Description

The Philips tele-games series was a series of six pong-machines that were introduced between 1975 and 1978. The consoles were one of the first European gaming consoles and also Philips’ first effort to enter the gaming industry, which later result in the introduction of the Philips Videopac.

The “ES” in the tele-games series stands for “elektronisches Spiel” (German for “electronic game”). The systems are named differently depending on the country (Tele-Spiel in Germany, Tele-Game in Great Britain, Tele-Peli in Finland, and Tele-Spel in the Netherlands).

Th ES 2218 Las Vegas was the last in the series. It offered eight games: Ice hockey, tennis, squash, basket ball, training wall, football, grid-ball and basket ball training.

The system can be powered by batteries or by a charger. This console was also available as a self-building kit with the designation EB 7601.