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===Sears Video Arcade {{anchor|sears}}=== Atari continued its [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEM]] relationship with [[Sears]] under the latter's Tele-Games brand, which started in 1975 with the original ''[[Pong]]''. This is unrelated to the company [[Telegames]], which later produced 2600 cartridges.<ref name="TelegamesCatalog">{{cite web | url = https://atariage.com/catalog_overview.php?SystemID=2600&CatalogID=21 | title = Atari 2600 Catalog: Telegames | last = Yarusso | first = Albert | work = [[AtariAge]] | access-date = August 31, 2010 | archive-date = July 26, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200726103858/https://atariage.com/catalog_overview.php?SystemID=2600&CatalogID=21 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Sears_n_ColecoGemini">{{cite web | url = https://wearethemutants.com/2017/09/19/the-sears-tele-games-video-arcade-1977-and-the-coleco-gemini-1982/ | title = The Sears Tele-Games Video Arcade (1977) and the Coleco Gemini (1982) | last = Grasso | first = Michael | date = September 19, 2017 | publisher = We Are the Mutants | access-date = July 22, 2020 | archive-date = July 22, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200722033027/https://wearethemutants.com/2017/09/19/the-sears-tele-games-video-arcade-1977-and-the-coleco-gemini-1982/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Sears released several models of the VCS as the Sears Video Arcade series starting in 1977. The final Sears-specific model was the Video Arcade II, released during the fall of 1982.<ref name="Sears Ad">{{cite news |title=Sears Ad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-record/123038461/ |access-date=17 April 2023 |work=Daily Record |publisher=Sears |date=8 December 1982 |page=9 |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417181106/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-record/123038461/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sears released versions of Atari's games with Tele-Games branding, usually with different titles.<ref name="searscartridge" /> Three games were produced by Atari for Sears as exclusive releases: ''[[Steeplechase (video game)|Steeplechase]]'', ''[[Stellar Track]]'', and ''[[Submarine Commander (Atari 2600)|Submarine Commander]]''.<ref name="searscartridge">{{cite web | url = https://atariage.com/label_page.php?LabelID=10 | title = Atari 2600 β Sears β Picture Label Variation | last = Yarusso | first = Albert | publisher = [[AtariAge]] | access-date = October 7, 2007 | archive-date = September 29, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929042236/http://atariage.com/label_page.php?LabelID=10 | url-status = live }}</ref>
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