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content/museum/coleco-telstar-colortron.md

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+---
+title: Coleco Telstar Colortron
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- U.S.A.
+years:
+- '1978'
+cpus:
+- General Instruments AY-3-8510 Pong chip
+params:
+  name: Telstar Colortron
+  company: /companies/coleco
+  company_name: Coleco
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Telstar Colortron
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Coleco
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: U.S.A.
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1978'
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: Tennis, Hockey, Handball, Jai Alai
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Two dials built-in the system
+  - label: CPU
+    value: General Instruments AY-3-8510 Pong chip or Coleco GX10 chip ?
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Game selection button, Reset
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Difficulty Beginner/intermediate/Pro
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Green background. White for the field and ball. Red and black for paddles and scoring.
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Piezzo beeper
+  - label: SIZE / WEIGHT
+    value: 11 lb
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output
+  - label: OS
+    value: 2 x 9v cells (one for the system, and one for the piezzo beeper)
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: 9v DC
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - adverts
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: BOX
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: 'BOX #2'
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: BOX REAR
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  adverts:
+  - title: 1980 COLECO CATALOG
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: |-
+      extract from the 1980 Coleco catalog
+
+      Thanks to [Digitize, Textfiles.com](http://www.textfiles.com/digitize/items/) for the picture
+    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: Alberto Negrete Mares (México)
+    date: Thursday 7th January 2021
+    text: Buenas tardes. Quiero saber cómo puedo conectar el juego a una pantalla de televisión, por favor y gracias
+  - author: Nash (USA)
+    date: Thursday 7th December 2017
+    text: Oh man. I couldn''t remember what my first Pong console was, but this was it. I got it at a thrift store for pennies, battery door missing, but it worked fine. I wonder what happened to it...
+  related:
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-classic-model-6045
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-colormatic-model-6130
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-ranger
+  oc_id: 670
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152851/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=670
+    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.
+
+This pong have the same caracteristics as the [Telstar Colormatic](/museum/coleco-telstar-colormatic-model-6130/) (4 games) but the case is different. It is quite small and the controllers (dials) are built-in the console. It also has a digital pushbutton game selector, color (thanks to the AY-3-8510 chipset), and a special piezzo electric beeper (which requires an additional battery).
+
+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.
+
+Promotional text says:\
+"Telestar Colortron, a sellout in '79 and still going strong! Telstar Colortron features four exciting sports games - Tennis, Hockey, Handball and Jai Alai - all in brillant color! On-screen digital display scoring, realistic electronic sound effects. Variable skill control for beginner, intermediate and pro players. The GX-10, a custom chip made for Coleco, makes it all possible at an incredibly low price! Operates on two 9 volt batteries (not included). Full color packaging.
+
+\- Four exciting sports: Tennis, Hockey, Handball, Jai alai\
+\- Brilliant color (plays B&W on B&W TV sets)\
+\- On-screen digital display scoring\
+\- Electronic sound effects\
+\- Variable skill control\
+\- Requires two 9 volt batteries or Coleco battery eliminator / AC adapter\
+\- FCC approved\
+\- Full color packaging\
+\- Ages 8 to adult"