ColecoVision Arcade Video Game System

ColecoVision video game console was released in 1982.   With the idea of arcade quality game style and graphics.  Not to mention the ability to play Atari 2600 cartridges. 

• In order to compete in the Video Game market in the early 1980's. Coleco had to come up with a great marketing plan to get them in the market. They first marketed them selves as an Arcade Game System.
  
• Then they released their Expansion Model 1. This model enabled coleco vision buyers the ability to play Atari 2600 games on their Coleco Vision. So you could play twice as many games, and you in theory had two video game systems in one!
  
• Coleco then released expansion model 2 which was a steering wheel with a gas pedal. This gave users a unique game play during racing games. I think there was only 2 games though. The expansion was unique, no other system had this.
  
• Then they developed a third model. This was know as the Coleco Vision Adam. Which was a keyboard attachment to your system. This module was designed with the idea of being a kind of computer of sorts.

ColecoVision Games

• Coleco's huge hit was that of Donkey Kong, which came standard with each unit. 
• Coleco had to offer different games than that of Atari, with different licenses to corner the market in their favor.  Which worked for the most part with games like: Zaxxon, Ladybug, Donkey Kong, Mousetrap to name a few. 
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ColecoVision was able to sell more than 6 million units before it was discontinued in 1984.  ColecoVision had the best graphics in my opinion compared to the other systems at the time.

ColecoVision Controllers & What Not

• Coleco Vision did release a couple of different controllers over the years. The controllers, which were released with the coleco vision, were rectangular in size, with a circular knob that turns in circles and goes in eight different directions. The controller did play games with an inlay, very similar to Intellivision just a little larger in size.
  

• The controllers that came with the unit were similar to that of intellivisions keyboard style controller.  So similar they even used the similar inlay to play the games with.  The inlay was basically place on the controller, and showed which buttons to press to operate the game or games.  Coleco also featured a stirring wheel and Super Action Controllers to go along with the system.
• Another controller released was the Super action controller. This was a controller that fit around your hand, which had a similar circular knob. To make it unique, it had smaller numeric buttons, and a little wheel on the bottom that you spun. The controller also featured 4 buttons on the controllers grip.
• The Rollerball Controller for Coleco VIsion,  This was a rectangular unit, with two regular controllers  1 on each side, then a 2 inch or so ball in the middle with 4 buttons below the ball.