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Coleco Telstar Classic - Model #6045	Pongs	U.S.A.	1976	GI AY-3-8500	name image company company_name specs tabs photos links related oc_id source Telstar Classic - Model #6045 /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar_classic.jpg /companies/coleco Coleco label value NAME Telstar Classic - Model #6045 label value MANUFACTURER Coleco label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1976 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 1 - Tennis (2 players)\ 2 - Hockey (2 players)\ 3 - Handball (1 player) label value KEYBOARD 2 built-in paddles label value CPU GI AY-3-8500 label value SPEED On/Off, Reset label value CO-PROCESSOR Difficulty Beginner/intermediate/Pro label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Black & white label value SOUND Built-in beeper label value I/O PORTS TV RF video output label value OS Unknown label value POWER SUPPLY Unknown label value PERIPHERALS No label value PRICE Unknown photos links title subtitle text image TELSTAR CLASSIC /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar_classic_2.jpg title subtitle text image BOX /media/museum/photos/coleco_telstar_classic_box.jpg title url text The story of the Telstar systems http://www.pong-story.com/coleco.htm PONG STORY.COM has nice pages dedicated to the Telstar systems /museum/coleco-telstar /museum/coleco-telstar-colormatic-model-6130 /museum/coleco-telstar-colortron /museum/coleco-telstar-ranger 667 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152855/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=667 2023-06-13

After the release of the 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 pong is identical to the original Telstar but with a big deluxe wooden frame.

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.