Popular games for platform AY-3-8500

A ball-and-paddle game developed by General Instruments as one of the built-in games on their custom chips for dedicated consoles. It was included on the original custom chip released by GI in 1976, the AY-3-8500. An upgraded version of the game was included on the AY-3-8600 chip in 1977 featuring color and actual hockey goals. The novelty was that the ball could bounce behind these as well.

Solo is a single player mode of PONG where one player keeps hitting the ball against a wall.

Skeet is one of the first target shooting games for home consoles. It's a built-in a game available on every AY-3-8500 chip, although many console-manufacturers didn't make it available to use.

Squash is a variation of the classic paddle-game PONG where the players are supposed to hit the ball alternately against a wall.

Target plays similar to the game "Skeet", with the only difference that the dot never flies off the screen but keeps bouncing back from the edges.