History of video games/Platforms/ColecoVision

History Launch thumb|Colecovision logotype. The ColecoVision had been preceded by the Coleco Telstar series of consoles, where Coleco had familiarized themselves with the home gaming market. The ColecoVision was released in June of 1982, selling for $195 USD. Console shortages were a concern for Coleco in November 1982.COLECO'S NEW VIDEO CHALLENGE (Published 1982) https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/11/business/coleco-s-new-video-challenge.html 1 February 2021 The New York Times 11 November 1982 Despite this 500,000 units were sold in 1982. Yet shortly following this, production in the United States was briefly stopped in August 1983 to make capacity for Coleco Adam computer production, which used the same manufacturing facilities.Berg Eric N. COLECO'S NEW MEMORY DEVICE (Published 1983) https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/07/business/coleco-s-new-memory-device.html?searchResultPosition=5 11 February 2021 The New York Times 7 September 1983 Legacy thumb|An abandoned Coleco building in Amsterdam, New York. Having sold 6 million units, the ColecoVision ended production in 1984 so that Coleco could focus on their Cabbage Patch Kids toy line and their Adam home computer.The ColecoVision/Nintendo Partnership and the Atari Clone https://www.lifewire.com/history-of-colecovision-729731 Lifewire 26 October 2020 en The ColecoVision was officially discontinued in 1985.Home Page https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg80-colecovision.htm#page=reviews Video Game Console Library 18 November 2020 The changing of production from ColecoVision to Coleco Adam is commonly seen as a massive blunder by Coleco. The Coleco Adam launched with a flawed design which was nearly self destructive that caused over 60% of produced units to be returned as defective. As a result the system was a massive commercial failure which helped contribute to the bankruptcy of Coleco by loosing hundreds of millions of dollars in spite of large revenue generated by other massively successful product lines.Modine Austin Remembering the Coleco Adam https://www.theregister.com/2008/02/04/tob_coleco_adam/ 11 February 2021 www.theregister.com en The Coleco partnership with Nintendo lead to a prototype unit being demonstrated to Nintendo employees in Japan, inspiring Nintendo Research & Development Number 2 Department to match or exceed the capabilities of the ColecoVision during the development of the Famicom.GlitterBerri's Game Translations » Deciding on the Specs https://www.glitterberri.com/developer-interviews/how-the-famicom-was-born/deciding-on-the-specs/ www.glitterberri.com 18 November 2020 Though the company that created the ColecoVision went bankrupt, a few later consoles made by others would bear the Coleco brand. This included the Coleco Sonic of the 2006. This would also briefly include Chameleon of the mid-2010's before the naming rights were revoked. Technology thumb|upright|Donkey Kong cartridge for the ColecoVision. Compute The ColecoVision CPU is the 8 bit NEC D780C-1, a variant the Zilog Z80A clocked at 3.58 megahertz.OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=755 www.old-computers.com 26 October 2020 The ColecoVision has 1 kilobyte of RAM and 16 kilobytes of video RAM.ColecoVision https://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=console/colecovision The Dot Eaters 3 December 2020 Hardware The ColecoVision has an 8 kilobyte ROM. A Texas Instruments TMS9928A was used for graphical output, and could display 32 sprites with 16 simultaneous colors out of 32 possible colors. Colecovision cartridges leveraged bank switching for increased ROM sizes.CVGA Disassembled Second Generation (1976-1984) · Online Exhibits https://apps.lib.umich.edu/online-exhibits/exhibits/show/cvga-disassembled/gamegen2 apps.lib.umich.edu 18 November 2020 Expansion Modules Expansion Module #1 allowed the ColecoVision to play Atari VCS games. Expansion Module #2 was a driving wheel controller.Steeering Wheel - Expansion Module #2 - ColecoVision Addict.com https://cvaddict.com/article.php?articleid=9 cvaddict.com 20 December 2020 Expansion Module #3 turned the ColecoVision into the Adam computer system.Colecovision Zone Module 3 Adam http://www.colecovisionzone.com/page/accessory/module3.html www.colecovisionzone.com 20 December 2020 Notable games Donkey Kong - Port Zaxxon Illusions War Room Rocky Super Action Boxing Gallery The ColecoVision Console Accessories Internals Telegames Personal Arcade References ColecoVision ColecoVision 2100%__NOTOC__