Color TV Game
Manufacturer	Nintendo
Type	Video game console
Generation	Second generation
First available	1977
Successor	Nintendo Entertainment System

Packaging for the Color TV game (6)

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. Additionally, as an alternative to the standard version, a white-colored C Battery powered model of the Color TV Game 6 was introduced. With a limited run of only a few hundred units, these are largely considered the most prized by serious collectors. Image File history File linksMetadata Nintendo_tvgame_6. ... A console manufacturer is a company that manufactures and distributes video game consoles. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... “Game console” redirects here. ... Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for an important entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United States, Japan, and Europe. ... The second generation of video game consoles lasted from 1976 until 1984. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... “NES” redirects here. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... For other uses, see Pong (disambiguation). ... Limited run manufacturing is a term used in contrast to mass manufacturing to connote means of manufacturing that are used to make a rather small number of units of a manufactured article. ...

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. Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ...

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. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This computer game has been incorrectly referred to or categorized with the PC game misnomer. ... Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...

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. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Reversi and Othello are names for a strategic boardgame which involves play by two parties on an eight-by-eight square grid with pieces that have two distinct sides. ...

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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External links

• Nintendo Database