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content/museum/coleco-telstar-ranger.md

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+---
+title: Coleco Telstar Ranger
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- U.S.A.
+years:
+- '1977'
+cpus:
+- AY-3-8500-1 from General Instrument
+params:
+  name: Telstar Ranger
+  company: /companies/coleco
+  company_name: Coleco
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: Telstar Ranger
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: Coleco
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: U.S.A.
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: '1977'
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: Jai-Alai, Hockey, Handball, Tennis, Skeet, Target
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: Two detachable paddles with knob and a gun
+  - label: CPU
+    value: AY-3-8500-1 from General Instrument
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Reset
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Skill level Beginner/Intermediate/Pro, Power on/off
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Black & white
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Built-in speaker
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output, Gun connector, Paddle connectors
+  - label: OS
+    value: 6 x 1.5v C size batteries
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: 9v DC
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 'Yes'
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: WITH GUN
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: INSIDE
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - 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
+  related:
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-classic-model-6045
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-colormatic-model-6130
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-colortron
+  oc_id: 673
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001205/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=673
+    date: '2023-06-13'
+---
+
+After the release of the first [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 is the first Telstar featuring the two shooting games of the GI AY-3-8500, hence its name "Telstar Ranger". It thus offers a total of 6 games which can be selected through a special knob. Despite the pictures beside, the two small controllers are not built-in the console and can be detached.
+
+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.