RangerG Posted December 7, 2001 Share Posted December 7, 2001 The little factoid when I logged on AtariAge says that the 5200 was "one" of the first consoles with pause. I thought it was the first -- what other ones did at this time? NES, SMS, and Atari 7800 all come after; some Colecovision and Atari 2600 games have a pause, but the button is not part of the console or the controller and it only works on a minority of games. [ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: RangerG ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsoper Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 Intellivision push 1 and 9 together on the keypad (I think another combination works also) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted December 8, 2001 Author Share Posted December 8, 2001 John -- are you serious? I have never heard of pause on the Intellivision. Does it work on all games? Thanks -- RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsoper Posted December 8, 2001 Share Posted December 8, 2001 I am serious and believe it works for all games. Read the bottom of the Astrosmash entry: http://www.webcom.com/~makingit/bluesky/ga...html#astrosmash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted December 8, 2001 Author Share Posted December 8, 2001 John -- thanks for the great information. Now I want an intellivision . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 10, 2001 Share Posted December 10, 2001 I believe some PONG units may have had pause functionality. I saw a reference to an APF TV Fun unit having a pause button, but wasn't able to find definitive proof (like documentation or a clear photo). ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted December 10, 2001 Share Posted December 10, 2001 i just looked at my APF TV fun pong unit and there isnt a pause button on mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Lemmi: i just looked at my APF TV fun pong unit and there isnt a pause button on mine Here's the Usenet Post where someone mentions his APF TV Fun unit having a pause button. When I was looking around the net for more information and pictures of APF TV units I found several different PONG units they created. But I wasn't able to find a clear enough shot of any of them to determine if they had a Pause button. So perhaps they produced some units with and some without a Pause button. Or maybe none at all and that poster on Usenet was incorrect? ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 Hey albert i read the post and i have 2 pictures of what mine looks like but i have no idea how to post them, i could send them to you if you like but that other guys system has to be different then the one i got mine just has 3 lever switches W/ angle /bat size /ball speed and 2 push buttons w/ start /on & off And a game selector with 4 games the base unit has 2 paddle controllers, and it has 2 ports for 2 more controllers to plug into the back , the controllers are just like that guy described- there a cylinder with the top part that is the paddle that spins but nothing that says pause on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Intellivision is the friend to children. disc loving children. Honestly, I can't think of any other old systems with pause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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