APF TV Fun series
The APF TV Fun brand (stylized as aPF tv fun on its logo) is a series of dedicated home video game consoles manufactured by APF Electronics Inc. and built in Japan starting in 1976. The systems were among the first built on the General Instrument "Pong-on-a-chip", the AY-3-8500, that allowed many manufacturers to compete against the Atari Home Pong. The APF TV Fun consoles were one of the earliest Pong clone consoles.
An APF TV Fun (model 402C) | |
| Developer | APF Electronics Inc. |
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| Manufacturer | APF Electronics Inc. |
| Type | Series of dedicated home video game consoles |
| Generation | First generation |
| Release date | April 1976 |
| CPU | AY-3-8500 chipset from General Instruments |
| Display | Vertical orientation, black-and-white raster display, standard resolution |
| Sound | Amplified mono (one channel) |
| Successor | APF-MP1000 |
The TV Fun package is the first excursion of APF into the video game market; APF was formerly a calculator and other small electronics developer. It was sold at Sears under the name Hockey Jockari. TV Fun was followed up by the 8-bit APF-MP1000 in 1978 and then APF Imagination Machine in 1979. These were made to compete in the 2nd generation of early ROM cartridge consoles, namely the Atari VCS.