Coleco

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Starting off as a leather goods company, they found themselves at the forefront in the toy industry, Making a series of dedicated games consoles with the Telstar series and the Colecovision, after the American video game crash they took on the license to mass produce the Cabbage Patch Kids Dolls, Which became a huge craze, after filing for bankruptcy in 1988, the license passed to Hasbro.

Other products produced by the company over the years were above ground swimming pools, the Coleco Adam Computer, the Coleco Gemini console that was an Atari 2600 clone launched in 1983, and various other electronic consumer goods.

The brand was revived in 1995, and various compilations of Colecovision games were released. The company became involved in the Coleco Chameleon console, which was funded through a kickstarter, unfortunately the hardware which used the console was found to be little more than a SNES Mini, and the case made from the Atari Jaguar moulds, Coleco severed all ties with the project when the circuit board inside the console was identified as a CCTV one.

Timeline for Coleco :

Date	Event
Jul 1976	Zilog releases the Z80 microprocessor
15 Jul 1983	Sega SG-1000 Console Launches
1 Sep 1983	News Article : IBM Peanut to hit Adam

Hardware Products

ColecoVision Expansion Module No 2 - Steering Wheel
Unknown
The Expansion Module No. 2 is a steering wheel controller for the ColecoVision console, and includes a foot pedal accelerator....

Manufacturer : Coleco
Type : Peripheral

CBS ColecoVision Games Console
1982
The ColecoVision was distributed by CBS Electronics outside of the United States, and was branded the CBS ColecoVision.

Manufacturer : Colecovision
Type : Game Console

ColecoVision Expansion Module No 1 - Atari 2600 Adaptor
1982
Expansion Module No. 1 allows all cartridges compatible with the Atari 2600 VCS to be played on CBS ColecoVision console. The Expansion Module No. 1 is effectively a complete Atari system, relying on...

Manufacturer : Coleco
Type : Peripheral

ColecoVision Expansion Module #3 - ColecoVision ADAM
1983
ADAM was the computer upgrade for the ColecoVision game console, a second-generation home video game console which was developed and released by Coleco Industries in North America in August 1982.

Manufacturer : Colecovision
Type : Peripheral

Software Products

Gorf
1981
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Manufacturer : Colecovision
Type : Software - Game

Mouse Trap
1981
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Manufacturer : Colecovision
Type : Software - Game

Turbo
1981
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Manufacturer : CBS
Type : Software - Game

Smurf
1983
The player must brave a series of obstacles to rescue Smurfette from Gargamel's castle.

Manufacturer : Coleco Industries
Type : Software - Game