Coleco Telstar Arcade (1978)

The Telstar Arcade is maybe the most interesting systems made by Coleco, and the most superior PONG system that ever released in America, while it played non-PONG games. Made in a triangular case, the Telstar Arcade could play 3 types of games, each being played on one of the three sides of the case. Obviously, the 1st side allowed playing PONG games, and the 2nd side allowable playing target shooting games. Not very different with most other systems, except the gun storeroom. The 3rd faced was the most interesting: it allowable to car racing games. Very few systems gift that type of games were released at this time, and the games were only played using rotating controllers or some joysticks.

Coleco worn a very uncommon cartridge structure: a silver traingle case which connects on the top of the console. Nothing in common with the other black cartridges with plug vertically. Coleco only released 4 cartridges. The 1st one was sold with the system and the others were sold separately for $25. Two flyers came with the system to order cartridges #2 and #3.