The ColecoVision is a video game console released in August 1982 by the toy company Coleco. 146 games were released for the system during its retail lifetime. Coleco also released several expansions and controllers for the system, including a steering wheel controller released as Expansion Module #2, a trackball controller released as the Roller Controller, and a set of handgrip controllers known as the Super Action Controllers. Several games were designed for and in some cases require these controllers. In late 1983, Coleco released the Coleco Adam, a home computer that was entirely backwards compatible with the ColecoVision. Many later releases were developed for both platforms.

The ColecoVision also shared it's CPU (the Zilog Z80) and graphics chip (the TMS9928) with several other contemporary machines including Spectravideo's SV-318 and SV-328 home computers, the MSX home computer standard, and Sega's SG-1000 home console. Though not exactly the same, the similar hardware allowed a number of games to be ported directly between these systems.

In total, the following games are known to exist: U.S. releases 1 U.S. very limited release foreign/Canadian releases TeleGames exclusive releases

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U.S. The following games were released on the U.S. market:

Originally released forDescriptionCountArcadesInitially released as an arcade machine44Home ConsolesInitially released on any home console51Home ComputersInitially or simultaneously released for home computers 34Total129

Title Developer Publisher Release Date Also available for 2010: The Graphic Action Game Tom Fulton Coleco The Activision Decathlon Action Graphics Activision Alphabet Zoo Spinnaker Software Antarctic Adventure Konami Coleco Aquattack Interphase Artillery Duel Action Graphics Xonox B.C.'s Quest for Tires Sydney Sierra B.C. II: Grog's Revenge Sydney Sierra Beamrider Action Graphics Activision Blockade Runner Interphase Brain Strainers Carousel Software Coleco Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Coleco Bump 'n' Jump Nice Ideas Coleco BurgerTime Nice Ideas Coleco Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park Konami Coleco Cabbage Patch Kids Picture Show O.A.A. Coleco Campaign '84 Sunrise Software Carnival Coleco Centipede Atari Inc. Atarisoft Choplifter! Coleco Chuck Norris Superkicks Xonox Congo Bongo Coleco Cosmic Avenger Coleco The Dam Busters Sydney Coleco Dance Fantasy WCI Labs (Atari) Fisher-Price Defender Atari Inc. Atarisoft Destructor Coleco Donkey Kong Coleco Donkey Kong Jr. Coleco Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler Coleco Dragonfire Dave Ross Imagic The Dukes of Hazzard Coleco Facemaker Spinnaker Software Fathom Mark Voorsanger Imagic Flipper Slipper Spectravideo Fortune Builder Circuits and Systems Coleco Fraction Fever Spinnaker Software Frantic Freddy Spectravideo Frenzy Davis & Nussrallah & Associates Coleco Frogger Parker Brothers Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! Parker Brothers Front Line Nuvatec Coleco Galaxian Atari Inc. Atarisoft Gateway to Apshai Epyx Gorf Nuvatec Coleco Gust Buster Sunrise Software Gyruss Parker Brothers H.E.R.O. The Softworks Activision The Heist Mike Livesay Micro Fun Illusions Nice Ideas Coleco It's Only Rock 'n' Roll Emag Xonox James Bond 007 On-Time Software Parker Brothers Jukebox Spinnaker Software Jumpman Junior Epyx Jungle Hunt Atari Inc. Atarisoft Ken Uston Blackjack/Poker Coleco Keystone Kapers Sydney Activision Lady Bug Nuvatec Coleco Learning with Leeper Sierra Linking Logic Fisher-Price Logic Levels Fisher-Price Looping Nuvatec Coleco Memory Manor Fisher-Price Miner 2049er Mike Livesay Micro Fun Monkey Academy Konami Coleco Montezuma's Revenge Parker Brothers Moonsweeper Wendell Brown Imagic Motocross Racer Xonox Mountain King Sunrise Software Mouse Trap Coleco Mr. Do! Coleco Mr. Do!'s Castle Parker Brothers Nova Blast Clinton Ballard Imagic Oil's Well Sierra Omega Race Coleco One on One Basketball Micro Fun Pepper II 4D Interactive Systems Coleco Pitfall! Action Graphics Activision Pitfall II: Lost Caverns Activision Pitstop Action Graphics Epyx Popeye Parker Brothers Q*bert Adrenalin Entertainment Parker Brothers Q*bert's Qubes Parker Brothers Quest for Quintana Roo Sunrise Software River Raid Sydney Activision Robin Hood Computer Magic Xonox Roc'n Rope Gordon Martin & Associates Coleco Rocky Super Action Boxing Action Graphics Coleco Rolloverture Sunrise Software Sammy Lightfoot Sierra Sector Alpha Spectravideo Sewer Sam Interphase Sir Lancelot Xonox Slither Nuvatec Coleco Slurpy Emag Xonox Smurf Paint 'n' Play Workshop Innoventions Coleco Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle Coleco Space Fury Coleco Space Panic Coleco Spectron Spectravideo Spy Hunter 4D Interactive Systems Coleco Squish 'em Interphase Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Coleco Star Wars: The Arcade Game Parker Brothers SubRoc 4D Interactive Systems Coleco Super Action Baseball Gordon Martin & Associates Coleco Super Action Football Davis & Nussrallah & Associates Coleco Super Cobra Parker Brothers Super Cross Force Spectravideo Super Sketch Practical Peripherals TapperRoot Beer Tapper Coleco Tarzan 4D Interactive Systems Coleco Telly Turtle Carousel Software Coleco Threshold Sierra Time Pilot Nuvatec Coleco Tomarc the Barbarian Emag Xonox Tournament Tennis D & L Research Imagic Turbo Nuvatec Coleco Tutankham Parker Brothers Up'n Down On-Time Software Sega Venture Coleco Victory Nuvatec Coleco WarGames Coleco War Room Robert S. Harris Probe 2000 Wing War Alan Smith Imagic The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math Sydney Sierra Word Feud Emag Xonox Zaxxon 4D Interactive Systems Coleco Zenji Action Graphics Activision

