I'm selling my APF TV Fun Model-401a.
The APF TV Fun was an early competitor of Pong manufactured by APF Electronics Inc. and built in Japan in 1976. It features four built in games, a built in speaker, and two controller knobs, Toggle Switches (choices were "Professional" and "Amatuer") for the following settings - Angle / Bat Size / Ball Speed. There are 2 buttons - Power and Start Game, and a dial to select between the four built-in games. It can be powered by either the AC adapter (which I don't have) or by using six C size batteries.
The TV Fun includes four titles, Tennis, Hockey, Single Handball, and Squash - all of which are variations on the typical pong formula.
The system is 16" x 7.5" x 3". This is the model 401a, which was the second model released to the public. The first being the 401.
Picture of the actual unit I'm selling:
Fun facts:
The game was named by 11 year old Stuart Lipper the son of the CFO and Nephew of the President, he was paid $1 for his efforts.
The TV Fun package was the first excursion of APF into the video game market, APF was formerly a calculator and other small electronics developer. TV Fun was one of the largest selling TV games of its time. It was sold at Sears under the name Hockey Jockari. TV Fun was followed up by the MP 1000 and then APF Imagination Machine a few years later.
Some things to consider.
1. I'm located in the US - I'll ship anywhere, but I pass the costs on to the buyer.
2. It's not small, so shipping will not be super cheap, but I will shop around and I can ship it as cheap/slow as you want.
3. It's untested. I don't have the AC adapter (but it does run off of 6 C batteries), and the connector is some really old RF Connector.
4. I'm not much of a collector, so I don't know how much to ask for it.
