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Coleco Telstar Alpha - Model #6030	Pongs	U.S.A.	1977	GI AY-3-8500	name company company_name specs tabs photos emulators links comments related oc_id source Telstar Alpha - Model #6030 /companies/coleco Coleco label value NAME Telstar Alpha - Model #6030 label value MANUFACTURER Coleco label value ORIGIN U.S.A. label value YEAR 1977 label value BUILT IN LANGUAGE 1 - Tennis (2 players)\ 2 - Hockey (2 players)\ 3 - Handball (1 players)\ 4 - Jai-Alai (2 player) label value KEYBOARD 2 paddles built-in the console label value CPU GI AY-3-8500 label value SPEED Reset label value CO-PROCESSOR ON/OFF, Difficulty Beginner/Intermediate/Pro label value RAM On screen label value COLORS Black & white label value SOUND Built-in beeper, 3 different sounds label value I/O PORTS TV RF video output label value OS 6 label value POWER SUPPLY 9v DC label value PERIPHERALS No photos emulators links title subtitle text image COLECO TELSTAR ALPHA null title subtitle text image REAR null title subtitle text image UPSIDE DOWN null title subtitle text image BOX null title subtitle text image BOX #2 null title subtitle text image BACK OF THE BOX null title url platform text www.pong-story.com http://www.pong-story.com/pcpong.htm Multiplatform Several pong emulators (simulators) presented here title url text Web Wiz CAPTCHA http://www.webwizcaptcha.com author date text Edward Jackson (Missouri, USA) Thursday 17th April 2014 Heh! I got one of these for a Christmas present. It worked fine, but got real boring, real quick. author date text hiroshi (memphis, tn) Friday 16th July 2004 I think you are confused about the 3 difficulty switches... you stated "beginner : slow ball, big paddles / advanced : fast ball, big paddles / expert : fast ball, small paddles" however it's really:\ (beginner : slow ball, big paddles / INTERMEDIATE : SLOW BALL, SMALL PADDLES / PRO : fast ball, BIG PADDLES) this is what I get from my Telstar Alpha unit. the unit I have I've hacked so that it's directly connected via RF (as opposed to using a metal sliding switch box). I soldered a slightly modified NES RF box. I recommend doing this on your unit, as it gets much better video results (crystal clear!). I wonder if RCA jacks can be made from it.. it would be more convenient\ http://www.pong-story.com/pics/gi/ay38500.gif /museum/a10-telespiel-9010 /museum/alex-video-spiel-tg-621 /museum/apf-match /museum/apf-tv-fun-model-401 /museum/audiosonic-pp-800 /museum/bentley-compu-vision /museum/blaupunkt-tv-action /museum/conic-tv-sports-tg-621 /museum/conic-tvg-209 /museum/dms-telesports-mini /museum/grandstand-t-v-game-model-3000 /museum/hanimex-666 /museum/hanimex-7771 /museum/hanimex-t-338 /museum/intel-germany-super-tele-sport-d-688-36 /museum/interton-video-2400 /museum/jostykit-multi-tv-game-hf-344 /museum/magiclick-teleclick /museum/match-sd-01c /museum/mbo-tele-ball /museum/mbo-tele-ball-ii /museum/mbo-tele-ball-iii /museum/mentor-sport-tg-20 /museum/novoton-tj-141 /museum/novoton-video-sports /museum/playtech-telesport /museum/polistil-v-g-2 /museum/r-f-t-bss-01-bildschirmspiel-01 /museum/radofin-electronics-limited-tele-sports /museum/riva-t-800c /museum/roberts-paddle-iv /museum/roberts-rally-iv /museum/sands-3000 /museum/societe-occitane-d-electronique-oc-4 /museum/sonolor-telematch /museum/sportron-101u /museum/superlectron-tv-challenger-series-3000-tvc-3000 /museum/tele-flip-paris-video-sport-fy-707 /museum/thomson-jv1t /museum/ultrasound-tele-sports /museum/ultrasound-tv-9010 /museum/universum-tv-multi-spiel-handheld /museum/universum-tv-spiel-1004 666 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230613001109/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=666 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. The Telstar Alpha is one of the simplest system of the range. It offers only four games and has built-in controllers. That's cool if you want to play 2 players games alone ! The only difference between the original Telstar and the alpha is that there is one more game on the Alpha (Jai-Alai).

There's a 3 positions switch that controls difficulty (BEGINNER : slow ball, big paddles / INTERMEDIATE : slow ball, small paddles / PRO : fast ball, big paddles). If this is common to the first Telstars, this is quite different from most of the other pong systems which offer individual settings.