Video Pinball is a dedicated video game console released in 1978 as another Atari Inc. coin-op to standalone home console translation, by bringing the game Breakout to home players. Bumper controllers on the sides or a dial on the front were used to control the games depending on the game selected. There were three game types: Pinball, Basketball, and Breakout.
The console is based on the single chip 011500-11/C011512-05 produced by Atari ("Pong-on-a-chip").
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