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==== Roller Controller ==== The ''Roller Controller'' is a [[trackball]] that comes packaged with the cartridge ''Slither'', a conversion of the arcade game.<ref name="eg198306-2">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_16_1983-06_Reese_Communications_US/page/n23/mode/2up | title=Controller Update: Probing the World of the Exotic | work=Electronic Games | date=June 1983 | access-date=6 January 2015 | pages=24β28}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media | year=2008 | title=Classic Game Room reviews COLECOVISION ROLLER CONTROLLER | medium=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnkQlMaQ1U | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/MLnkQlMaQ1U| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live | access-date=April 2, 2014 | format=YouTube | time=4:45 | publisher=Lord Karnage}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The roller controller uses a special power connector that is not compatible with Expansion Module #3 (the Adam computer). Coleco mailed an adapter to owners of both units who complained.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colecovisionzone.com/photos/accessory/roller%20manual.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091837/http://www.colecovisionzone.com/photos/accessory/roller%20manual.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=live |title=Roller Controller Operation Manual |access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref> The other cartridge programmed to use the roller controller is ''Victory''. A joystick mode switch on the roller controller allows it to be used with all cartridges including ''[[WarGames (video game)|WarGames]]'', ''[[Omega Race]]'', and Atarisoft's ''[[Centipede (video game)|Centipede]]''.
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