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MBO Schmidt & Niederleitner GmbH & Co. KG, a german manufacturer for measuring systems and small electronic items, also tried to get their share of the videogame market. The teleball console is the first of a large serie of systems named "tele-ball" with numbers ranging from 1 to 9. Though they had some cosmetic differences, all these systems were very close to each other in terms of functionality. The Tele-Ball is the most basic system of the whole range, offering only the 4 classic pong games in black & white.The teleball is licensed by Magnavox.

MBO tele-ball

MBO
Generation First generation
Release date 1977

Features fine woodgrain (imitated) and polished aluminium parts of high quality. The two large silver dials on the front panel are used to switch the system on/off and to select games. This system  was sold in the USA by 1st Generation Pong System as Tele-Match 4.

MBO tele-ball II

MBO tele-ball III

MBO tele-ball IV

The tele-ball IV is the colour version of the original Tele-Ball, with the four same games in colour. It even uses the same case with minor differences.

MBO tele-ball V

MBO tele-ball VI

MBO tele-ball VII

MBO tele-ball VIII

The early Tele-Ball systems were pure pong machines, but the Tele-Ball VIII offers 4 pong games, 2 shooting games and 2 car racing games thanks to its F-4301 chipset from Universal Research Labs.

MBO teleball cassette I

MBO teleball cassette II

MBO TG-621