Editing ColecoVision (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Coleco Vision Flashback 2.jpg|thumb|ColecoVision Flashback]]

[[Masayuki Uemura]], head of [[Famicom]] development, stated that the ColecoVision set the bar that influenced how he approached the creation of the Famicom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glitterberri.com/developer-interviews/how-the-famicom-was-born/deciding-on-the-specs/|title=GlitterBerri's Game Translations » Deciding on the Specs|website=Glitterberri.com|access-date=2018-12-05|archive-date=2019-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407134325/https://www.glitterberri.com/developer-interviews/how-the-famicom-was-born/deciding-on-the-specs/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the creation of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], Takao Sawano, chief manager of the project, brought a ColecoVision home to his family, who were impressed by the system's capability to produce smooth graphics, which contrasted with the flickering commonly seen on Atari 2600 games.

In 1986, [[Bit Corporation]] produced a ColecoVision clone called the [[Dina (console)|Dina]], which was sold in the United States by Telegames as the Telegames Personal Arcade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=24 |title=ColecoVision - 1982-1984 - Classic Gaming |publisher=Classicgaming.gamespy.com |access-date=2010-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001232609/http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=24 |archive-date=2011-10-01}}</ref>

''[[IGN]]'' named the ColecoVision their 12th-best video-game console out of their list of 25, citing "its incredible accuracy in bringing current-generation arcade hits home".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/top-25-consoles/12.html |title=Colecovision is number 12 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=2010-12-20}}</ref>

In 1996, the first [[Homebrew (video games)|homebrew]] ColecoVision game was released: a ''[[Tetris]]'' clone titled ''Kevtris''.<ref name="kevtris">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/colecovision/kevtris |title=Kevtris for ColecoVision |publisher=MobyGames |date=2006-11-29 |access-date=2009-08-24}}</ref><ref name="kevinterview">{{cite web|url=http://www.gooddealgames.com/interviews/int_horton.html |title=Classic Videogame Games INTERVIEW - Kevin Horton |publisher=Good Deal Games |access-date=2009-08-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.atarihq.com/reviews/classic/cv/kevtris.html | title=AGH ColecoVision Review -- Kevtris}}</ref>

In 1997, Telegames released ''Personal Arcade Vol. 1'', a collection of ColecoVision games for [[Microsoft Windows]],<ref name="pav1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/personal-arcade-volume-one |title=Personal Arcade Volume One for Windows |publisher=MobyGames |date=2000-05-21 |access-date=2009-08-24}}</ref> and a 1998 follow-up, ''Colecovision Hits Volume One''.<ref name="cvh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/classic-gamer-colecovision-hits-volume-one |title=Classic Gamer: Colecovision Hits Volume One for Windows |publisher=MobyGames |date=2000-05-30 |access-date=2009-08-24}}</ref>

In 2012, Opcode Games released their own Super Game Module expansion, which increases RAM from 1 KB to 32 KB and adds four additional sound channels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opcodegames.com/sgm/sgm.html|title=ColecoVision Super Game Module|website=www.opcodegames.com|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=2019-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127141624/http://www.opcodegames.com/sgm/sgm.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> This expansion brings the ColecoVision close to the [[MSX]] architecture standard, allowing MSX software to be more easily ported.

In 2014, AtGames began producing the ColecoVision Flashback console that includes 60 games, but not the original pack-in game, ''[[Donkey Kong (1981 video game)|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref name="atflashback">{{cite web|url=http://www.atgames.us/ColecoVision-Flashback-CV450.htm|title=ColecoVision Flashback at AtGames E-Store|access-date=2015-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215204801/http://www.atgames.us/ColecoVision-Flashback-CV450.htm|archive-date=2015-02-15|url-status=dead}}</ref>