---
title: Nintendo TV-Game 6 (model CTG-6V)
categories:
- Pongs
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1977'
params:
  name: TV-Game 6 (model CTG-6V)
  image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_1.jpg
  company: /companies/nintendo
  company_name: Nintendo
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TV-Game 6 (model CTG-6V)
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Nintendo
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1977'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: '6'
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: Two built-in knobs
  - label: CPU
    value: Unknown
  - label: SPEED
    value: '1'
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: '6'
  - label: RAM
    value: On screen
  - label: COLORS
    value: Colour
  - label: SOUND
    value: Unknown
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: RF TV video output
  - label: OS
    value: 6 x UM2 (C size) batteries
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External power supply unit (110v -> 9v)
  - label: PERIPHERALS
    value: 'No'
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  forum_thread: 959
  photos:
  - title: TV-GAME 6
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_1.jpg
  - title: DIFFERENT MODEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: The knobs are different here
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_2.jpg
  - title: KNOB CONTROLLER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_knob.jpg
  - title: CONTROL PANEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: Switches for gaming options (speed, bat size, etc.), on/off switch, start button...
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_controlpanel.jpg
  - title: DIFFERENT CONTROL PANEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: Control panel of different model (earlier, later ?)
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_controlpanel_2.jpg
  - title: BELOW
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_label.jpg
  - title: USER DOCUMENTATION
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_user-doc.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [www.retrogames.co.uk](http://www.retrogames.co.uk) for this picture.
    image: /media/museum/photos/nintendo_tv-game-6_box.jpg
  oc_id: 985
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230207184858/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=985
    date: '2023-02-07'
---

An early pong system from Nintendo offering 6 pong games in colour. This is in fact the first home video game system produced by Nintendo. As they lacked the technology to develop their own microprocessors, they struck a deal with Mitsubishi Electronics and the two companies developed the Color TV Game 6 in 1977. It was a big success in Japan, and sold over a million copies.

The system is fairly simple. Two dial controllers built-in the system, so two players can play simultaneously. Some switches to toggle difficulty, players bat size, service auto/manual... a start button and an on/off switch.

The 6 games are classic ones: handball one and two players, tennis one and two players, hockey one and two players... Score is displayed on screen. Of course it is an NTSC display, using RF channel 1 or 2, all in colour.

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