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Coleco Industries was doing quite well with its Telstar pong units, that was until competitors jumped in on the craze and over-saturated the market with clones. The Telstar was pushed even further out of the picture when more advanced consoles with interchangeable cartridges (such as the Atari 2600 and Fairchild Channel F) were introduced. While Coleco managed to survive with its non-electronic toys (such as Cabbage Patch Kids dolls) and their handhelds (which were experiencing some loss of market due to the new consoles with interchangeable games), they needed to get with the times to regain popularity. Thanks to the Atari 2600 and other popular consoles of the time, the home video game market resurged, and Coleco wanted a piece of the action. By 1981, they had begun development on their new system (to be ca
Specifications
- Ram
- 8K
- Sound
- Texas Instruments SN76489AN; 3 tone channels, 1 noise
- Cpu Type
- Z-80A 8-bit
- Video Ram
- 16K (8x4116)