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! chip !! Year !! Derived from !! Package !! Notes
! chip !! Year !! Derived from !! Package !! Function !! Description !! Games !! Features
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| AY-3-8500<br>AY-3-8500-1 || 1976 ||  || DIP28-600mil || 4 Ball & Paddle games and 2 shooting games
| AY-3-8500<br>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.
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| AY-3-8510  || 1978? || AY-3-8500 || DIP16-300mil || 4 Ball & Paddle games in color
| AY-3-8510  || 1978? || AY-3-8500 || DIP16-300mil || 4 Ball & Paddle games in color ||  ||  ||
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| AY-3-8512  || 1978? || AY-3-8510 || DIP16-300mil || Ball & Paddle games in color with two target shooting games
| AY-3-8512  || 1978? || AY-3-8510 || DIP16-300mil || Ball & Paddle games in color with two target shooting games ||  ||  ||
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| AY-3-8515<br>AY-3-8515-1  || 1976? ||  || || Color picture encoder for the AY-3-85xx
| AY-3-8515<br>AY-3-8515-1  || 1976? ||  || DIP18-300mil (DIP16) || Color Processor || Adds color to the AY-3-8500-1 and AY-3-8550-1 ||  || Colors changed by the "game select" inputs.
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| AY-3-8550<br>AY-3-8550-1  || 1976 || AY-3-8500 || || 4 Ball & Paddle games and 2 shooting games with horizontal player motion
| AY-3-8550<br>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.
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| AY-3-8600<br>AY-3-8600-1 || 1977 ||  ||  || 8 Ball & Paddle games
| AY-3-8600<br>AY-3-8600-1 || 1977 ||  ||  || 8 Ball & Paddle games ||  ||  ||
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| AY-3-8601<br>AY-3-8601-1 || 1976 ||  ||  || Square Off: Combat Squares, Racing Squares, Shooting Squares, 2 Jungle Games (supposedly unreleased)
| AY-3-8601<br>AY-3-8601-1 || 1976 ||  ||  || Square Off: Combat Squares, Racing Squares, Shooting Squares, 2 Jungle Games (supposedly unreleased) ||  ||  ||
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| AY-3-8602<br>AY-3-8602-1 || 1976 ||  ||  || Volleyball Plus: Volleyball, Protection, Hazard (supposedly unreleased)
| AY-3-8602<br>AY-3-8602-1 || 1976 ||  ||  || Volleyball Plus: Volleyball, Protection, Hazard (supposedly unreleased) ||  ||  ||
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| AY-3-8603<br>AY-3-8603-1 || 1976 ||  || || Roadrace: Two car racing games
| AY-3-8603<br>AY-3-8603-1 || 1976 ||  || DIP28-600mil || Roadrace || One or two players 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.
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| AY-3-8604<br>AY-3-8604-1 || 197? ||  ||  || Barricade (2-player Snakes game)
| AY-3-8604<br>AY-3-8604-1 || 197? ||  ||  || Barricade (2-player Snakes game)

Revision as of 20:42, 23 June 2018

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-3-8510 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? DIP18-300mil (DIP16) Color Processor Adds color to the AY-3-8500-1 and AY-3-8550-1 Colors changed by the "game select" inputs.
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-3-8600
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 players 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 (2-player Snakes game)
AY-3-8605
AY-3-8605-1		 1977 3 submarine war games
AY-3-8606
AY-3-8606-1		 1977 DIP28-600mil 10 breakout games
AY-3-8607
AY-3-8607-1		 1977 Target shooting games
AY-3-8610
AY-3-8610-1		 1977 AY-3-8600 8 Ball & Paddle games with 2 target shooting games
AY-3-8615
AY-3-8615-1		 1976 Color picture encoder for the AY-3-86xx
AY-3-8650
AY-3-8650-1		 1976 Advanced controls and options when used with AY-3-8600
AY-3-8700
AY-3-8710 (PAL)		 1976 DIP28-600mil Tank battle game
AY-3-8760
AY-3-8765 (PAL)		 1976 DIP28-600mil 4 motor-cycle games: Skill cycle, Cycle race...
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-3-8606(-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
                   +--------+

Frequency

AY-3-8500: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 16 and 17 to measure CPU clock

AY-3-8606: Set reader to FREQ, put black probe to GND, red probe to 2 and 9 to measure CPU clock

External links

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

Files

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

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

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