AY-3-8500

Pong-in-a-chip device

Family

Family chips table

chip	Year	Derived from	Package	Function	Description	Games	Features
AY-3-8500 AY-3-8500-1	1976		DIP28-600mil	Ball & Paddle	Six selectable games for one or two players, with vertical paddle motion.	Tennis, Soccer, Squash, Practice, Rifle I, Rifle II	On-screen scoring. Sound Generation. Selectable paddle size, ball speed, rebound angles.
AY-3-8550 AY-3-8550-1	1976	AY-3-8500	DIP28-600mil	Ball & Paddle (two axis)	Six selectable games for one or two players, with vertical and horizontal paddle motion.	Tennis, Soccer, Squash, Practice, Rifle I, Rifle II	On-screen scoring. Sound Generation. Selectable paddle size, ball speed, rebound angles. Plus color-coding of score and player, and "hit" and "miss" scoring in Practice game.
AY-3-8510	1978?	AY-3-8500	DIP16-300mil		4 Ball & Paddle games in color
AY-3-8512	1978?	AY-3-8510	DIP16-300mil		Ball & Paddle games in color with two target shooting games
AY-3-8515 AY-3-8515-1	1976?		DIP16-300mil	Color Processor	Adds color to the AY-3-8500-1 and AY-3-8550-1		Colors changed by the "game select" inputs.
AY-3-8600 AY-3-8600-1	1977				8 Ball & Paddle games
AY-3-8601 AY-3-8601-1	1976			Square Off	Combat Squares, Racing Squares, Shooting Squares, 2 Jungle Games (supposedly unreleased)
AY-3-8602 AY-3-8602-1	1976			Volleyball Plus	Volleyball, Protection, Hazard (supposedly unreleased)
AY-3-8603 AY-3-8603-1	1976		DIP28-600mil	Roadrace	One or two player games where racing skill in "traffic" generates the highest score.	Roadrace, Qualify	Each player maneuvers around other cars on the race track. Color display with AY-3-8615.
AY-3-8604 AY-3-8604-1	197?			Barricade	Two players Snakes game
AY-3-8605 AY-3-8605-1	1977		DIP28-600mil	Warfare	One or two player games featuirng subs, destroyers, cargo ships, and spaceships.	Sea Battle, Counterattack I&II, Night Battle, Space Battle I&II	Fire depth charges, missiles, and torpedoes. Varied skill selection. Color display with AY-3-8615.
AY-3-8606 AY-3-8606-1	1977		DIP28-600mil	Wipeout	One or two player games where players "wipe out" objects by controlling a ball in the play area.	Wipeout I-IV, Color Squares I-IV, Breakthrough I&II	Skill selection including paddle size, ball size, and ball speed. Color display with AY-3-8615.
AY-3-8607 AY-3-8607-1	1977		DIP28-600mil	Shooting Gallery	Twelve games for one or two players using external photocell rifles for shooting.	Skeet I-IV, Attack I-IV, Destruct I-IV	Three dimensional target effect by diminishing target size. Color display with AY-3-8615.
AY-3-8610 AY-3-8610-1	1977	AY-3-8600	DIP28-600mil	Supersport	Ten selectable games for one or two players, with vertical and horizontal paddle motion.	Tennis, Hockey, Soccer, Squash, Practice, Gridball, Basketball I&II, Target I&II	Realistic ball service & scoring. Individually selectable paddle sizes. Color-coded score. Color display with the AY-3-8615.
AY-3-8615 AY-3-8615-1	1976		DIP28-600mil	Color Processor	Adds color to the "8600" series dedicated TV Game circuits.		Colors changed by the "game select" inputs.
AY-3-8650 AY-3-8650-1	1976				Advanced controls and options when used with AY-3-8600
AY-3-8700-1 AY-3-8710 (PAL)	1976		DIP28-600mil	Battle	A two player "tank battle" game where each player has a steerable tank and a fire control button.	Tank Battle	The on-screen "battlefield" includes anti-shell barricades and exploding mines.
AY-3-8760	1976		DIP28-600mil	Motorcycle	A one player game where the player controls the speed of a motorcycle on a three track course.	Stunt Cycle, Drag race, Motocross, Enduro	Selectable NTSC/CCIR compatibility. Pro-Am game difficulty selection. Full color display.
AY-3-8765	1976		DIP28-600mil	Motorcycle	A one player game where the player controls the speed of a motorcycle on a three track course.	Stunt Cycle, Drag race, Motocross, Enduro	Selectable NTSC/CCIR compatibility. Pro-Am game difficulty selection. Full color display.
AY-3-8800 Ay-3-8800-1	1976				4 games: Black Jack, Draw Poker, Acey/Ducey and WAR
AY-3-8888 Ay-3-8888-1	1976				2 Vegas games: Black Jack and Slot Machine
AY-3-8889 Ay-3-8889-1	1976				Tic-Tac-Toe and LEM (Lunar Landing Module)

Pinout

                    AY-3-8500
                   DIP28-600mil
                    +---\/---+
                 NC | 1    28| NC
                Vss | 2    27| Hit Input
       Sound Output | 3    26| Shot Input
                Vcc | 4    25| Reset Input
        Ball Angles | 5    24| Score and Field Output
        Ball Output | 6    23| Practice
         Ball Speed | 7    22| Squash
       Manual Serve | 8    21| Soccer
Right Player Output | 9    20| Tennis
 Left Player Output |10    19| Rifle Game 1
    Right Bat Input |11    18| Rifle Game 2
     Left Bat Input |12    17| Clock Input
           Bat Size |13    16| Sync Output
                 NC |14    15| NC
                    +--------+


