Tele-Fever

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Tele-Fever
Tchibo Tele-Fever.jpg
A Tele-Fever with cartridge inserted
Developer Tchibo
ManufacturerTchibo
Product family Arcadia 2001
Type Home video game console
Generation Second generation
Release dateGermany: 1986
Availability1986-?
Introductory price99 Deutsche Mark (DM)
Media ROM cartridges
Graphics9 colors
Sound1 channel
Controller input1 hardwired joystick-based game controller, 1 is built in the console
Power15 V DC, 600 mA
Successor Retro-Mini-Spielekonsole

The Tele-Fever (stylized as tele-fever) is a second-generation home video game console which was released and marketed by German coffee roaster chain Tchibo in 1986 only in Germany for a list price of 99 Deutsche Mark (DM). [1] [2] [3] [4] It is one of the last variants of the Arcadia 2001 home video game console by Emerson Radio and therefore compatible with all software from it. [1]

Contents

The Tele-Fever was only manufactured in very small quantities and is rarely offered today. [2] [3] Only a few games were released for the system. [2] After a short time, the production was discontinued. [3]

Technical specifications

Reception

A Tchibo Tele-Fever in the Helsinki Computer and game console museum Tchibo Tele-Fever Tietokonemuseo.JPG
A Tchibo Tele-Fever in the Helsinki Computer and game console museum

The Tele-Fever was a weak console compared to other available consoles around its release time, [5] but very cheap which made it attractive. [2] The console was mostly sold as a budget item in Tchibo sections of discounters. [6]

Some people think the design of the Tele-Fever is quite appealing. [3]

The Tele-Fever is seen as an example of a console that contributed to the 1983 video game crash. [7] [ dubious discuss ]

Legacy

In 2019, Tchibo released another console, the Retro-Mini-Spielekonsole, which is a 8-bit dedicated handheld game console that contains 153 pre-installed retro games and costs €14.99. [8] [9] [10] It is basically a clone of Thumbs Up's Retro Arcade Games, [11] Monsterzeug's Retro Arcade, [12] Radbag's Retro Mini-Spielekonsole, [13] ORB's spielesammlung Retro Pocket junior, [14] and Karsten International's Arcade Game Portable Console, [15] which was also released under the name Retro Pocket Spiele/Retro Pocket Games in Germany in a cooperation with Woolworth. [16]

Literature

References

  1. 1 2 "Tchibo Tele Fever [BINARIUM]". binarium.de. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Tele Fever von Tchibo – Oder wie ein neuer Haarschnitt das Videospielfieber auslöste". Videospielgeschichten (in German). 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tchibo Tele-Fever". www.heimcomputer.de. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  4. "Videospielkonsolen - DER SPIEGEL". Der Spiegel. 17 April 2008. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  5. "Computerspielemuseum - Details". 20 December 2000.
  6. "Tchibo Tele Fieber". 2021-11-26.
  7. Feldvoß, René (2014). Der Video Game Crash Aufstieg und Fall einer Branche. Bachelor + Master Publ. p. 22. ISBN   978-3-95684-481-2. OCLC   935572301.
  8. Puschak, Kevin (2019-02-17). "Tchibo Retro-Mini-Spielekonsole • Masse statt Klasse". QUICK-SAVE.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  9. nettie67 (2018-12-20). "Retro-Mini-Spielekonsole von Tchibo". Netties Schnueffelecke (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "Tchibo Retro-Mini-Spielekonsole". www.richis-lab.de. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  11. "ORB - Retro Arcade Games - inkl. 153x 8-Bit Spielen". Thumbs Up GmbH (in German). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  12. "Retro Mini Spielekonsole mit LCD Display". monsterzeug.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  13. "Retro Mini-Spielekonsole". www.radbag.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  14. "spielesammlung Retro Pocket junior 9 cm gold/rot". real.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  15. "Silvergear 153-in-1 hand-held Retro Pocket Games | Karsten International BV". shop.karsten.nl. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  16. "Karsten International". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-06-30.