<s>
The	O
Ping-O-Tronic	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
on	O
its	O
logo	O
as	O
ping	B-Application
•	I-Application
o	I-Application
•	I-Application
tronic	I-Application
and	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Zanussi	B-Application
Ping-O-Tronic	I-Application
or	O
Sèleco	B-Application
Ping-O-Tronic	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
dedicated	B-Device
first-generation	B-Device
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
Zanussi	O
,	O
an	O
Italian	O
home	O
appliance	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
under	O
their	O
Sèleco	O
brand	O
in	O
late-1974	O
only	O
in	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Italian	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
excluding	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
imports	O
and	O
clones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ping-O-Tronic	B-Application
came	O
in	O
an	O
orange	O
and	O
white	O
plastic	O
container	O
with	O
a	O
paddles	B-Device
housing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usable	O
games	O
are	O
only	O
three	O
similar	O
ones	O
:	O
Pong	B-Application
,	O
Squash/Solo	O
and	O
Automatic/Attract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Ping-O-Tronic	B-Application
,	O
marked	O
by	O
the	O
abbreviations	O
PP-1	O
up	O
to	O
PP-10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
accessory	O
is	O
called	O
Gun-O-Tronic	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
gun	B-Application
•	I-Application
o	I-Application
•	I-Application
tronic	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
other	O
known	O
consoles	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
play	O
aiming	O
games	O
were	O
the	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
and	O
Philips	O
Tele-Game	O
ES	O
2201	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
1975	O
,	O
Zanussi	O
obtained	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
implement	O
Pong	B-Application
from	O
Sanders	O
Associates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1977	O
,	O
Zanussi	O
produced	O
and	O
sold	O
a	O
new	O
model	O
of	O
a	O
Pong-like	O
console	O
called	O
Play-O-Tronic	O
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
play	O
•	O
o	O
•	O
tronic	O
and	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Zanussi	O
Play-O-Tronic	O
or	O
Sèleco	O
Play-O-Tronic	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
Ping-O-Tronic	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
built	O
with	O
discrete	O
components	O
,	O
the	O
Play-O-Tronic	O
was	O
built	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
AY-3-8500	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
1983	O
,	O
around	O
1	O
million	O
units	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
Ping-O-Tronic	B-Application
and	O
Play-O-Tronic	O
have	O
been	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