                               AY-3-8550
                              DIP28-600mil
                               +---\/---+
Horizontal Motion Select Input | 1    28| Composite Picture Data
                           Vss | 2    27| Hit Input
                  Sound Output | 3    26| Shot Input
                           Vcc | 4    25| Reset Input
                   Ball Angles | 5    24| Score and Field Output
                   Ball Output | 6    23| Practice
                    Ball Speed | 7    22| Squash
                  Manual Serve | 8    21| Soccer
           Right Player Output | 9    20| Tennis
            Left Player Output |10    19| Rifle Game 1
               Right Bat Input |11    18| Rifle Game 2
                Left Bat Input |12    17| Clock Input
                      Bat Size |13    16| Sync Output
    Right Bat Horizontal Input |14    15| Left Bat Horizontal Input
                               +--------+


                          AY-3-8603(-1)
                          DIP28-600mil
                           +---\/---+
                       Vss | 1    28| Test 1 \do not connect
                      Sync | 2    27| Test 2 /
                  Blanking | 3    26| master Reset
        Color Bust Locator | 4    25| Hue Modifier
                Background | 5    24| Lo Freq. Out
                Boundaries | 6    23| White Noise Out
     Player Cars and Score | 7    22| Crash gate Out
  Race Track Obstacle Cars | 8    21| Handicap
         3.579745MHz Input | 9    20| Game Select 1
         Left Player Input |10    19| Game Select 2
Engine Time Constant Input |11    18| Game reset
                        NC |12    17| NC
       Engine Sound Output |13    16| Vp
        Right Player Input |14    15| NC
                           +--------+


                     AY-3-8605(-1)
                     DIP28-600mil
                      +---\/---+
                  Vss | 1    28| Select 1
                 Sync | 2    27| Select 2
   Color Bust Locator | 3    26| Select 3
   Composite Blanking | 4    25| Strobe 1
     Background Video | 5    24| Strobe 2
                   NC | 6    23| Engine Sound Out
           Left Video | 7    22| Fire Sound Out
          Right Video | 8    21| Sonar Sound Out
 3.579745MHz Clock In | 9    20| Submariner Control In
  Explosion Sound Out |10    19| Destroyer Control In
              Hue Out |11    18| Test (NC)
 Fire Depth Charge In |12    17| Game reset
      Fire Torpedo In |13    16| Vi
       Skill Select 2 |14    15| Skill Select 1
                      +--------+


                  AY-3-8606(-1)
                  DIP28-600mil
                   +---\/---+
               Vss | 1    28| Select 1
              Sync | 2    27| Select 2
          Blanking | 3    26| Select 3
Color Bust Locator | 4    25| Strobe 1
        Background | 5    24| Strobe 2
        Boundaries | 6    23| Strobe 3
        Left Video | 7    22| Strobe 4
       Right Video | 8    21| High Speed
 3.579745MHz Input | 9    20| Ball Size
              Test |10    19| Bat Size
 Left Bat Vertical |11    18| Reset
        Left Serve |12    17| Right Serve
             Sound |13    16| Vp
              Test |14    15| Right Bat Vertical
                   +--------+


                        AY-3-8607(-1)
                        DIP28-600mil
                         +---\/---+
               Vss (GND) | 1    28| Select 1
                    Sync | 2    27| Select 2
                Blanking | 3    26| Select 3
      Color Bust Locator | 4    25| Strobe 1
          Background Out | 5    24| Strobe 2
          Left Video Out | 6    23| Left Vertical In *
         Right Video Out | 7    22| Left Horizontal In *
             Decay Sound | 8    21| Speed Select *
       3.579745MHz Input | 9    20| Target Size *
          Oscillator Out |10    19| Hit 2
                Tone Out |11    18| Reset
1 Rifle / 2 Rifle Select |12    17| Shoot 1
      Oscillator Control |13    16| Vp
         Serve / Shoot 2 |14    15| Hit 1
                         +--------+
* PIN functions are for one player games.
For two players games functions are:
23| Player Two Speed Select
22| Player Two Target Size
21| Player One Speed Select
20| Player One Target Size

Frequency

AY-3-8500: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 16 and 17 to measure CPU clock
AY-3-8550: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 16 and 17 to measure CPU clock
AY-3-8603: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 2 and 9 to measure CPU clock
AY-3-8605: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 2 and 9 to measure CPU clock
AY-3-8606: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 2 and 9 to measure CPU clock
AY-3-8607: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 2 and 9 to measure CPU clock

Notes

The -1 after the part number means "NTSC", without it means "CCIR"

External links

AY-3-8500 page on Wikipedia
Pong-in-a-chip Story at Pong-Story
Sean Riddle's decap for AY-3-8500
Sean Riddle's decap for AY-3-8603
Sean Riddle's decap for AY-3-8606-1

Files

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  AY-3-8500 and AY-3-8500-1 Datasheet

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  AY-3-8603 and AY-3-8603-1 Datasheet

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  AY-3-8605 and AY-3-8605-1 Datasheet

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  AY-3-8606 and AY-3-8606-1 Datasheet

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  AY-3-8607 and AY-3-8607-1 Datasheet