Editing ColecoVision (section)

{{Short description|Second-generation home video game console}}
{{Infobox CVG system
| title = ColecoVision
| logo = [[Image:COLECO VISION LOGO.svg|250px]]
| image = [[Image:ColecoVision-wController-L.jpg|300px|center|A ColecoVision unit]]
| manufacturer = [[Coleco]]
| type = [[Home video game console]]
| generation = [[Second generation of video game consoles|Second]]
| releasedate  = {{vgrelease|NA|August 1982}}{{vgrelease|EU|July 1983}}
| discontinued = 1985
| CPU = [[Zilog Z80]]
| GPU = [[TMS9918|TMS9928A]] ([[NTSC]])<br>[[TMS9918|TMS9929A]] ([[PAL]])
| sound = [[Texas Instruments SN76489|SN76489]]
| memory = {{ubl|1 KB [[Scratchpad memory|scratchpad RAM]]|16 KB [[video RAM]]|8 KB ROM}}
| media = [[ROM cartridge]]
| storage = 8/16/24/32 KB
| controllers = {{ubl|Joystick + numeric keypad|Roller Controller|Driving Controller|Super Action Controller}}
| units sold = > 2 million (1982–83)<ref name="coleco_annual_1983">{{cite journal |journal=Coleco Industries, Inc. 1983 Annual Report |title=1983 |date=1983 |page=3 |url=http://atariage.com/forums/topic/283473-coleco-industries-inc-annual-quarterly-reports-1981-to-1986/ |publisher=Coleco Industries, Inc. |quote=The year's sales of 1.5 million ColecoVision units brought the installed base to over 2 million units worldwide.}}</ref>
| units shipped =
| top game = ''[[Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]'' ([[pack-in game|pack-in]])
| S.R.P. =
| predecessor = [[Coleco Telstar series]] (1978)
|
}}

'''ColecoVision''' is a [[Second generation of video game consoles|second-generation]] [[home video game console|home video-game console]] developed by [[Coleco]] and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by [[CBS Electronics]] as the '''CBS ColecoVision'''.

The console offered a closer experience to more powerful [[arcade video game]]s compared to competitors such as the [[Atari 2600]] and [[Intellivision]]. The initial catalog of twelve games on [[ROM cartridge]] included the first home version of [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]'' as the pack-in game. Approximately 136 games were published between 1982 and 1984,<ref>{{Citation |last=Forster |first=Winnie |author-link=Winnie Forster |title=The encyclopedia of consoles, handhelds & home computers 1972 - 2005 |year=2005 |publisher=GAMEPLAN |isbn=3-00-015359-4|page=50}}</ref> including Sega's ''[[Zaxxon]]'' and some ports of lesser known arcade games that found a larger audience on the console, such as ''[[Lady Bug (video game)|Lady Bug]]'', ''[[Cosmic Avenger]]'', and ''[[Venture (video game)|Venture]]''.

Coleco released a series of hardware add-ons and special controllers to expand the capabilities of the console. "Expansion Module #1" allowed the system to play Atari 2600 cartridges. A later module converted ColecoVision into the [[Coleco Adam|Adam]] home computer.

ColecoVision was discontinued in 1985 when Coleco withdrew from the video game market. Coleco had already contemplated shifting focus to their [[Cabbage Patch Kids]] success after the costly failure of their [[Coleco Adam|Adam]] computer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-03-fi-11281-story.html | title=Coleco Discontinues Its Adam Computer Line: Sells Inventory to Retail Chain; Expects to Report Substantial Losses for 4th Quarter, Year | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=3 January 1985}}</ref>