U.S. limited release The following game received a very limited release in the US: Title Released Genre Developer Publisher Notes The Cat Scheduled Oil Sampling Game 1983 Action, simulation Nuvatec Caterpillar Inc Not sold commercially. Given to Caterpillar dealerships to support the S.O.S. program. The customers played it while waiting in the lobby.

Non-US

The following games were exclusively released in non-US markets: Title Released Genre Developer Publisher Notes Cosmic Crisis 1983 Platform Bit Corp. Europe Energy Quizz Education Sydney Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada Evolution 1983 Action Sydney Coleco of Canada Canada Meteoric Shower 1983 Fixed shooter Bit Corp. Europe Super Action Football 1984 Sports CBS Electronics Not same as U.S. game with same name. This is a soccer simulation. Strike It! 1983 Breakout clone Bit Corp. Europe Tank Wars 1983 Maze, shooter Bit Corp. Europe

Dina / Telegames Dina is a clone of both the ColecoVision and the Sega SG-1000 consoles, with one cartridge slot for each platform, and came bundled with the game Meteoric Shower, which was built into the system. It was later sold in the United States by Telegames as the Telegames Personal Arcade.

The following games were in the ColecoVision format: Title Released Genre Developer Publisher Notes Alcazar: The Forgotten Fortress 1985 Action, adventure Cheshire Engineering Telegames Developed by Tom Loughry for Activision. Exclusive to Telegames. Amazing Bumpman 1986 Education, maze Telegames Exclusive to Telegames. Boulder Dash 1984 Maze Micro Lab Telegames Developed for Micro Fun. Exclusive to Telegames. Cosmic Crisis 1986 Platform Telegames Same as foreign game by Bit Corp. Kung Fu Superkicks Side-scrolling combat Telegames Sames as Chuck Norris Superkicks by Xonox. Rock 'N Bolt 1984 Action puzzle Action Graphics Telegames Developed for Activision. Exclusive to Telegames. Skiing 1986 Sports Telegames Exclusive to Telegames. Strike It! 1986 Breakout clone Telegames Same as foreign game by Bit Corp. Tank Wars 1986 Maze shooter Telegames Same as foreign game by Bit Corp.

Unreleased prototypes Dig Dug (Atarisoft) PAC-MAN (Atarisoft) Joust (Atarisoft)

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