Thursday, July 23, 2009

Coleco Telstar Combat (1977)

The Coleco Telstar Combat was released in 1977 as a post-Pong video game console. not like Coleco's former home Pong clones based on the General Instrument AY-3-8500 chip, it worn a AY-3-8700 chip. The console was a success but due to having too many same dedicated console product, Coleco almost went bankrupt in 1980.

Telstar Combat was Coleco's attempts to break away from the Pong-clone video game rut. It's certainly special, there is no company manufactured a dedicatedl console with such elaborate controls. This consoles play 4 variations of a tank battle game, same to the Atari 2600 Combat match cartridge.

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