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|Manufacturer = Universum
|Generation = First Generation
|Release date = 1977 (Germany)|image = [[Image:Universum_TV_Multispiel.jpg|230px]]|name = Universum TV Multispiel}}
===Universum TV Multispiel===
Handheld Pong console where everything is contained in one handheld controller and a second detachable paddle. Hardware-wise is the same system based on the "pong on a chip" [[AY-3-8500]] as the following consoles just in a different more compact case design.
*RadioShack TV Scoreboard
*Tandy Electronic Scoreboard
*Hanimex model 666 and / 677
The main unit houses the game selector, speaker, and controllers for one player - the other rotary controller can split from the main body which is also where the gun plugs in. The controller for the left player can be detached from the console and is wired to the rest of the machine with a very long cable. You can choose between the games Tennis, Soccer, Squash and Pelota, but in fact all these games are just Pong games with slight modifications (Although Pelota is a one-player game). If you do not select any game with the selector you can play the 5th hidden "Handicap" game, a soccer variant where one player has 3 Bats and the second has only 2.
The Universum TV Multispiel was connected directly to the antenna input of the TV and the signal can be set to use channel 3 or 4. The console uses 6xAA batteries but it can use a 9V AC/DC Adapter which is NOT included.
{{Template:Infobox console
|name = Universum TV Multispiel 2004
|Manufacturer = Universum
|Predecessor = |image = [[Image:Universum_TV_Multispiel_2004.jpg|230px]]
|Generation = First Generation
|Release date = 1977
|Successor = }}
===Universum TV Multispiel 2004===
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{{Template:Infobox console
|name = Universum TV Multispiel 2006
|image = [[Image:Universum_TV_Multispiel_2006.jpg|230px]]
|Manufacturer = Universum
|Generation = First Generation
|Release date = 1978}}
===Universum TV Multispiel 2006===
This is the follower of model 2004 (same [[AY-3-8500]] chip) and offers two more games. Compared with it's predecessor it has sliders instead of dials. It is quite common and was also sold by Hanimex.
*Hanimex 7771
{{Template:Infobox console
|Manufacturer = Universum|name = Universum Color Multispiel 4106|image = [[Image:Universum_Color_Multispiel_4106.jpg|230px]]|Release date = 1981}}
===Universum Color Multispiel 4106===
This is the successor of model 2006 and offers games in color instead of black & white. This was (except the Interton Video 3000) maybe the most popular system in Germany.
