ColecoVision was first available August 1982. The ColecoVision was a fairly popular system (over six million sold. ColecoVisions were marketed in Europe by CBS Electronics and sold under the CBS name. ColecoVision (tm) is a trademark of Coleco. ColecoVision was, in the early 1980's, one of the best game console systems available.
The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, the ability to play other home consoles' video games (notably the Atari 2600), and the means to expand the system's hardware. The ColecoVision was released with an initial catalog of 12 titles, with 10 additional titles on the way for 1982. Each ColecoVision console shipped with two controllers. From its introduction, Coleco had touted a hardware add-on called the Expansion Module #1 which made the ColecoVision compatible with the industry-leading Atari 2600. Functionally, this gave the ColecoVision the largest software library of any console of its day. Module #3 converted the ColecoVision into a full-fledged computer known as the Coleco Adam, complete with keyboard and digital data pack (DDP) cassette drives. Module #3 was originally conceived to be the ColecoVision "Super Game Module" using game wafers as the storage medium. Coleco licensed Nintendo's Donkey Kong as the official pack-in cartridge for all ColecoVision consoles, and this version of the game was well received as a near-arcade perfect port, helping to boost the console's popularity. The ColecoVision's main competitor in the next generation console space was the arguably more advanced but less commercially successful Atari 5200. The ColecoVision was distributed by CBS Electronics outside of the United States, and was branded the CBS ColecoVision. The ColecoVision was discontinued in the spring of 1984. The ColecoVision had enough power to produce near-arcade-quality ports, and industry magazines like Electronic Games were unanimous in their enthusiasm over the console. By 1983 the ColecoVision was beating out both Atari and Mattel in sales. The ColecoVision not only had better graphics and sound than its competitors, but it also had more expandability. Accessories included a steering wheel (with gas pedal) and a 2600 adapter that let you play Atari 2600 games on your ColecoVision.
Coleco licensed Nintendo's Donkey Kong as the official pack-in cartridge for all ColecoVision consoles, and this version of the game was well received as a near-arcade perfect port, helping to boost the console's popularity. Even with its late difficulties, the ColecoVision still sold more than six million units. Although the games remain copyrighted, the holders of ColecoVision games have tended not to enforce their copyrights, in contrast to Intellivision and some Atari games. By the time Coleco stopped videogame production in 1984, the company had sold more than six million ColecoVisions in just three years. The ColecoVision introduced two new concepts to the home videogame industry: the ability to expand the hardware system, and the ability to play the games of another videogame system.
The ColecoVision, combined with its "Expansion Module #1" which plays Atari 2600 cartridges, has more playable games than any other system ever made. This was a major selling point for the ColecoVision and makes it an attractive system for today's classic console player.
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