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Coleco Combat!	Consoles	U.S.A.	1977	AY-3-8700-1 from General Instruments	name image company company_name specs tabs photos videos comments software oc_id source Combat! /media/museum/photos/coleco_combat_1.jpg /companies/coleco Coleco label value NAME Combat! label value MANUFACTURER Coleco label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1977 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE Tank Combat game with 4 variations (Combat, Night Battle, Robot Battle, Camouflage Combat) label value KEYBOARD 4 sticks (2 tank controllers) with fire buttons label value CPU AY-3-8700-1 from General Instruments label value GRAPHIC MODES Unknown label value COLORS 3 (black, white & purple background) label value SOUND 2 HPs built-in (one for fire sounds, and one for engine sounds) label value I/O PORTS TV RF output label value OS 4 label value POWER SUPPLY 6 x 1,5v batteries or 9v DC 200mA (external PSU) label value PRICE Unknown photos software videos title subtitle text image TELSTAR COMBAT /media/museum/photos/coleco_combat_2.jpg title subtitle text image TOP Thanks to superauctionslovers97 (Ebay seller) for this auction /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar-combat_top_1.jpg title subtitle text image REAR Thanks to superauctionslovers97 (Ebay seller) for this auction /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar-combat_rear.jpg title subtitle text image INSIDE /media/museum/photos/coleco_combat_inside.jpg title subtitle text image BELOW Thanks to superauctionslovers97 (Ebay seller) for this auction /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar-combat_below_1.jpg title subtitle text image ...WITH BOX Thanks to superauctionslovers97 (Ebay seller) for this auction /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar-combat_with-box.jpg title subtitle text image BOX Thanks to superauctionslovers97 (Ebay seller) for this auction /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar-combat_box_1.jpg title subtitle text image BOX - REVERSE Thanks to superauctionslovers97 (Ebay seller) for this auction /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar-combat_box_2.jpg title url text Chronogamer - Coleco Combat - Move, Shoot & Explode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEcUzLXGbXo Length: 12 s author date text Scott Hunsucker (USA) Monday 16th October 2006 Mom and dad bought this for me when I was little in i977 I was three. I remember playing my dad on this console. It lasted until 1996 when my father passed away. I sold it and a 1976 version of pong. Pong still worked as if it were new. Combat speakers were non functional by 1996. but the graphic still worked. My mom said they bought it around 1978 for about 85 or 90 dollars. anyway I remember playing it alot through my childhood. ALOT!!! author date text Robert Ccoleman (Earth) Friday 17th December 2004 I can't say too much about this game but I did have one. It was great, just like the tank game in the arcade. The one problem with it was I believe the joysticks were very weak. We broke one off shortly after we got it. I would love to have one again. author date text David Posner (Earth) Monday 20th October 2003 This was the first game system my parents ever bought for me, I was about 5 or 6 at the time. I remember we had to install the stick controllers ourselves. All four games were basic tank battle games but all were generally superior to the Atari Combat games that came with the VCS. When I was a teenager I came across the old console in our basement and set it up. It still worked, but I very quickly broke one of the controller sticks which were made with rather thin plastic stems. /software/combat 660 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001115/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=660 2023-06-13

An original system with it's army design. It plays a classic combat game found on some of "Pong generation" systems... The two player game and its 4 variations are built-in the AY-3-8700-1 chipset from General Instruments. This game could also be found on some cartridge systems based on the GI chipsets.

The two-handed joystick controls simulate the commands, just like in a real tank. Each set is fitted with a fire button on top of the right stick. There is a reset button, an on/off switch and game selection switch (from 1 to 4). There are even suction cup feet to secure the console to the table.

It's got two seperate HP, one for tank engine sounds and the other one for weapon firing sounds.

Promotional sentences:
- Play 4 video tank gams with realistic battle sounds
- Digital display scoring and realistic batlle sounds
- Play 4 video tank games at the flick of a switch
- Dual throttle controllers with firing button
- Advertised on TV

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