APF TV Fun

Infobox VG
title= APF TV Fun
publisher= APF Electronics Inc.
developer= APF Electronics Inc.
released= vgrelease|US=vgy|1976
genre= Sports simulation
platforms= Arcade
input= 2 rotating knobs
cabinet= Standard
cpu= AY-3-8500 chipset from General Instruments [Old Computers Museum "APF TV Fun" - http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1009&st=1]
sound= Amplified mono (one channel)
display= Vertical orientation, black-and-white raster display, standard resolutionThe APF TV Fun was an early competitor of Pong manufactured by APF Electronics Inc. and built in Japan in 1976. It featured four built in games, a built in speaker, and two controller knobs, Toggle Switches (choices were "Professional" and "Amatuer") for the following settings - Angle / Bat Size / Ball Speed. There were 2 buttons - Power and Start Game, and a dial to select between the four built-in games. [Vid Game Net - "PONG APF FUN" http://www.vidgame.net/PONG/apf_fun.htm] It could be powered by either the included AC adapter or by using six C size batteries [Vid Game Net - "PONG APF FUN" http://www.vidgame.net/PONG/apf_fun.htm] .The game was named by 11 year old Stuart Lipper the son of the CFO and Nephew of the President, he was paid $1 for his efforts.

The TV Fun package was the first excursion of APF into the video game market, APF was formerly a calculator and other small electronics developer. TV Fun was one of the largest selling TV games of its time. It was sold at Sears under the name Hockey Jockari. TV Fun was followed up by the MP 1000 and thenAPF Imagination Machine a few years later. The TV Fun included just four titles, and had no way of adding more through a cartridge system. Those four titles were Tennis, Hockey, Single Handball, and Squash - all of which were variations on the typical pong formula.

The system itself was 16" x 7.5" x 3" and featured a faux-woodgrain finish, as did many of the early home video game consoles.

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