Computer games that made it to Colecovision

[cimerians]

Anyone have a list of computer games that made it to the Colecovision? I can name these off of memory:

 

Gateway to Apshai

Jumpmap Jr.

Pitstop

Boulderdash

Oil's Well

 

Am I wrong in thinking these were computer (microcomputer) games first?

 

I think for the most part these games were done very well. Any others you would have liked to see that were not ported over?

[Pixelboy]

When asking a question like that, you should place technological boundaries, because the term "computer game" can encompass a lot of different computers with all sorts of specs.

 

For example, I would have loved to see Leisure Suit Larry on the ColecoVision, but is that the kind of "computer game" you're talking about? Or are you referring to older computers like the Apple II or the Vic-20 or Commodore 64?

[Tempest]

You can add Evolution, Choplifter, and B.C. to that list. If you include the Adam you have Pinball Construction Set, Hard Hat Mack, and A.E.

[cimerians]

Or are you referring to older computers like the Apple II or the Vic-20 or Commodore 64?

 

Yup those. "Micro" which isn't used anymore but along the lines of Commodore 64 etc.

 

Two games I always wanted were Space Taxi and possibly an adventure game like King's Quest or yes even Larry. hehehe..

 

Not sure if the CV can handle that many screens but is a stripped down King's Quest 1\Larry possible?

The thrust and precise movements in Space Taxi would make it frustrating I think.

 

You can add Evolution, Choplifter, and B.C. to that list. If you include the Adam you have Pinball Construction Set, Hard Hat Mack, and A.E.

 

Cool. I'm looking at getting a complete set of these 'ports' if you will.

Edited October 8, 2012 by cimerians

[ColecoDan]

When asking a question like that, you should place technological boundaries, because the term "computer game" can encompass a lot of different computers with all sorts of specs.

 

For example, I would have loved to see Leisure Suit Larry on the ColecoVision, but is that the kind of "computer game" you're talking about? Or are you referring to older computers like the Apple II or the Vic-20 or Commodore 64?

 

Ahh Apple II

 

You know which game I would really love to see on colecovision that I used to play a lot. Conan: Hall of Volta

 

I remember loving that game. Maybe it would be too easy on a colecovision or not enough fun. It might have been the keyboard play that made it difficult.

[segagamer99]

You can include Pixelboy's new Homebrew Black Onyx(SG-1000). The original was a computer game

 

There are others. Many Activision games were ported onto computers. Antarctic Adventure and Cabbage Patch Kids are ports of 2 of Konami's MSX games. The new Adam to Colecovision conversions(Dragon's Lair and Zaxxon Super Game{I pre-ordered it }) were Coleco computer games. I believe that the MSX Lode Runner was recently home-brewed.

 

P.S. About Choplifter, the best version of the Apple II original is the SG-1000 one! It has great music, graphics, and scaling!

[Pixelboy]

Not sure if the CV can handle that many screens but is a stripped down King's Quest 1\Larry possible?

 

It wouldn't need to be stripped down (hehe, Larry, stripped down, get it? Never mind.) you could probably do a faithful adaptation of Larry, King's Quest or Space Quest. You'd need to rethink the controls to replace the keyboard with a joystick+button+keypad scheme, but graphically it could be very similar, with some compromises.

[ed1475]

A Colecovision original that was only ported to computer is War Games. It was only ported to the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit on a 5.25" flippy disk.

 

 

Edited October 8, 2012 by ed1475

[65Gamerguy]

When asking a question like that, you should place technological boundaries, because the term "computer game" can encompass a lot of different computers with all sorts of specs.

 

For example, I would have loved to see Leisure Suit Larry on the ColecoVision, but is that the kind of "computer game" you're talking about? Or are you referring to older computers like the Apple II or the Vic-20 or Commodore 64?

 

Oh man Leisure Suit Larry on the CV would be so cool! I loved those games on the PC.

[NIAD]

A Colecovision original that was only ported to computer is War Games. It was only ported to the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit on a 5.25" flippy disk.

 

 

Coleco even got lazy or probably just cheap and later packaged WarGames on a flippy 5 1/4" disk... one side was the Atari version and the other side was the C=64 version. Of course the instruction manual was updated according and a sticker was added to the packaging to inform that both versions were included.

[retroillucid]

 

 

Oh man Leisure Suit Larry on the CV would be so cool! I loved those games on the PC.

 

I already started working on LSL for CV

Its in my to-do list actually

[cimerians]

I already started working on LSL for CV

Its in my to-do list actually

 

Thats great to hear! Pixelboy here you go!

[cimerians]

A Colecovision original that was only ported to computer is War Games. It was only ported to the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit on a 5.25" flippy disk.

 

 

 

I have never seen a Coleco floppy disk. Thanks for the link. I think I played a version of Wargames on the C64.

 

Also I think I found another game that may be a computer port: Sammy Lightfoot

 

I completely forgot about the MSX too....

[NIAD]

While Coleco did release a number of App. and Game programs on disk for the ADAM Computer, their fledgling support for other computers barely had just begun and WarGames "might" be the only title that Coleco ended up releasing for other computer systems. Here is a link to a recently ended eBay auction for WarGames (the flippy Atari and C=64 combo pack):

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 160894640147

[youki]

 

Two games I always wanted were Space Taxi and possibly an adventure game like King's Quest or yes even Larry. hehehe..

 

 

 

You know which game I would really love to see on colecovision that I used to play a lot. Conan: Hall of Volta

 

 

 

In fact Space Taxi , King Quest 1 , Conan are on my to do list. (as well Zorro )

 

I had alread started primary work for King Quest in fact.

