List of ColecoVision games
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Two game cartridges by Coleco: BurgerTime (left) and Gorf
This is a list of games for the ColecoVision video game console. In total, the following games are known to exist:
- 129[a] U.S. releases
- 1 U.S. very limited release
- 7[b] foreign/Canadian releases
- 9[c] TeleGames exclusive releases
- 22 prototype and unreleased games
See Lists of video games for related lists.
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U.S.[]
The following 129[d] games were released on the U.S. market:
Title | Released | Genre | Developer | Publisher | Notes |
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2010: The Graphic Action Game | 1984 | Puzzle | Coleco[1] | Includes overlays for hand controllers.[2] | |
1984 | Educational | Spinnaker Software | |||
Antarctic Adventure | 1984 | Racing, platform | Coleco | ||
1984 | Side-scrolling shooter | ||||
Artillery Duel | 1983 | Strategy | Action Graphics[3] | Xonox | Also as double-ender cartridge with Chuck Norris Superkicks. |
B.C.'s Quest for Tires | 1983 | Action | Sydney Development Corporation[4] | Sierra | |
B.C. II: Grog's Revenge | 1984 | Action | Sydney Development Corporation[4] | Coleco | |
Beamrider | 1983 | Fixed shooter | Action Graphics[3] | Activision | [5] |
1984 | First-person shooter | Interphase | |||
Brain Strainers | 1984 | Educational, Music | Coleco | ||
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom | 1983 | First-person shooter[6] | Coleco | ||
Bump 'n' Jump | 1984 | Racing | Mattel Electronics (Nice Ideas)[3] | Coleco | Optionally supports Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel) |
BurgerTime | 1984 | Platform | Mattel Electronics (Nice Ideas)[3] | Coleco | [5] |
Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park | 1984 | Action | Coleco | ||
Cabbage Patch Kids Picture Show | 1984 | Educational | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers | |
Campaign '84 | 1983 | Strategy | Video Software Specialists[3] | Sunrise Software | |
Carnival | 1982 | Fixed shooter | Coleco | ||
Centipede | 1983 | Fixed shooter | Atari | Atarisoft | |
Choplifter! | 1984 | Shooter | Coleco | ||
Chuck Norris Superkicks | 1983 | Action | Video Software Specialists[3] | Xonox | Also as double-ender with Artillery Duel. |
Congo Bongo | 1984 | Isometric platform | Coleco | ||
Cosmic Avenger | 1982 | Side-scrolling shooter | Gordon Martin & Associates[3] | Coleco | |
The Dam Busters | 1984 | Combat flight simulation game | Sydney Development Corporation[4] | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers. |
1984 | Dancing simulator | WCI Labs (Atari)[3] | Fisher-Price | ||
Decathlon | 1983 | Sports | Action Graphics[3] | Activision | |
Defender | 1983 | Side-scrolling shooter | Atari | Atarisoft | |
1984 | Action | Coleco | Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel) required | ||
Donkey Kong | 1982 | Platform | Coleco | Standard "in-the-box" title, included with console | |
Donkey Kong Jr. | 1983 | Platform | Coleco | ||
Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler | 1984 | Puzzle | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers. | |
Dragonfire | 1984 | Action | Imagic | Imagic | |
The Dukes of Hazzard | 1984 | Racing | Coleco | Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel) required | |
1983 | Educational | Spinnaker Software | Includes overlays for hand controllers. A smaller box variant was also released with the name "Make-A-Face". | ||
1983 | Action, adventure | Imagic | Imagic | ||
1983 | Pinball | Spectravideo International | |||
1984 | Strategy | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers. | ||
Fraction Fever | 1983 | Educational | Spinnaker Software | ||
1983 | Fixed shooter | Spectravideo International | |||
Frenzy | 1983 | Multi-directional shooter | Davis & Nussrallah & Associates[3] | Coleco | |
Frogger | 1983 | Overhead view action | James Wickstead Design Associates[3] | Parker Brothers | |
Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! | 1984 | Overhead view action | Parker Brothers | ||
Front Line | 1983 | Run and gun | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers. |
Galaxian | 1983 | Fixed shooter | Atari | Atarisoft | |
Gateway to Apshai | 1984 | Action-adventure | Epyx | ||
Gorf | 1983 | Fixed shooter | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | |
Gust Buster | 1983 | Action | Video Software Specialists[3] | Sunrise Software | |
