ColecoVision Cartridge Release Dates

[+Yurkie]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a list or website for the original release dates for ColecoVision cartridges. Original 3rd party release dates would be great too.

[newcoleco]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a list or website for the original release dates for ColecoVision cartridges. Original 3rd party release dates would be great too.

If you mean the commercial games, the only information we got is from the date inside the rom or printed. This information was compiled long time ago by some people who created the Coleco FAQ.

 

There are some release dates that are not the dates indicated from the ROM file, like Alcazar which was finally bought by Telegames to be release, because otherwise the game was not planned to be release (that's what some people call teh video game crash, which is simply a drop of 3rd party software support for the usa game consoles).

[ColecoFan1981]

Most of the launch titles on the CV were released with the system sometime between July and September 1982. Three of these from the first CV catalog were delayed until around April-June 1983: Space Fury (cat. no. 2415), Space Panic (2447) and Ken Uston Blackjack/Poker (2439), although they read 1982 on the cartridge label, actually read 1983 onscreen, on their ROM boards, and even on the back cover of their instruction books. Same issue occurs with Super Action Football (initially planned for release with the CV launch in 1982 as Head-to-Head Football), which says 1983 on the cart label but 1984 onscreen, its ROM board, and possibly its instruction manual.

 

Other titles say 1984 on the cartridge label but read 1983 onscreen: these titles include Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (which was also available as a Super Game DDP for the Adam computer, and it was even packed in with it), Frenzy and Smurf Paint 'n Play Workshop.

 

~Ben

Edited October 10, 2009 by ColecoFan1981