Video Game Consoles. 1979 Colorstars Console

The 1979 Colostars console and more revealed!
More info and links etc. http://www.historygamer.com/2010/03/29/video-game-consoles-1979-colorstars-co...

The history of domestic video games starts in the 70s. Most people did not play video games at home because the consoles were not cheap or widely distributed. Also there was a nerdy social stigma associated with playing computer games, so the genre was on the fringes of "normal" behaviour for some time.

However by the end of the 70s cheaper consoles were starting to come out and gain popularity. The Atari console was the top of the range solution for most average families but we opted for the cheaper rebranded Teleng Colourstars console.

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[doubledragonuk]

Heres what i know : cartridges; no1 BALL/PADDLE no2 STUNT RIDER no3 MOTOR RACING no4 TANK BATTLE no5 WIPE OUT / other cartridges which should have been released were: SPACE WAR & SUBMARINE, controllers: 2 versions of the standard controllers, STUNT RIDER uses a special slider accelarator controller, consoles: TELENG COLOURSTARS / MERCURY COMMANDER / SOVERIEGN / TELEPLAY / REPLAY, i have all these but not the REPLAY version or SPACE WAR & SUBMARINE

[HistoryGamerDotCom]

@doubledragonuk Good post. Thanks for that. You have jogged my memory about space war, but I've never heard anything about submarine. I found a site that talks about the space war game. its at retrogamescouk.

[WCBguy1]

@HistoryGamerDotCom I been trying to find some cheap game consoles under 60$ do you know any.

[HistoryGamerDotCom]

@WCBguy1 sorry I dont

[flashm0bber]

hi, ive recently bought a teleng colorstars, is there any chance i can get hold of the games that go with it? do you own them?

thanks

[HistoryGamerDotCom]

@flashm0bber Yes I do own the games shown in the video. And the good news is that they are for sale! Are you in the UK?