The Telejogo II is a dedicated first-generation

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that was manufactured by

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and

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and released in 1979 in Brazil as the successor to the 1977 video game console

Telejogo The Telejogo (Portuguese for ''telegame'', with ''tele'' being short for ''televisão'', portuguese for ''television'') is a dedicated first-generation home video game console that was released on August 2, 1977 by Philco and Ford in Brazil. It ...

. In contrast to the predecessor, the

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are no longer attached to the housing of the console itself, but are removable.

Games

Due to the integrated AY-3-8610

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, the system is able to play the following ten games: * Hockey * Tênis * Paredão I * Paredão II * Basquete I * Basquete II * Futebol * Barreira * Tiro Alvo I * Tiro Alvo II Telejogo2 controles

External links

Telejogo II
on

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Telejogo II
on bojoga.com (in Portuguese)

References

{{videogame-hardware-stub Dedicated consoles First-generation video game consoles Home video game consoles 1970s toys