![]() Did You Know?Ītari released a more advanced home system in 1976 called Super PONG, which came with detachable controllers and allowed different games to be played. Sears ordered 150,000 units and every one was sold. Home Pong was assembled by Atari, but sold under the Sears Tele-Games label. Pong finally entered the home video game market in time for Christmas in 1975 with the release Home Pong sold through Sears. While the first official Pong home console was not released until 1975, every game console that came before featured one game (and variations), Tennis, which was essentially Pong. Pong was not only one of the oldest video games released, it was a smash hit from the start. Pong rightfully holds a very special place in video game history and is credited with turning the now $115 billion video game industry into a viable business. ![]() Photo source: Wikimedia Commons via Evan-Amos In addition to all of the various games and difficulty settings, games on the Telstar could be played in color. General Instruments’ chip also allowed players to adjust the difficulty of their games (ball speed, player size, and ball angle) on the Telstar. The chip was revolutionary and played six games: Tennis, Hockey/Football, Squash, Practice/Solo, Target 1, and Target 2 (four Ball and Paddle variants and two target shooting games). Coleco ended up selling about 1 million Telstar consoles during its first year on the market, an amazing feat considering how cluttered the Pong-like home game console was.Ĭoleco’s Telstar was the first game console to use General Instruments’ AY-3-8500. Photo source: Wikimedia Commons via MaddmaxstarĪlthough the Telstar console created by Coleco wasn’t necessarily unique, it was sold for only $50, which made it appealing to families of the late 1970s. Did You Know?Īccording to the manuals that come with the Commodore TV Game consoles, each game has a different background color other than the standard black of most home video games of the time. There were four games available for the Commodore TV Game series, including Tennis, Football, Squash, and Game mira, which could be played with the optional optical gun. However, the 2000K has an additional port, a black plastic case, and no built-in controller - the 3000H had one built-in controller and an additional port for a second controller. The 2000K and 3000H TV Game models are nearly identical. Both Commodore TV Game consoles were released following Commodore’s acquisition of MOS Technology, which made electronic chips. With all of the Pong home console knockoffs, another electronics manufacturer, Commodore, decided to enter the fray in 1975 with the release of the Commodore TV Game 2000K and 3000H. ![]() Photo source: Wikimedia Commons via ChRiS
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