NIAD Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Following up on another thread that discussed having a complete collection and inspired by Cmart's 125 Game List thread in the Intellivision Forum, I have decided to list things out in more detail. This list of 135 is unique titles and does not take into account release variations such as those made by Coleco of Canada Limitee and CBS Electronics, although there is an Addendum to the list at the end which covers some other unique games for the CV & ADAM. I have finally decided to include the Bit Corp. titles in this list seeing as they were produced during the ColecoVision's lifespan as well as being made available in CIB form and sold in stores. The addendum contains some unreleased and prototype games, but by far, not all. You can check my Collector's List attached below for complete listings of these. Coleco 1. 2010: The Graphic Action Game 2. Antarctic Adventure 3. B.C.'s Quest for Tires II: Grog's Revenge 4. Brain Strainers 5. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom 6. Bump 'n' Jump 7. BurgerTime 8. Cabbage Patch Kids - Adventures in the Park 9. Cabbage Patch Kids - Picture Show 10. Carnival 11. ChopLifter! 12. Congo Bongo 13. Cosmic Avenger 14. Dam Busters, The 15. Destructor 16. Donkey Kong 17. Donkey Kong Junior 18. Dr. Seuss Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler 19. Dukes of Hazzard, The 20. Fortune Builder 21. Frenzy 22. Front Line 23. Gorf 24. Illusions 25. Ken Uston Blackjack & Poker 26. Lady Bug 27. Looping 28. Monkey Academy 29. Mouse Trap 30. Mr. Do! 31. Omega Race 32. Pepper II 33. Rocky - Super Action Boxing 34. Roc'N Rope 35. Slither 36. Smurf - Paint'N Play Workshop 37. Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle 38. Space Fury 39. Space Panic 40. Spy Hunter 41. Star Trek - Strategic Operations Simulator 42. SubRoc 43. Super Action Baseball 44. Super Action Football 45. Tapper 46. Tarzan 47. Telly Turtle 48. Time Pilot 49. Turbo 50. Venture 51. Victory 52. WarGames 53. Zaxxon Coleco of Canada Limitee 54. Evolution Activision 55. Beamrider 56. Decathlon, The Activision 57. H.E.R.O. 58. Keystone Kapers 59. Pitfall! 60. Pitfall II - Lost Caverns 61. River Raid 62. Zenji Atari/AtariSoft 63. Centipede 64. Defender 65. Galaxian 66. Jungle Hunt CBS Electronics 67. Super Action Football (Soccer) Epyx 68. Gateway to Apshai 69. Jumpman Junior 70. Pitstop Fisher Price 71. Dance Fantasy 72. Linking Logic 73. Logic Levels 74. Memory Manor Imagic 75. DragonFire 76. Fathom 77. Moonsweeper 78. Novablast 79. Tournament Tennis 80. Wing War Interphase 81. Aquattack 82. Blockade Runner 83. Sewer Sam 84. Squish'Em featuring Sam Micro Fun 85. Heist, The 86. Miner 2049er 87. One on One Basketball Parker Brothers 88. Frogger 89. Frogger II: Threeedeep! 90. Gyruss 91. James Bond: 007 92. Montezuma's Revenge 93. Mr. Do's! Castle 94. Popeye 95. Q*bert 96. Q*bert's Qubes 97. Star Wars - The Arcade Game 98. Super Cobra 99. Tutankham Practical Peripherals 100. Super Sketch - Sketch-Master Probe 2000 101. War Room Sega 102. Up 'N' Down Sierra On-Line/SierraVision 103. B.C.'s Quest for Tires 104. Learning with Leeper 105. Oil's Well 106. Sammy Lightfoot 107. Threshold 108. WizMath, The Wizard of Id's SpectraVision/SpectraVideo 109. Flipper Slipper 110. Frantic Freddy 111. Sector Alpha 112. Spectron 113. Super Cross Force Spinnaker 114. Alphabet Zoo 115. Facemaker 116. Fraction Fever 117. Jukebox Sunrise Software 118. Campaign '84 119. Gust Buster 120. Mountain King 121. Quest for Quintana Roo 122. Rolloverture Xonox 123. Artillery Duel 124. Chuck Norris: SuperKicks 125. It's Only Rock 'N' Roll 126. Motocross Racer 127. Robin Hood 128. Sir Lancelot 129. Slurpy 130. Tomarc the Barbarian 131. Word Feud Bit Corp. 132. Cosmic Crisis 133. Meteoric Shower 134. Strike It! 135. Tank Wars ADDENDUM CBS Electronics 136. Victory (additional game elements versus Coleco release) Nuvatec 137. The CAT Scheduled Oil Sampling Game (only 1 confirmed to exist) Sierra On-Line/SierraVision/Sydney Development 138. Energy Quizz (only 1 confirmed to exist) Splice 139. Castelo (rom file may only exist) TeleGames UK/USA 140. Alcazar - The Forgotten Fortress (Activision) 141. Amazing Bumpman (Number Bumper by Sunrise Software) 142. Boulder Dash (MicroFun) 143. Rock'N Bolt (Activision) 144. Skiing ColecoVision & ADAM Computer Collector Rarity List v2.10 (2014) (NIAD).rtf 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Great stuff Jim! Looks like Intv have some imfluences on you now Just a quick note, nothing major Evolution is by: Sydney/Coleco Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 The Colecovision 135 Club?!!! What will they think of next! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Not to sound picky or anything, but I don't understand why Bit Corp makes it into the main list and not Telegames. I remember buying my copies of Alcazar and Rock 'n Bolt at Toyville, when I was a kid. Also, wasn't Boulder Dash licensed from First Star Software? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Not to sound picky or anything, but I don't understand why Bit Corp makes it into the main list and not Telegames. I remember buying my copies of Alcazar and Rock 'n Bolt at Toyville, when I was a kid. :)Also, wasn't Boulder Dash licensed from First Star Software? Good point If Bit Corp games are there, then Telegames should be there as well Although, I do think those two companies should be seperate from the main list Yes Luc, you're right, Telegames got the liscence/authorization from First Star for Boulder Dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Evolution is by: Sydney/Coleco Canada Thanks J-F and indeed, the Intellivision FORUM has influenced me here.... nothing more! As far as Evolution, indeed it was made by Sydney, but "Coleco (Canada) Limitee" released it, so that it why I have it listed under them. This is much the same way that many of the Coleco games were developed by outside companies