In the video, James tears apart a Video Volley, which appears to be an early video game console that can play tennis, hockey or handball.
The machine looks like a prototype rather than something that was mass-produced, and the wiring looks hand-built.
Inside, there is a dedicated “pong” chip, made by National Semiconductor rather than General Instruments, which tends to be the pong chip of choice in these old machines.
The controllers are just sliding potentiometers in a box with a switch.
Pong machines are the 70’s version of the all-in-one TV game joysticks that were popular in the 2000s.
