Color TV-Game

Color TV-Game
Designer	Nintendo R&D2, Mitsubishi Electric
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi Electric, Nintendo
Distributor	House Foods, Sharp
CPU	6 and 15: Mitsubishi M58815P Block Breaker: Mitsubishi M58821P Othello: Mitsubishi M58710S
Graphics	180x180, up to 6 colors
Memory	N/A
Media	Integrated circuits
Released	JP: 1977-1980
Added to Museum	Block Breaker: May 26, 2018

The Color TV-Game (カラーテレビゲーム, Karā Terebi-Gēmu) series included several systems which were the first video game consoles released by Nintendo.

Each device contains one or more dedicated games, none of the five systems use ROM cartridges.

Most are ball-and-paddle video game consoles. Computer TV-Game uses the board from the Nintendo arcade game Computer Othello in a configuration re-tooled for home use.

The Color TV-Game consoles were succeeded by the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Development

The first three systems were developed jointly by Nintendo and Mitsubishi Electric, and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric. The final two releases were based on Nintendo arcade games, and were developed and manufactured by Nintendo.

Shigeru Miyamoto, who would later rise to fame as the creator of Mario and various other Nintendo properties, designed the case for the Color TV-Game Block Breaker.

Color TV-Game consoles

Image	Title	Chipset	Release	Notes
	Color TV-Game 6 (カラー テレビゲーム6, Karā Terebi-Gēmu 6)	M58815P	1977	Initial CTG-6S release of the Color-TV Game 6. Contains tennis, hockey and volleyball, in single and doubles mode. Its two controllers are connected to the unit.
	Color TV-Game 6 (カラー テレビゲーム6, Karā Terebi-Gēmu 6)	M58816P	1977	Updated CTG-6V release of the Color-TV Game 6. Contains tennis, hockey and volleyball, in single and doubles mode. Its two controllers are connected to the unit.
	House Shanmen Color TV-Game 6 (ハウスシャンメン カラー テレビゲーム6, Hausu Shanmen Karā Terebi-Gēmu 6)	M58816P	1977	House Foods CTG-6V version of the Color TV-Game 6. 1,000 units were produced to promote the Shanmen brand of instant ramen. The text on the unit is completely in Japanese. Contains tennis, hockey and volleyball, in single and doubles mode. Its two controllers are connected to the unit.
	Sharp Color TV-Game (シャープカラー テレビゲーム, Shāpu Karā Terebi-Gēmu)	M58816P	1977	Sharp CTG-6V version of the Color TV-Game 6. Contains tennis, hockey and volleyball, in single and doubles mode. Its two controllers are connected to the unit.
	Color TV-Game 15 (カラー テレビゲーム15, Karā Terebi-Gēmu 15)	M58815P	1977	Contains two variants of tennis, hockey and volleyball, and two ping pong games, in single and doubles mode. It contains two wired controllers, rather than controllers that connected to the unit.
	Color TV-Game Racing 112 (カラー テレビゲーム112, Karā Terebi-Gēmu 112)	M58751P?	1978	Contains a driving game with switches on the side that allows play of 112 variants of the game. It's playable either with the steering wheel or with two wired controllers for two player games.
	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)	M58821P	1979	Several variations on the Nintendo Block Fever Atari Breakout clone.
	Computer TV-Game (コンピューターテレビゲーム, Konpyūtā Terebi-Gēmu)	M58710S	1980	Nintendo's arcade game Computer Othello re-purposed for home use.