File:Prinztronic-tournament-colour-programmable-2000.jpg

Prinztronic-tournament-colour-programmable-2000.jpg(780 × 548 pixels, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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English: "Prinztronic Tournament Colour Programmable 2000" pong-derivative games console. (Manipulated photograph).

Multicherry (uploader) says: "This is a video games console, probably from the late 1970s or thereabouts. It came with a cartridge of 10 Pong-derived games, although apparently others were available (I never had any). Prinztronic and Prinz were (I believe), an own-brand of the Dixons electronics chain in the UK during the 1970s. (Dixons' UK stores themselves have now been rebranded as "Currys Digital"). "

Arosio Stefano adds : "As stated here[1] and here[2] Multicherry's cart was based around the AY-3-8610 chip and the console doesn't have a central CPU because every cartridge contains a General Instruments (GI) chip AY-3-86xx or AY-3-87xx (Pong on a chip). These chips contain most of the game system circuits. So we can say that the console belongs to the first era of consoles."
Date Taken: 2006-10-07, photomanipulation and upload 2008-02-04, further photomanipulation 2011-09-09
Source Own work
Author Multicherry
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Prinztronic Tournament 2000 Original Unmodified Photo Scan.jpg (original)

Prinztronic-tournament-colour-programmable-2000.jpg (modified, white background)

Prinztronic Tournament Colour Programmable 2000 Console.png (modified, transparent background)
Camera Model Nikon F60
Shutter speed approx 1/3 s
Aperture f/11 to f/16
Film speed (ISO) 200
Lens 28–80 mm zoom
Focal length approx 50 mm
Flash Yes
Film Kodak Color Plus 200
Scanner Scanned commercially
Notes Lit with flash and daylight. Significantly modified in Photoshop as described elsewhere.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: This image has been significantly photomanipulated to even out the lighting across the console, and also to remove the white cloth background, which was imperfect enough to be distracting.

IMHO it looks *vaguely* cut-out (cheesy) and slightly unconvincing with the bright-white background and no shadows. However, it wasn't an outstanding photo in the first place, and I'll probably rephotograph it if I want it done better. Shadow now added, noticeably improved (if still not great).

The captive lead is left in place, as (photographed from that angle) it would almost always have been showing in real life..

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current22:16, 9 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:16, 9 September 2011780 × 548 (161 KB)MulticherryShadow slightly lightened (too black)
22:07, 9 September 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:07, 9 September 2011780 × 548 (161 KB)MulticherryShadow added, brightness adjusted (way too high key before), noise reduction. Looks not bad considering how lousy the original photo was!
23:11, 4 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 23:11, 4 February 2008800 × 559 (240 KB)Multicherry{{Information |Description=Photograph of a "Prinztronic Tournament Colour Programmable 2000" games console |Source=self-made |Date= |Author= Multicherry |Permission= |other_versions= }}

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