Tag Archives: Telstar

Coleco Telstar Commercial

Posted on June 25, 2010 by The Retroist

My family was lucky enough to have a Telstar. Watching the commercial still kind of gives me the same chills that I get the first time I saw it played. I couldn’t believe I could control what was on the … Continue reading →

Retroist Podcast – Episode 010 – Colecovision

Posted on June 5, 2009 by The Retroist

Today’s show is about the too short lived video game console, the Colecovision. I talk about the Coleco company and how it got its start. How it got on the road to making the Colecovision, some first hand accounts of … Continue reading →

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