Color TV Game
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| Color TV Game | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Nintendo |
| Type | Video game console |
| Generation | Second generation |
| First available | 1977 |
| Media | |
| Successor | Nintendo Entertainment System |
Nintendo's Color TV Game Series debuted in 1977 with the Color TV Game 6. It contained 6 variations of "Light Tennis" (or Pong). The players controlled their paddles with dials attached directly to the machine.
In 1978, Nintendo released the Color TV Game 15. With the two controllers now on cables (making for much more comfortable play) and 15 slightly different versions of Light Tennis, the CTG 15 sold over a million units. In the same year, Nintendo released the Color TV Racing 112, a bird's-eye-view racing game that implemented a steering wheel and gearshift. Alternatively, two smaller controllers could be used for multiplayer.
1979 brought Color TV Game Block Kuzushi, a 1-player game based on Breakout. Like the CTG 6, the in-game paddle was controlled by a dial attached to the system. The system's external design was one of Shigeru Miyamoto's first video-game projects after joining Nintendo in 1977.
Computer TV Game, unlike Nintendo's other system didn't use a removeable storage system to store its games, either in cartridge form or disc form. It was distributed in Japan in 1980 and was a port of Nintendo's arcade game Computer Othello.
[edit] Later references
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ includes a microgame version of Color TV Racing 112, as part of 9-Volt's collection of old Nintendo games.
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves includes a microgame version of Color TV Game 6, as part of 9-Volt and 18-Volt's collections of Nintendo games.
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Console: Color TV Game • NES • Super NES • Nintendo 64 • GameCube • Wii |