Gyruss | 1984 | Fixed shooter | Parker Brothers | ||
H.E.R.O. | 1984 | Action | The Softworks[3] | Activision | |
1983 | Scrolling platform | Mike Livesay[7] | |||
Illusions | 1984 | Puzzle | Mattel Electronics (Nice Ideas)[3] | Coleco | |
1984 | Business simulator | Emag Software & Engineering[3] | Xonox | ||
James Bond 007 | 1984 | Platform | On-Time Software[3] | Parker Brothers | |
1984 | Educational | Spinnaker Software | |||
Jumpman Junior | 1984 | Platform, puzzle | Epyx | ||
Jungle Hunt | 1984 | Side scroller | Atari | Atarisoft | |
1983 | Gambling | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers. | ||
Keystone Kapers | 1984 | Platform | Sydney Software | Activision | [5] |
Lady Bug | 1982 | Maze | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | |
Learning with Leeper | 1984 | Educational | Sierra | ||
1984 | Educational, action, puzzle | Fisher-Price | |||
1984 | Educational, action, puzzle | Fisher-Price | |||
Looping | 1983 | Side-scrolling shooter | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | |
1984 | Board game | Fisher-Price | |||
Miner 2049er | 1983 | Platform | Mike Livesay[7] | Micro Fun | |
1984 | Educational, math, platform | Coleco | |||
Montezuma's Revenge | 1984 | Platform | Parker Brothers | ||
1983 | Fixed shooter | Imagic | Imagic | [5] | |
1984 | Racing | Video Software Specialists[3] | Xonox | Also as double-ender cartridge with | |
Mountain King | 1984 | Platform | Video Software Specialists[3] | Sunrise Software | |
Mouse Trap | 1982 | Maze | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers. | |
Mr. Do! | 1983 | Maze | Coleco | ||
Mr. Do!'s Castle | 1984 | Platform, puzzle | Parker Brothers | ||
1983 | Side-scrolling shooter | Imagic | Imagic | ||
Oil's Well | 1984 | Maze | Sierra | ||
Omega Race | 1983 | Fixed shooter | Coleco | ||
1984 | Sports | Micro Fun | |||
Pepper II | 1983 | Maze | 4D Interactive Systems[3] | Coleco | |
Pitfall! | 1983 | Platform | Action Graphics[3] | Activision | |
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns | 1984 | Platform | Activision | ||
Pitstop | 1983 | Racing | Action Graphics[3] | Epyx | Optionally supports Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel). Released in two different cartridge shapes. |
Popeye | 1983 | Platform | Parker Brothers | ||
Q*bert | 1983 | Action, puzzle | Adrenalin Entertainment[3] | Parker Brothers | |
Q*bert's Qubes | 1984 | Action, puzzle | James Wickstead Design Associates[3] | Parker Brothers | |
1983 | Action, adventure | Video Software Specialists[3] | Sunrise Software | ||
River Raid | 1984 | Scrolling shooter | Sydney Development Corporation[4] | Activision | [5] |
1984 | Action, adventure | Computer Magic[3] | Xonox | Also as double-ender cartridge with | |
Roc 'N Rope | 1984 | Platform | Gordon Martin & Associates[3] | Coleco | |
Rocky Super Action Boxing | 1983 | Fighting | Action Graphics[3] | Coleco | Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers. |
1983 | Educational, music | Video Software Specialists[3] | Sunrise Software | ||
Sammy Lightfoot | 1983 | Platform | Sierra | ||
1983 | First-person shooter | Spectravideo International | |||
1984 | Action, adventure | Interphase | |||
1983 | Action | Video SOftware Specialists[3] | Xonox | Also as double-ender with | |
1983 | Fixed shooter | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | Bundled with Coleco's Roller Controller which is required to play. | |
1984 | Action | Emag Software & Engineering[3] | Xonox | ||
Smurf Paint 'n' Play Workshop | 1984 | Education | Innoventions[3] | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers. |
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle | 1982 | Platform | Coleco | Released as Schtroumpf or Putifu in other languages. | |
Space Fury | 1983 | Shooter | Coleco | ||
Space Panic | 1984 | Platform | Coleco | ||
1983 | Fixed shooter | Spectravideo International | |||
Spy Hunter | 1984 | Car combat | 4D Interactive Systems[3] | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers and Super Action Controllers. |
1983 | Climbing platform | Interphase | |||
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator | 1984 | Space combat simulation | Coleco | Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers. | |
Star Wars: The Arcade Game | 1984 | Rail shooter | Parker Brothers | ||
SubRoc | 1983 | Action | 4D Interactive Systems[3] | Coleco | |
1983 | Sports | Gordon Martin & Associates[3] | Coleco | Came bundled with the Super Action Controller Set, a set of two joysticks, and overlays. | |
