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Coleco Telstar Classic - Model #6045	Pongs	U.S.A.	1976	GI AY-3-8500	name company company_name specs tabs photos links related oc_id source Telstar Classic - Model #6045 /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 null title subtitle text image BOX null 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.