Turnir
The Turnir (Russian: Турнир, lit. 'Tournament') is a dedicated first-generation home video game console that was manufactured by the Ministry of the Electronics Industry and released in 1978 only in the Soviet Union. It was manufactured between 1978 and 1982 and is the only known Soviet video game console that uses the AY-3-8500 chipset from General Instrument.
Also recorded as Teleigra
Turnir
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- home video game console
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- Soviet Union
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The price for the system varied from 150 Soviet rubles in 1978 to 96 rubles in the late 1980s. The console uses an integrated AC adapter with a voltage of 9 volts and has a mass of 2.5 kg.
Due to the integrated AY-8-8500 chip, the Turnir is able to play the following four games: Tennis (Russian: теннис), the standard Pong Hockey/Football (Russian: хоккей/футбол), in which each player has two paddles Squash (Russian: сквош), in which each player plays the ball off of one wall Training (Russian: тренировка), a one-paddle mode for practice
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Turnir is associated with Soviet Union.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Lithner, Martin Tobias. Super Retro:id: A Collector's Guide to Vintage Consoles. Books on Demand. 28 January 2019. 978-91-7851-302-4.
- 2.Советские игровые приставки - Игровые консоли. sites.google.com. September 2023.
- 3.Советские игры. ethnomir.ru.
- 4.Приставка к телевизору для телеигр Турнир. www.rw6ase.narod.ru.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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