The Video Pinball brand is a series of first-generation single-player dedicated home video game consoles manufactured, released and marketed by Atari, Inc. starting in 1977.
The first model is based on the single chip 011500-11/C011512-05 ("Pong-on-a-chip") produced by Atari.
[2][3] Video Pinball allows 7 games—4 pinball variations, a basketball game, and two versions of Breakout (Breakout and a variant called Break Away) -- for one to two players.
The unit provides digital on-screen scoring, automatic serves, and color graphics.
[4]: 26 Video Pinball uses a micro-controller and a small amount of RAM rather than the "Pong on a chip" IC's that had been used in the slew of pong machines Atari Inc. had been releasing.