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title: Coleco Gemini
categories:
- Consoles
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  name: Gemini
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  photos:
  - title: COLECO GEMINI
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/coleco_gemini-vcs_1.jpg
  - title: FRONT
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/coleco_gemini-vcs_2.jpg
  - title: CONTROLLER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/coleco_gemini-vcs_controller_1.jpg
  - title: COLUMBIA HOME ARCADE
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [www.atariage.com](http://www.atariage.com) for this picture.
    image: /media/museum/photos/columbia-house_home-arcade_1.jpg
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  related:
  - /museum/cce-supergame-vg-3000
  oc_id: 1152
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230603004213/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1152
    date: '2023-06-03'
---

The Coleco Gemini, not to be confused with the [Telstar Gemini](/museum/coleco-telstar-gemini/) system released by the same manufacturer in 1978, is a clone of the [Atari VCS 2600](/museum/atari-vcs-2600/).

It offers the exact same functionalities as the Atari system. Six switches : color/b&w display, on/off, left player difficulty A/B, right player difficulty A/B, Game Select and Reset.

Apart from the plastic case, only the controllers differ from the original system. Coleco put a joytsick AND a paddle on the same controller.

The Gemini was also sold for a short time (through mail-order club initially) by Columbia House as the **Columbia House Home Arcade**