Rare adam games

[rapoza609]

What games are particularly rare to find for the Adam computer? I was able to get a lot a while back that had boxed donkey kong, zaxxon, donkey Kong jr, dragons lair, and choplifter.

[ColecoDan]

When you say boxed on those games does that mean tape? The arcade cabinet boxes would be rare any other packaging for those would be common and not rare at all.

[Bill Loguidice]

Boxed third party stuff i s pretty rare. Probably the rarest that I have for the Adam is "World Capitals Game" from Parallel Systems.

[NIAD]

Pretty much any of Coleco released game titles specifically for the ADAM Computer (not cartridge releases that could be played on the CV or ADAM) are pretty rare to find CIB and if the titles that you listed above are the ADAM digital data pack versions and not the cartridge versions, then you have the rarest already. There are a number of other titles like 2010: The Text Adventure and Family Feud.

 

As far as 3rd Party software made after Coleco orphaned the system and released in CIB format, there were only a handful of companies that released their warez CIB and they include Victory Software, A-ware Software, Parallel Systems and Strategic Software. All these companies were early supporters of the ADAM and aside from Strageic Software, ended their support fairly quickly when sales where not good enough. They were also the only ones that packaged their warez in boxes of sliver packs as future developers just sold their items loose, a manual with either a data pack or disk, to keep the costs down as much as possible.

Edited March 19, 2016 by NIAD

[ed1475]

Here's some examples of Adam 3rd party packaging from my collection.

 

 

A-Ware

 

Parallel Systems

 

Strategic Software

 

Victory Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 19, 2016 by ed1475

[Bill Loguidice]

Victory Software

ADAM_VictorySoftware-4boxes.JPG

 

 

 

I've never seen the Victory Software ones. Very cool.

[rapoza609]

Yeah, the games I got were the data cassettes. They are in the boxes made to look like the arcade marquees

[Atari_Bill]

Yeah, the games I got were the data cassettes. They are in the boxes made to look like the arcade marquees

Nice! Those can be pricey to pick up.

[TPR]

I just wish some of these games were "better" you know? It's a real shame that the ADAM was such short lived and the volume of "professional" games/software was so few and far between.

[Bill Loguidice]

I just wish some of these games were "better" you know? It's a real shame that the ADAM was such short lived and the volume of "professional" games/software was so few and far between.

 

I agree. I always consider whether or not a platform ever saw its potential realized. The Adam clearly didn't. With that said, it's substantially similar to the MSX standard, and I'm comfortable in the idea that that platform did see its potential realized. So, while it's not quite the same as if the Adam had lived on in the mainstream, at least we have a good idea of how the platform would have evolved. It's also arguable that the Sega Master System and later Sega Genesis showed us how the ColecoVision might have evolved had it too lived on.