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1978Color TV-Game Racing 112 console familyConsole family

Nintendo · Console family

Color TV-Game Racing 112

A tabletop steering wheel and gearshift turned Nintendo’s third TV game into a miniature arcade.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Racing 112 moved beyond Pong with a top-down driving game, a full steering wheel, and a gearshift mounted into the console. Two smaller controllers supported competitive play.

Released
1978 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Dedicated home console
Format / type
Built-in racing game
Region
Japan

Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Color TV-Game Racing 112 is a Nintendo hardware family documented for Japan, with a release recorded as 1978 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Dedicated home console hardware using Built-in racing game. PLAYBACK connects 1 documented hardware variant to this family, including White / red Racing 112.

Research status
Structured source record
01

Release context

The documented release is 1978 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Japan on Dedicated home console. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

02

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Japan. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Built-in racing game. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

04

Editions and revisions

1 hardware configurations are linked to this family: White / red Racing 112.