<s>
The	O
Bildschirmspiel	B-Application
01	I-Application
(	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
for	O
short	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
console	O
that	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
manufactured	O
in	O
the	O
German	O
Democratic	O
Republic	O
(	O
GDR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
,	O
controls	O
and	O
audiovisual	O
presentation	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
individually	O
selectable	O
games	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
Pong	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
VEB	O
Halbleiterwerk	O
Frankfurt	O
an	O
der	O
Oder	O
(	O
HFO	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
was	O
manufactured	O
between	O
1979	O
and	O
1981	O
by	O
the	O
to	O
the	O
Kombinat	O
Mikroelektronik	O
Erfurt	O
belonging	O
VEB	O
Halbleiterwerk	O
Frankfurt	O
(	O
Oder	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Konsumgüterproduktion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basis	O
for	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
Pong	B-Application
integrated	O
circuit	O
AY-3-8500	O
,	O
imported	O
by	O
American	O
company	O
General	O
Instrument	O
from	O
the	O
Nichtsozialistisches	O
Wirtschaftsgebiet	O
(	O
NSW	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
German	O
word	O
Bildschirmspiel	B-Application
01	I-Application
,	O
meaning	O
Screen	O
Game	O
01	O
or	O
Video	O
Screen	O
Game	O
01	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
sold	O
about	O
1,000	O
times	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
production	O
series	O
,	O
about	O
800	O
units	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
black	O
and	O
about	O
200	O
units	O
are	O
white	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
ZKM	O
Center	O
for	O
Art	O
and	O
Media	O
Karlsruhe	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
play	O
on	O
an	O
old	O
chair	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
1980s	O
on	O
a	O
tube	O
TV	O
with	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
colored	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
current	O
material	O
stock	O
,	O
the	O
plastic	O
colors	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
could	O
differ	O
slightly	O
from	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
housing	O
color	O
(	O
white	O
or	O
black	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
paddles	B-Device
(	O
white	O
,	O
gray	O
or	O
black	O
)	O
or	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
buttons	O
(	O
orange	O
,	O
red	O
,	O
yellow	O
or	O
black	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
named	O
BSS	O
02	O
,	O
probably	O
with	O
color	O
output	O
instead	O
of	O
black-and-white	O
,	O
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
then	O
discarded	O
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
radio	O
clocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
has	O
a	O
width	O
of	O
32.5cm	O
,	O
a	O
height	O
of	O
5.5cm	O
,	O
a	O
depth	O
of	O
17.5cm	O
and	O
a	O
mass	O
of	O
1.3	O
or	O
1.5	O
kg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
was	O
supplied	O
to	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
via	O
a	O
power	O
cord	O
with	O
220	O
V	O
,	O
2	O
W	O
and	O
75	O
Ohm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
integrated	O
AY-3-8500	O
chipset	O
from	O
General	O
Instrument	O
,	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
is	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
following	O
four	O
games	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
two	O
players	O
,	O
a	O
computer	O
opponent	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
because	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
has	O
no	O
CPU	O
built	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
shooting	O
games	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
lightgun	B-Device
that	O
was	O
never	O
officially	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
intervening	O
in	O
the	O
hardware	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
connect	O
such	O
a	O
lightgun	B-Device
to	O
the	O
BSS	B-Application
01	I-Application
,	O
which	O
unlocks	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
