ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS ColecoVision.
The console offered a closer experience to more powerful arcade video games compared to competitors such as the Atari 2600 and Intellivision. The initial catalog of twelve games on ROM cartridge included the first home version of Nintendo's Donkey Kong as the pack-in game. Approximately 136 games were published between 1982 and 1984,[2] including Sega's Zaxxon and some ports of lesser known arcade games that found a larger audience on the console, such as Lady Bug, Cosmic Avenger, and Venture.
Coleco released a series of hardware add-ons and special controllers to expand the capabilities of the console. "Expansion Module #1" allowed the system to play Atari 2600 cartridges. A later module converted ColecoVision into the Coleco Adam home computer.
ColecoVision was discontinued in 1985 when Coleco withdrew from the video game market. Coleco had already contemplated shifting focus to their Cabbage Patch Kids success after the costly failure of their Coleco Adam computer.[3]
^"Coleco Industries, Inc. 1983 Annual Report". Coleco Industries, Inc. 1983: 3. The year's sales of 1.5 million ColecoVision units brought the installed base to over 2 million units worldwide.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^Forster, Winnie (2005), The encyclopedia of consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972 - 2005, GAMEPLAN, p. 50, ISBN 3-00-015359-4
^"Coleco Discontinues Its Adam Computer Line: Sells Inventory to Retail Chain; Expects to Report Substantial Losses for 4th Quarter, Year". Los Angeles Times. 3 January 1985.
ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later...
This is a list of games for the ColecoVision video game console. In total, the following games are known to exist: 129 U.S. releases 1 U.S. very limited...
consoles, the Coleco Telstar dedicated consoles and ColecoVision. While the company ceased operations in 1988 as a result of bankruptcy, the Coleco brand was...
The Coleco Adam is a home computer and expansion device for the ColecoVision by American toy and video game manufacturer Coleco. The Adam was an attempt...
arcade games were ported to the 2600 previously. Coleco packaged Nintendo's Donkey Kong with the ColecoVision when it was released in August 1982. Built-in...
year. Similarly, Coleco had beaten Atari to a key licensing deal with Nintendo to bring Donkey Kong as a pack-in game for the Colecovision, helping to drive...
released the computer as a separate unit and as Expansion Module #3 for its ColecoVision, which would upgrade the console to make it fully compatible with the...
bytes Resolution: 160x200, 128 colors In 1982, Coleco released Expansion Module #1 for its ColecoVision video game system. With a custom-made clone of...
were on a budget. Coleco managed to sell over a million units that year. "Coleco Industries. -ColecoVision History". colecovision.dk. Retrieved 5 November...
Entertainment System, the Game Boy line, the early Atari consoles, Coleco'sColecoVision, most of Sega's consoles, the PlayStation, the PC, iOS, Android...
month. The ColecoVision version was also commercially successful. Zaxxon was Coleco's best-selling non-bundled cartridge for the ColecoVision up until 1983...
became Nice Ideas in April 1984. They continued to work on Intellivision, Colecovision, and other computer games. They produced Intellivision World Cup Soccer...
Famicom was influenced by the ColecoVision, Coleco's competition against the Atari 2600 in the United States; the ColecoVision's top-seller was a port of Nintendo's...
received the first major threat to its hardware dominance from the Colecovision. Coleco had a license from Nintendo to develop a version of the arcade game...
and VIC-20 computers as well the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, and Super Cassette Vision consoles. The Atari 2600 version was split into two separate...
notably as the system-selling pack-in game for ColecoVision, and also a handheld version from Coleco in 1982. The game helped cement Nintendo's position...
contemporary ports for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, and Commodore 64. A version for the ZX Spectrum was coded but never...
to the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 5200 (released in February 1984), ColecoVision, MSX, and Thomson computers. In 1985, Sega released a coin-operated arcade...
Intellivision, ColecoVision, Atari 5200, and Vectrex. Notably, Coleco sold an add-on allowing Atari VCS games to be played on its ColecoVision, as well as...
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