{"id":26430,"date":"2022-04-01T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jungsi.de\/?p=26430"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:56:20","slug":"sanwa-9012-pong-konsolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jungsi.de\/en\/sanwa-9012-pong-konsolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanwa 9012 [Sanwa]"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought the \u201cColour Tele Game with Gun\u201d, or rather the Sanwa 9012<\/em>, on eBay, which allowed me to expand my small collection of Pong consoles a little. The unit arrived in excellent condition, including the packaging (without the polystyrene) and instructions, and was well packed. The manufacturer Sanwa<\/em> is not mentioned on the German packaging, but only on the unit itself. Six games are listed on the front of the packaging, and various settings are shown on the side of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The device<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The small controllers with rotary knobs are connected to the left and right sides of the console, with the cables themselves able to be tucked away on the underside of the controllers. The same solution has been applied to the antenna cable used to connect to the console \u2013 a practical feature, although in practice it is likely to be consistently ignored by most children. The console can be powered either by a mains adapter (9 volts\/100 mA) or by six batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The controls for the various game settings are located on the top panel: net height, game speed, angle, racket length and serve. The power supply socket and a 5-pin DIN connector for the light gun are located on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The device offers six games: tennis, squash, handball, hockey, as well as clay pigeon shooting and a hunt for the light gun. The four ball games are designed for two players, whilst the shooting games are, naturally, for one player only. The latter require an old CRT television \u2013 they do not work on a modern TFT or LCD screen. This is due to the way the light gun works: it detects the brief flash of light produced by the electron beam as it passes over the target area. Flat-screen displays work differently and do not produce this effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to use the device with a modern television, you basically have two options: either an RF-to-HDMI converter with a freely adjustable VHF range, or an AV module integrated directly onto the chip \u2013 the latter requires some soldering experience, but delivers a clean composite signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n