History of video games/Platforms/Color TV-Game

Development
Nintendo licensed the Odyssey technology from Magnavox to produce the Color TV Game 6 and Color TV Game 15. Noted engineer Masayuki Uemura assisted in the development of Color TV-Game systems.

Launch
Released in 1977, the Color TV-Game line were the first consoles released by Nintendo, starting with the Color TV Game 6.

The Color TV Game 15 was released in 1978 at a cost of 15,000 yen.

The Color TV Game Racing 112 had the worst market performance of the Color-TV-Game series. The price of this system was cut multiple times.

Legacy
350,000 Color TV Game 6 consolers were sold, but were not profitable due to high production costs. The complete Color TV game series sold about three million consoles.

The Color TV-Game was succeeded by the cartridge based Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom, which featured much improved capabilities over the Color TV Game line.

Technology
Models of the Color TV Game 6 used 6 C type batteries as a power source, with an optional power adapter being available for the CTG-6V model.

Often Japanese televisions of the 1970's were not capable of easily accepting an input from consumer hardware, so the Color TV-Game line was designed with this in mind.

Notable games
The Color TV-Game 6 and 15 both shared their primary Mitsubishi integrated circuit, with the Color TV-Game 15 exposing 9 more games then the Color TV-Game 6.

Origin of Nintendo
Nintendo was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 1889 to make Hanafuda cards, making it one of the oldest companies to have a major impact on the video game industry.

External References

 * Centre for Computing History - Color TV Game 6 page.
 * Centre for Computing History - Color TV Game 15 page
 * Before Mario - Color TV Game series page.
 * Gamester81 - Color TV Game history, model info, and trivia page.