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content/museum/coleco-telstar-colormatic-model-6130.md

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+---
+title: 'Coleco Telstar Colormatic - Model #6130'
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- U.S.A.
+years:
+- '1977'
+params:
+  name: 'Telstar Colormatic - Model #6130'
+  company: /companies/coleco
+  company_name: Coleco
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: 'Telstar Colormatic - Model #6130'
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Coleco
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: U.S.A.
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1977'
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: |-
+      1 - Tennis (2 players)\
+      2 - Hockey (2 players)\
+      3 - Handball (1 players)\
+      4 - Jai-Alai (2 player)
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Two detachable paddles with dials
+  - label: CPU
+    value: General Instruments AY-3-8500 Pong chip & Texas Instruments SN76499N color graphics processor
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Reset
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Difficulty Beginner/intermediate/Pro, Game selection, on/off switch
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Yes, one different background color for each game
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: On board speaker, 3 different sounds
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output
+  - label: OS
+    value: 'Yes'
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: 9v DC
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: BOX
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  links:
+  - title: The story of the Telstar systems
+    url: http://www.pong-story.com/coleco.htm
+    text: PONG STORY.COM has nice pages dedicated to the Telstar systems
+  comments:
+  - author: Olivier (France)
+    date: Wednesday 17th December 2003
+    text: You can find a opng rarity list (http://www.pong-story.com/mypongs.htm) which you might find useful. However, don't expect big prices... Pongs generally sell cheap...
+  - author: JOEL (HBG,PA)
+    date: Tuesday 16th December 2003
+    text: I FOUND A TELSTAR COLORMATIC IS THERE ANY VALUE IN IT
+  related:
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-classic-model-6045
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-colortron
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-ranger
+  oc_id: 668
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152851/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=668
+    date: '2023-06-13'
+---
+
+After the release of the [Telstar](/museum/coleco-telstar/) (the first "dedicated-chip" pong system) in 1976 which was a big success, Coleco conceived a whole range of pongs for release at Christmas 1977.
+
+This unit was essentially the same as the Telstar Alpha, with a designed woodgrain finish. However it has the distinction of being the first Coleco unit with detached controllers and color graphics (box says "different color for each game"). The controllers are nice and small with long cords. They are connected to the unit through standard RCA plugs.
+
+This unit allows 4 games (Tennis, Hockey, Handball and Jai-Alai). There's a 3 positions switch that controls difficulty (beginner : slow ball, big paddles / advanced : fast ball, big paddles / expert : fast ball, small paddles). If this is common to the first Telstars, this is quite different from most of the other pong systems which offer individual settings.