---
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.