<h2>Hanimex 7771 (1977)</h2>The Hanimex 7771 looks like a portable radio, but it's actually one of the countless Pong-style home consoles that clogged the market in the 1970s. Originally released in 1977 in Hong Kong, it came with four inbuilt games, including football and squash. 
The weird 'volume knobs' pictured above are actually control sticks (the system didn't have any fire buttons). A light gun version, the 7771G, was released a year later. 
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The Hanimex 7771 is one of the cheaper collectors' items on this list: we've seen it go on eBay for as low as $15.
 

Hanimex 7771 (1977)

The Hanimex 7771 looks like a portable radio, but it's actually one of the countless Pong-style home consoles that clogged the market in the 1970s. Originally released in 1977 in Hong Kong, it came with four inbuilt games, including football and squash. The weird 'volume knobs' pictured above are actually control sticks (the system didn't have any fire buttons). A light gun version, the 7771G, was released a year later.

The Hanimex 7771 is one of the cheaper collectors' items on this list: we've seen it go on eBay for as low as $15.

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