Interton Video 3000

The Interton Video 3000 is a dedicated first-generation home video game console that was released in Germany in 1976 by German manufacturer Interton[1][2][3] and sold by Quelle.[3] Due to the AY-3-8500 chipset from General Instrument,[3] the console has six integrated games: Tennis (Pong clone), Football, Practice, Squash, Skeet and Moving target.[3][1][2] It had a list price of 198 Deutsche Mark (DM).[4]

Interton Video 3000
An Interton Video 3000
ManufacturerInterton
TypeDedicated home video game console
GenerationFirst generation
Release date1976
Introductory price198 DM
SuccessorInterton Video Computer 4000

Club Exclusiv 2000

In 1977,[5][6] a special variant of the Interton Video 3000, called Club Exclusiv 2000, was released.[7][8][3][9] only in Germany.[10] However, it did not show any Interton brand on the console.[8][11][7] It was made by Interton[2][6] and did not use a cartridge system like the Video 2000, instead it offered the same games as the Video 3000 but came with a set of remote controls with no controls built inside the main unit.[8] For the Video 3000 you had to buy these remote controls (called Accessory V350) separately.[8] The Club 2000 is a very rare collector's item today, as it is one of the very few blue Pong consoles worldwide.[8][11][10]

References
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  2. Skeet, Joyce (June 2004). "Joyce Skeet: Setting up a new practice". Practice Nursing. 15 (6): 310. doi:10.12968/pnur.2004.15.6.13163. ISSN 0964-9271.
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  8. "Interton Video 2000". Retro Consoles Wiki. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  9. Wolf, Mark J. P.; Perron, Bernard (2013-10-08). The Video Game Theory Reader. Routledge. ISBN 9781135205188.
  10. "Drouot - JEUX VIDEO - 22473". www.drouot.com. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  11. "body_sammlung". vc4000.de. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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