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The Interton Video 3000 has no paddles but two control knobs built-in the system. It was designed to be sold worldwide as there are no text but only logical pictograms. Well, at least, this system includes a lightgun option. In fact, it's a 2400-like system with the shooting games of the AY-3-8500 chipset implemented. There is also a knob on the upper left used to adjust the TV output channel, or at least something to stabilize the output signal.

The case is the same as the one used for the 2800. There is also a model 3001 wich has a color display. Case variations and label variations ("Interton" or "Interton Video") can be found. The Video 3000 was available in two versions, one with a silver plate and one had a black control panel field (inverse) hence the symbols are displayed inverted. Infosource: www.old-computers.com

It is same than the blue Video 2000 'Club exclusiv' system except for it's housing color and the fact that it can be played with built in controllers. You could buy a pair of remote controls (V350) and a rifle extension (V300) for this system of the same design than the rifle that was sold for the Magnavox 1Tl200 except the different plug.

There was another "special feature": if you moved the game selector knob *between* any two of the games, a Football game appeared, where the left player had 3 paddles on the screen instead of only two... This "feature" which can be experienced on many AY-3-8500 based pong systems is explained by specialist David Winter: For the 5-players soccer game (in fact 2 paddles for left player and 3 for right one), it is a non-documented game. It is normaly possible to play it on any pong system (GI chipset powered) if you can manage to NOT select any game (game switch must not indicate any game). I don't know what differences has the AY-3-8500-7 compared to the standard AY-3-8500 version... I know there is also a AY-3-8500-1x but I have no info about it. It is certainly a question of internal revision.

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