1984 | Sports | Davis & Nussrallah & Associates[3] | Coleco | Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers. | |
Super Cobra | 1983 | Scrolling shooter | Parker Brothers | ||
1983 | Fixed shooter | Spectravideo International | |||
Super Sketch | 1984 | Doodling | Comes with Super Sketch Pad controller. | ||
Tapper | 1984 | Action | Coleco | Also known as Root Beer Tapper | |
Tarzan | 1984 | Action, adventure | 4D Interactive Systems[3] | Coleco | |
1984 | Educational | Coleco | Learn the basics of Logo language computer programming. | ||
Threshold | 1983 | Fixed shooter | Sierra | ||
Time Pilot | 1983 | Multi-directional shooter | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | |
1984 | Action, adventure | Xonox | Also as double-ender cartridge with | ||
1984 | Sports | Imagic | Imagic | ||
Turbo | 1982 | Racing | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | Comes with the Expansion Module #2, a steering wheel (required to play). |
Tutankham | 1983 | Maze, shooter | Parker Brothers | ||
Up'n Down | 1984 | Racing, maze | On-Time Software[3] | Sega | |
Venture | 1982 | Action | Coleco | ||
1983 | Side-scrolling shooter | Nuvatec[3] | Coleco | Roller Controller required; uses all four action buttons | |
WarGames | 1984 | Strategy | Coleco | Includes overlays for hand controllers. | |
War Room | 1983 | Fixed shooter, strategy | Probe 2000 | Includes an overlay for a hand controller. | |
1983 | Side scrolling shooter | Imagic | Imagic | ||
1984 | Educational, action | Sydney Development Corporation[4] | Sierra | ||
1984 | Word puzzle | Emag Software & Engineering[3] | Xonox | ||
Zaxxon | 1982 | Isometric shooter | 4D Interactive Systems[3] | Coleco | |
Zenji | 1984 | Puzzle | Action Graphics[3] | Activision |
U.S. limited release[]
The following game was a very limited releases inside the U.S.:
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.[8] |
Non-US[]
The following games were exclusively released in non-US markets:
Title | Released | Genre | Developer | Publisher | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | Platform[6] | Bit Corp. | Europe | ||
Energy Quizz | Education | Sydney Development Corporation | Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada | ||
Evolution | 1983 | Action | Sydney Development Corporation[4] | Coleco of Canada | Canada |
1983 | Fixed shooter | Bit Corp. | Europe | ||
1984 | Sports | CBS Electronics | Not same as U.S. game with same name. This is a soccer simulation. | ||
1983 | Breakout clone | Bit Corp. | Europe | ||
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[6] | Cheshire Engineering | Telegames | Developed by Tom Loughry for Activision.[9] Exclusive to Telegames. |
1986 | Education, maze | Video Software Specialists[3] | Telegames | Exclusive to Telegames. | |
Boulder Dash | 1984 | Maze | Micro Lab | Telegames | Developed for Micro Fun. Exclusive to Telegames. |
1986 | Platform | Telegames | Same as foreign game by Bit Corp. | ||
Side-scrolling combat | Video Software Specialists[3] | Telegames | Sames as Chuck Norris Superkicks by Xonox. | ||
Rock 'N Bolt | 1984 | Action puzzle | Action Graphics[3] | Telegames | Developed for Activision. Exclusive to Telegames. |
1986 | Sports | Telegames | Exclusive to Telegames. | ||
1986 | Breakout clone | Telegames | Same as foreign game by Bit Corp. | ||
1986 | Maze shooter | Telegames | Same as foreign game by Bit Corp. |
Unreleased prototypes[]
- Dig Dug (Atarisoft)[10]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Niads' Original 134 ColecoVision games at atariage.com
- ^ 2010: The Graphic Action Game at colecoboxart.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay "Game Developer Research Institute". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sydney Development Corporation". Moby Games. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Holyoak, Craig (1984-05-30). "Here are ColecoVision's jewels". Deseret News. pp. 4 WV. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ a b c Weiss, Brett (2012). Classic Home Video Games, 1982-1984: A Complete Reference Guide. McFarland.
- ^ a b "Interview with Mike Livesay". The Miner 2049er Information Page. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ New colecovision game discovered.
- ^ Goninon, Mark. "Where are they now? - Tom Loughry". Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "Dig Dug (ColecoVision) - the Cutting Room Floor".
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