I have an old Odyssey 300 system which is based on the AY-3-8500 'Pong in a chip' chip, described here.
I began to wonder about possible hardware modifications. The AY-3-8500 chip includes several games that are not available from the Odyssey 300 console, but seemingly could be unlocked with a bit of soldering. I'd love to figure out how to make a light gun that would work with the AY-3-8500's target shooting games.
Who would've thought my Odyssey 300 console had hardware hack potential?
It looks like the Pong chip has a lead for the light gun trigger, and another one for the light gun photocell. Has anybody tinkered with this type of system? Does anybody know where I could find more information to get me started?
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I have an old Odyssey 300 system which is based on the AY-3-8500 'Pong in a chip' chip, described here.
I began to wonder about possible hardware modifications. The AY-3-8500 chip includes several games that are not available from the Odyssey 300 console, but seemingly could be unlocked with a bit of soldering. I'd love to figure out how to make a light gun that would work with the AY-3-8500's target shooting games.
Who would've thought my Odyssey 300 console had hardware hack potential?
It looks like the Pong chip has a lead for the light gun trigger, and another one for the light gun photocell. Has anybody tinkered with this type of system? Does anybody know where I could find more information to get me started?