RIL Robot

RIL Robot was a pong console manufactured by Rollet International Limited (RIL). The console uses the AY-3-8500 dedicated pong chip and features the following games: Single player squash, Two player squash, Football, Tennis and two target shooting games. Settings allow for deflection angle, ball speed, paddle size and automatic service. It's a very uncommon French system. It's a very complete AY-3-8500 based system: 7 selectors and 2 buttons! This system includes a Robot option that allows the player to play against the system and to set its "intelligence". It's very odd looking, not a clone from another system but an original shape. Each paddle is detachable. Now, the funniest part: Inside the system is a mother board with SOE OC5000 written on it ! Well, the OC-5000 is a French pong produced by a French company (Société Occitane d'électronique). So, Fil just bought the internal components from SOE and included them inside their case. One other strange feature: The OC5000 has a 9V battery plug but this one has only a plug for a 9v external PSU. When you look into the system, you can still see the 9V battery wire wich is simply tied up !