 

But , as for all my games, i don't try to make faithfull port of original game , i just take strong inspiration and do it with my personnal touch.

 

did you know that King Quest have been ported on Sega Master System ?.

 

So expect may be a King quest "like" from me ,in 6 years...

[cimerians]

Lots of cool stuff to look forward to! I played some CV last night. lol

 

Waiting on the SGM and maybe look for some ports I missed on ebay. I should have finished off my want list in the 90's when things were cheaper.

[phattyboombatty]

When asking a question like that, you should place technological boundaries, because the term "computer game" can encompass a lot of different computers with all sorts of specs.

 

For example, I would have loved to see Leisure Suit Larry on the ColecoVision, but is that the kind of "computer game" you're talking about? Or are you referring to older computers like the Apple II or the Vic-20 or Commodore 64?

 

A personal note:

 

Fun fact: Sierra Online was a software company that was based in Fresno and Oakhurst, California (I grew up in Fresno my whole life). I'd played the hell out of King's Quest I-III and Black Cauldron at my friend Loren's house on his IBM PC Jr. starting some time around 1984 (I was just finishing 6th grade). Being an Atari fanboy for years at that time (and wishing I'd had my neighbor Timmy's Colecovision), I'd not kept up with any PC stuff so much, nor had I really paid attention to how cool it would be to connect with a local software company. I was always dreaming of taking a trip to Sunnyvale to see the Atari HQ.

 

Fast forward to the early 1990s. I'd worked at Taco Bell for the last year and met a coworker who was getting ready to marry an older man (22!) We were only 17-18. Eventually I became good friends with this man, who turned out to be a brilliant young programmer at Sierra Online/Sierra Entertainment. He informed me that he was working on "Liesure Suit Larry VI". I recall asking him, what's that?? As I had all but completely sunk into Nintendo culture after 1986, and had no clue where PC gaming was going. He gave me the whole backstory and explained everything, which reconnected me to my love of Sierra Online games. Chris was only 22 and drove a bitchin' new baby blue Corvette. He invited me to hop in and take a tour of the office with him, where he'd show me some of the awesome stuff they were working on.

 

As I stepped into the local Fresno office of Sierra Online located near Blackstone and Herndon avenues, I was in for a treat: network-based gaming! There was an office set up with about 4 to 6 workstations on a network. I sat at one of them and we shot at each other from a 3D perspective. Can't remember if this was Doom or Duke Nuke'em. (A quick search reveals that Sierra created neither of these—they might have been researching it or just playing it!).

 

Anyway that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

[Pixelboy]

A personal note:

 

Fun fact: Sierra Online was a software company that was based in Fresno and Oakhurst, California (I grew up in Fresno my whole life). I'd played the hell out of King's Quest I-III and Black Cauldron at my friend Loren's house on his IBM PC Jr. starting some time around 1984 (I was just finishing 6th grade). Being an Atari fanboy for years at that time (and wishing I'd had my neighbor Timmy's Colecovision), I'd not kept up with any PC stuff so much, nor had I really paid attention to how cool it would be to connect with a local software company. I was always dreaming of taking a trip to Sunnyvale to see the Atari HQ.

 

Fast forward to the early 1990s. I'd worked at Taco Bell for the last year and met a coworker who was getting ready to marry an older man (22!) We were only 17-18. Eventually I became good friends with this man, who turned out to be a brilliant young programmer at Sierra Online/Sierra Entertainment. He informed me that he was working on "Liesure Suit Larry VI". I recall asking him, what's that?? As I had all but completely sunk into Nintendo culture after 1986, and had no clue where PC gaming was going. He gave me the whole backstory and explained everything, which reconnected me to my love of Sierra Online games. Chris was only 22 and drove a bitchin' new baby blue Corvette. He invited me to hop in and take a tour of the office with him, where he'd show me some of the awesome stuff they were working on.

 

As I stepped into the local Fresno office of Sierra Online located near Blackstone and Herndon avenues, I was in for a treat: network-based gaming! There was an office set up with about 4 to 6 workstations on a network. I sat at one of them and we shot at each other from a 3D perspective. Can't remember if this was Doom or Duke Nuke'em. (A quick search reveals that Sierra created neither of these—they might have been researching it or just playing it!).

 

Anyway that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

 

Cool story! Thanks for sharing!

[ChuckH]

I tried out the aforementioned Space Taxi which I had never heard of. It's sort of of a cross of Lunar Lander and Rip Cord but better than either one of those. Of the two that I found, the best is the C-64 version with voice and better sounds and graphics. The Amstrad CPC version is good but not as good as the C-64 version. I'd love to see it on ColecoVision.

[youki]

C64's version of space taxi is terribly addictive. I never stopped playing it time to time since i discover it in 1984.

[ChuckH]

Hey Youki,

Check this out. Space Taxi 2. I tried the demo and it's interesting to compare the versions.

http://www.twilightgames.com/spacetaxi/spacetaxi_info.htm

[cimerians]

'Addictive' is a perfect word for Space Taxi. All these years and I still go to it from time to time. The only version I ever played was the C64.

 

Had no idea about the sequel...I have to check that out! I prefer the old school 8-bit graphics but I'll give the demo a try.

[youki]

I think Space Taxi has been also adapted on Amiga (but under another name that i can not remember ). But as cimerians said i prefer the old school 8 bit graphics on the c64 version. And the digitalised voice.... "Hey Taxi"... so typical.