases are slightly different between these two models.[8]

The Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game can output color, the sound is played through an internal speaker built in the console itself.[8][9][10]

It is one of the very few consoles licensed by Magnavox[5][10] and was licensed and marketed under various names by various companies,[11] including the MBO-Teleball-Cassetten-Game by MBO Schmidt & Niederleitner GmbH & Co. KG (1977) and Optim 600 by Hanimex (release year unknown).[8][12] The original console seems to be the Grandstand Color Programmable Model SD 070 Console, manufactured in Hong Kong by Soundic and released in the late 1970s by General Instrument.[11]

Predecessors

There are many predecessors of the Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game known to exist:

  • Palladium Tele-Match 4000 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match 6000 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match 825-182 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match 825-425 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match 825-468 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match 825-344 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match Color 825-452 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match Color 825-484 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match Color R 825-352 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match Color R 825-387 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match Color R 825-417 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Match Color R 825-530 (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Multiplay S (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Multiplay SR (1977)[4]
  • Polygame Tele-Match (1977)[4]
  • Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game Color (1978)[13] (since this system was released in the same year as the Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game and has the contraction "Color", this may also be a revision or even a successor)

Games

The games for the console came on ROM cartridges[10] named Palladium Tele-Cassette.[14] The system itself did not contain a CPU, but the cartridges did.[1][10] Like the also German SHG Black Point and many other European consoles around the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game uses PC-50X cartridges.[15] There are 7 games known to have been released for the 825/581:[2]

  • Ball & paddle
  • Submarine
  • Cycling
  • Car race
  • Shooting gallery
  • Wipeout
  • Tank battle

References
  1. "Palladium Tele-Cassetten Game (825/530) [BINARIUM]". binarium.de. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  2. "Palladium Tele-Cassetten-Game 825/581 | Hardware [EU]". VGCollect.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  3. "Tele_Cassetten_Game". www.glariosa.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  4. "20th Century Video Games". 20thcenturyvideogames.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  5. "Palladium Tele Cassette Game". bubek.eu. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  6. "Palladium Tele-Cassetten-Game Game Console". www.the-liberator.net. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  7. "Ficha Técnica de Palladium Tele Cassetten Game de Palladium". museodelvideojuego.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  8. "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  9. "Telespiele". www.arcadeautomaten-telespiele.de. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  10. "Palladium Tele-Casetten-Game | HUP". hup.hu. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  11. museum. "Grandstand Colour Programmable Model SD 070 Console – Museum of SEP Chios" (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  12. "pongmuseum.com - and the ball was square... MBO - Teleball Cassette I". pongmuseum.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  13. "Museum der digitalen Kultur: Spielen wie vor Jahrzehnten". WESER-KURIER (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  14. "Gaming Guardian | Palladium Tele-Cassette" (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  15. "De PC-50 Cart Family". Cyberteam inc. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
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