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[[File:Nintendo Color TV Game 6 11.png|thumb|Screenshot of one of the games in ''Color TV-Game 15'' and ''Color TV-Game 6''.]] |
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=== Color TV-Game 6 === |
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The series debuted in {{vgy|1977}} with the {{nihongo|'''Color TV-Game 6'''|カラー テレビゲーム6|Karā Terebi-Gēmu Roku}}.<ref name="highscore"/><ref name="powerplay">{{Citation|title = Powerplay|last = Fleming|first = Dan|publisher = [[Manchester University Press]] ND|year = 1996|page = [http://books.google.com/books?id=U3u7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA180&dq=%22color+tv+game%22 180] |
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|isbn=978-0-7190-4717-6}}</ref> It contained six 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 manufacturing|limited run]] of only a few hundred units, these white colored units are largely considered to be the most prized by serious collectors. |
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370), also marketed as China Southern Airlines flight 748 (CZ748) under codeshare, was a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China. On 8 March 2014, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight disappeared with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, following its last contact with air traffic control 40 minutes after take-off. The cause remains unknown. |
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=== Color TV-Game 15 === |
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A joint search and rescue effort covering an area of 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) in the Gulf of Thailand, Strait of Malacca, and the South China Sea,[1] is being conducted by ten countries which have dispatched a total of 34 aircraft and 40 ships to the effort.[2][3][4][5] |
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In {{vgy|1978}}, Nintendo released the {{nihongo|'''Color TV-Game 15'''|カラーテレビゲーム15|Karā Terebi-Gēmu Jū Go}}. 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. Two models of the CTG 15 were released, the only difference between the two being a slight color tint change. The lighter orange version is considered significantly more difficult to find by collectors, while the dark orange version is somewhat more common. |
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Two passengers who boarded the aircraft using stolen passports gave rise to concerns that terrorism may have been involved.[6] After several days of speculation, Malaysian police determined the identities of the two passengers and dismissed terrorism by those two as a possible motive.[7] |
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=== Color TV-Game Racing 112 === |
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In 1978, Nintendo released the {{nihongo|'''Color TV-Game Racing 112'''|カラーテレビゲームレーシング112|Karā Terebi-Gēmu Rēshingu Hyaku Jū Ni}}, a bird's-eye-view racing game that implemented a steering wheel and gearshift. Alternatively, two smaller controllers could be used for multiplayer. |
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=== Color TV-Game Block Breaker === |
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The {{nihongo|'''"Color TV-Game Block Breaker"'''|カラーテレビゲームブロック崩し|Karā Terebi-Gēmu Burokku Kuzushi}} was released in {{vgy|1979}}; the 1-player console ran a ported version of {{nihongo|"Block Breaker"|ブロック崩し|Burokku Kuzushi}}, one of Nintendo's arcade games based on [[Atari]]'s ''[[Breakout (arcade game)|Breakout]]''. Like the Color TV-Game 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. |
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=== Computer TV-Game === |
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The final console in the series was the {{nihongo|'''Computer TV-Game'''|コンピューターテレビゲーム|Konpyūtā Terebi-Gēmu}}, released in {{vgy|1980}}. Like other consoles in the Color TV-Game series, it was distributed only in Japan. One of the games in this console was a port of Nintendo's first video arcade game, ''[[Computer Othello (video game)|Computer Othello]]''. |
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==Related releases== |
==Related releases== |
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 The Color TV-Game Block Kuzushi. | |
| Manufacturer | Nintendo |
|---|---|
| Type | Dedicated console |
| Generation | First generation |
| Lifespan | 1977-1980[1] |
| Units sold | Japan: 3 million |
| Successor | Family Computer |
Color TV-Game (Japanese: カラー テレビゲーム, Hepburn: Karā Terebi-Gēmu) is a series of home dedicated consoles created by Nintendo. There were five different consoles in the series, all developed and released in Japan. No Color TV Games were released outside Japan. The first two models, Color TV-Game 6 and 15, sold one million units each, while the next two models, Block Breaker and Racing 112, sold half a million units each, adding up to a total of three million Color TV-Game units sold.[2]
History
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370), also marketed as China Southern Airlines flight 748 (CZ748) under codeshare, was a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China. On 8 March 2014, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight disappeared with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, following its last contact with air traffic control 40 minutes after take-off. The cause remains unknown.
A joint search and rescue effort covering an area of 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi) in the Gulf of Thailand, Strait of Malacca, and the South China Sea,[1] is being conducted by ten countries which have dispatched a total of 34 aircraft and 40 ships to the effort.[2][3][4][5]
Two passengers who boarded the aircraft using stolen passports gave rise to concerns that terrorism may have been involved.[6] After several days of speculation, Malaysian police determined the identities of the two passengers and dismissed terrorism by those two as a possible motive.[7]
Related releases
Over two decades after their release, Nintendo would feature Color TV-Games in their WarioWare series. WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003, includes a microgame version of Color TV Racing 112, as part of 9-Volt's collection of old Nintendo games. Color TV-Game 6 also became a microgame. It was one of 9-Volt and 18-Volt's Nintendo games in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, released for the Wii in 2006.
See also
References
- ^ DeMaria, Rusel; Wilson, Johnny L. (2003), High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games (2 ed.), McGraw-Hill, pp. 363, 378, ISBN 978-0-07-223172-4
- ^ Sheff, David; Eddy, Andy (1999), Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World, GamePress, p. 27, ISBN 978-0-9669617-0-6,
Nintendo entered the home market in Japan with the dramatic unveiling of Color TV-Game 6, which played six versions of light tennis. It was followed by a more powerful sequel, Color TV-Game 15. A million units of each were sold. The engineering team also came up with systems that played a more complex game, called "Blockbuster," as well as a racing game. Half a million units of these were sold.
Further reading
- Sheff, David; Eddy, Andy (1999), Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World, GamePress, pp. 15, 27–28, 32, ISBN 978-0-9669617-0-6
