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Coleco Combat

The Coleco Combat, officially called Telstar Combat!, is a first-generation dedicated home video game console released by Coleco in 1977. It is built around the General Instruments AY‑3‑8700 “tank” chipset and offers four gameplay modes: Combat, Night Battle, Robot Battle, and Camouflage Combat, all derived from the Kee Games arcade classic Tank.

The system features four fixed joysticks (two per player), black-and-white graphics displayed via RF output, and simple monotone sound from an internal speaker. It runs on six C-size batteries or an optional AC adapter.