under contract from the company that actually released the game (ie: Cosmic Avenger by Nuvatec), so this is why I have it listed as such. I did list the company name wrong (again!!!) as it should be Coleco (Canada) Limitee'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 What year do the "official colecovision" era releases end.....and what year do the "official homebrew" games begin? Do they overlap? Whats the story......I have tried to find a DEFINITIVE list of OFFICIAL COLECOVISION RELEASE TITLES before and no one agrees. My definition is game titles....not including box/rom variations and country variations......JUST titles released....then homebrew titles. Will or have someone documented all of the homebrew titles yet? too many to track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Not to sound picky or anything, but I don't understand why Bit Corp makes it into the main list and not Telegames. I remember buying my copies of Alcazar and Rock 'n Bolt at Toyville, when I was a kid. I struggled with this one as well as the Bit Corp. games as far as putting them in the main list, but if I did, I was worried that I might get a dressing down from J-F considering how much he hates TeleGames. Seriously though, the main reason I left TeleGames in the Addendum section is because these games were not released during the ColecoVisions life span (Aug, '82 thru Jan. '85) even though they were actually completed by their respective companies. They actually weren't released until 1986/1987 by TeleGames and it must have been incredible to walk into a store and see them available for purchase instead of having to go the mail-order route. To tell you the truth, I originally had the TeleGames releases listed under their repsective companies with a note that thet were released by TeleGames, but I wimped out knowing for well how J-F feels about TeleGames. Since I can no longer EDIT the list, if a Mod wants to make the changes, by all means do so... and how about a nice PIN. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Thanks J-F and indeed, the Intellivision FORUM has influenced me here.... nothing more! As far as Evolution, indeed it was made by Sydney, but "Coleco (Canada) Limitee" released it, so that it why I have it listed under them. This is much the same way that many of the Coleco games were developed by outside companies under contract from the company that actually released the game (ie: Cosmic Avenger by Nuvatec), so this is why I have it listed as such. I did list the company name wrong (again!!!) as it should be Coleco (Canada) Limitee'. Why Coleco would want to credit Sydney ? I mean, they never bother to credit their developpers Maybe, this was requested by Sydney ? Who knows Sydney also presents the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 The Colecovision 135 Club?!!! What will they think of next! A Serial # Database!!!! Never mind, that one is all your's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I struggled with this one as well as the Bit Corp. games as far as putting them in the main list, but if I did, I was worried that I might get a dressing down from J-F considering how much he hates TeleGames. Seriously though, the main reason I left TeleGames in the Addendum section is because these games were not released during the ColecoVisions life span (Aug, '82 thru Jan. '85) even though they were actually completed by their respective companies. They actually weren't released until 1986/1987 by TeleGames and it must have been incredible to walk into a store and see them available for purchase instead of having to go the mail-order route. To tell you the truth, I originally had the TeleGames releases listed under their repsective companies with a note that thet were released by TeleGames, but I wimped out knowing for well how J-F feels about TeleGames. Since I can no longer EDIT the list, if a Mod wants to make the changes, by all means do so... and how about a nice PIN. , As far as I'm concerned, Telegames and BitCorp are not part of original releases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 , As far as I'm concerned, Telegames and BitCorp are not part of original releases I'm done with YOU!!! This is my thread and there will be not be a war of the words (there's one of those already) in it or I will have it locked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I'm done with YOU!!! This is my thread and there will be not be a war of the words (there's one of those already) in it or I will have it locked. like you don't already knew I was going to say this! Seriously, do whatever you think it's best, it's only my opinion and I know most people collect Telegames and BitCorp anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I'm done with YOU!!! This is my thread and there will be not be a war of the words (there's one of those already) in it or I will have it locked. Hey! Just get busy on the CV homebrew list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Seriously though, the main reason I left TeleGames in the Addendum section is because these games were not released during the ColecoVisions life span (Aug, '82 thru Jan. '85) even though they were actually completed by their respective companies. They actually weren't released until 1986/1987 by TeleGames and it must have been incredible to walk into a store and see them available for purchase instead of having to go the mail-order route. Hmmmm, with this logic, we need to change the Intellivision 125 list, Some of the intv 125 were mail order clear into the early 90's! Sorry Cmart, Spiker is no longer on the 125. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Patiently waiting for bennybingo to show up with a brand new Shatner pic ...... Still...waiting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 A bennyingo Shatnerism or two is the reason why I started this thread. