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{{Stub}} {{HardwareInfobox |image = TVgame6unit.jpg |caption = Color TV-Game 6 |manufacturer = Nintendo |type = Series |release = {{Release|1977|||JP}} |input = Built-In Controller |generation = First |unitssold = 3 million <small>([[Video gaming in Japan|Japan]])</small><ref name="gameover">{{Cite web |title=[[Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children|Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World]] |last=Sheff |first=David |last2=Eddy |first2=Andy |author-link=David Sheff |publisher=GamePress |year=1999 |url=[https://archive.org/stream/Game_Over_1999_Cyberactive_Publishing#page/n35/mode/2up 27] |isbn=978-0-9669617-0-6|quote=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.}}</ref> |successor = Famicom |jp_dis = 1980 }} The '''Color TV-Game''' consoles were [[Nintendo]]'s first home consoles released between 1977 and 1980. ==Overview== It was released in 1977, including both ''[[Color TV-Game 6]]'' and ''[[Color TV-Game 15]]''. It was succeeded by the ''[[Color TV-Game Racing 112]]'', with a racing wheel controller and gear stick, in 1978. It was the first video game product designed by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].<ref name="kotaku">http://kotaku.com/5785568/nintendos-first-console-is-one-youve-never-played</ref> It featured vertical [[scrolling]] graphics, similar to the ''[[Speed Race]]'' series of [[arcade game]]s. The three above consoles were produced in collaboration with [[Mitsubishi]]. The first console produced entirely by Nintendo was the ''[[Color TV-Game Block Breaker]]'', released in 1979, also designed by Shigeru Miyamoto.<ref name="kotaku"/> The above four Color TV Game consoles sold 3 million units in Japan.<ref name="gameover"/> Nintendo's final Color TV Game system was ''[[Computer TV-Game]]'' in 1980, the series eventually being succeeded by the [[Famicom]] in 1983. ==Gallery== <gallery> Color TV game 6.png |Color TV-Game 6 Color TV-Game 15.png |Color TV-Game 15 Color TV Racing 112.png |Color TV-Game Racing 112 Color-TV-Game-Blockbreaker.png |Color TV-Game Block Breaker TV-Game-Computer.png |Computer TV-Game </gallery> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External Links== * [http://www.planetnintendo.com/nindb/index2.shtml Nintendo Database] {{Nintendo Hardware}} {{First-Generation Hardware}}
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