Telstar Arcade
1977
Coleco
Model
Telstar Arcade
Manufacturer
Coleco
Generation
1. Generation
Storage Medium
Cartridge
Category
TV
System Code
CTSA
System Type
Original System
Description

The Telstar Arcade is one of the most unique game systems ever released. After years of Pongs, Coleco released this as a cartridge-driven system. It offered various methods of control, surprisingly not being added as peripherals, but being built into the system itself. That resulted in a strange yet lovely triangular shape with controllers, gun and steering wheel attached. Few games were sold separately on (again triangular) cartridge, making the full set a sought after collectible as some of the games are really rare.