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=angi1vwUkQc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Hmmmm! being relatively new as collector, I never have seen "wide" availability of Bit Corp games, in fact I don't have seen them except a few months ago when Jim got a couple of CIB. These are rare, obviously not so much as S.O.S, but too rare for being in the main list of releases, specially Tank Wars. Anyway I have the Cosmic Crisis one by Telegames and Rock'N'Bolt, even the Telegames ones sometimes are difficult to find. Not an idea of how to get Alcazar or Boulder Dash, even less the others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Nicely done Jim! You should PM Al or Tempest and ask them to Pin it for you as I did with mine and get them to give you editing privileges as well. My 2 cents on Telegames is that they were somewhat widely available relative to Bit Corp were they not? As I've collected for the CV I've always had them on my list as part of my complete collection list. This is a great resource for all CV fans, especially guys just starting to collect. Well done you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Knowing not alot of the CV history, and as an outside perscpective.......it appears that these telegames/bit games WERE available to some stores and mail order, same as Intellivision games. They were released by "official" developers were they not? And not by a homebrew guy from his house churning out 50 to 100 copies, right? IMO, they should be officially part of the list, yes they are rare, but that has nothing to do with it. Intv's Spiker is rare and brings around 1,500 at auction and it is included in the Intv 125 and this was released in early 90's by mail order only. Same logic applies. You cant argue with deductive reasoning Retroillucid! Take that! (but in the end, do what you guys want, im more of intv collector anyway!) Edited March 22, 2014 by revolutionika 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 What year do the "official colecovision" era releases end.....and what year do the "official homebrew" games begin? Do they overlap? Whats the story......I have tried to find a DEFINITIVE list of OFFICIAL COLECOVISION RELEASE TITLES before and no one agrees. My definition is game titles....not including box/rom variations and country variations......JUST titles released....then homebrew titles. I would place the end of "Official" releases at the announcement by Coleco that they were dropping support of the ColecoVision, which was Spring/Summer 1985, although this could really be moved back to their announcement of dropping the ADAM in January 1985. Honestly though, even though there is nothing official, you can look to the runup to the X-Mas '84 season and poorer than needed sales as the real end of the CV & ADAM in Coleco's mind. I would say that "official" homebrew releases started in 1996 with Kevin Horton's Kevtris. Before that there were utility cart releases by ADAM developers that contained programs such as SmartBASIC, ADAM's Desk Top and Coleco Graphics Processor (aka Project Name by Line) and even proto rom files burnt to cartridge, but nothing new specifically for the ColecoVision. I still remember the day the rom image of Kevtris was posted on CompuServe and how amazed everyone was that a new game of such high quality was developed and shared. Even though the games released by TeleGames are indeed unique titles that were actually developed prior to the CV being abandoned, I still like to think of the "Original" releases being made from Aug. '82 thru Jan.' 85. For instance, even though Fireman by Nice Ideas was probably completed in this timeframe, no one considers it to be an original release, but more of a Homebrew release. If we were to include the TeleGames releases, then we would also have to include all the other unreleased or prototype games such as Escape from the MindMaster, PowerLords, Dig Dug, etc., etc. It's hard to draw the line at times, but imagine the frustration everyone would probably feel if all these games were included in be-all-end-all list for collector's to say they have a complete ColecoVision collection. Will or have someone documented all of the homebrew titles yet? too many to track? Checkout my Collectors List supplied above for as near a complete list as you will find of all the Homebrew titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The problem I have with the Bit Corp games, other than the fact that they're never up for auction, is that I don't know how to distinguish between a real one and a repro. Hmmm, ok for my own collection, I'm going to ignore the Telegames and Bit Corp, and consider the rest my goal and the other ones as bonuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The problem I have with the Bit Corp games, other than the fact that they're never up for auction, is that I don't know how to distinguish between a real one and a repro. Hmmm, ok for my own collection, I'm going to ignore the Telegames and Bit Corp, and consider the rest my goal and the other ones as bonuses. Oh no, now there are repros of rare games that eletist collectors like cmart cant even tell apart?!!!! When does the insanity end? Man..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF31 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 A quick look at my collection indicates that I have 134 of the carts (missing Super Action Soccer - although the cart I do have with that name is most likely an Adan House repro...) Now if I can get NIAD to offer a billion dollars (OK to greedy - a million) for a game on his want list.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 A quick look at my collection indicates that I have 134 of the carts (missing Super Action Soccer - although the cart I do have with that name is most likely an Adan House repro...) Super Action Soccer was never released in the US. It was released in Europe as "Super Action Football". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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