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Release date:
JP: 01 Jul 1997 - カラー テレビゲーム6
System: Color TV-Game
Developer: Nintendo
Genre: Light Tennis
Remake: Color TV-Game - Color TV-Game 15
The Color TV-Game 6 was released alongside the Color TV-Game 15 as a budget model with less game mode options, though all the game mode options are different versions of the famous videogame "Pong". The Color TV-Game 6 has three versions of Pong; Volleyball, Tennis and Hockey, with a singleplayer and multiplayer option for each game mode, thus it has 6 games in total. There's also options to adjust paddle size and ball speed.
In Volleyball, the ball bounces off the top and bottom of the screen and will change trajectory when passing through the middle of the screen, to simulate hitting or brushing against the volleyball net. Tennis is a standard game of Pong where the ball bounces off the top and bottom of screen with no obstacle in the center. Hockey has the ball also bounce off the top and bottom of the left and right sides of the screen, with only a small area to score through, to simulate the small size of the typical ice hockey goal.
Two models of the Color TV-Game 6 were released; the 6S and 6V. The 6S is the original white model and can only be powered using 6 C batteries. The 6V was released sometime after and has the more familiar orange paintjob. It could be powered either through batteries or the AC adapter and was built with more responsive control dials. Despite being marketed as the budget model, it only sold approximately 500,000 units, compared to the Color TV-Game 15's approximately 900,000 units sold.
| Players | Game Mode |
|---|---|
| Single | Volleyball |
| Doubles | Volleyball |
| Single | Tennis |
| Doubles | Tennis |
| Single | Hockey |
| Doubles | Hockey |