thumb|right|Two game cartridges by Coleco: [[BurgerTime (left) and Gorf]]

This is a list of games for the ColecoVision video game console.

In total, the following games are known to exist:

  • U.S. releases
  • 1 U.S. very limited release
  • foreign/Canadian releases
  • TeleGames exclusive releases
  • 22 prototype and unreleased games

See Lists of video games for related lists.

Official

U.S.

The following games were released on the U.S. market:

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"

|-

! Title !! Released !! Genre !! Developer !! Publisher !! Notes

|-

| 2010: The Graphic Action Game

| 1984

| Puzzle

|

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers.

|-

| Alphabet Zoo

| 1984

| Educational

|

| Spinnaker Software

|

|-

| Antarctic Adventure

| 1984

| Racing, platform

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Aquattack

| 1984

| Side-scrolling shooter

|

| Interphase

|

|-

| Artillery Duel

| 1983

| Strategy

| Action Graphics

| Xonox

| Also as double-ender cartridge with Chuck Norris Superkicks.

|-

| B.C.'s Quest for Tires

| 1983

| Action

| Sydney Development Corporation

| Sierra

|

|-

| B.C. II: Grog's Revenge

| 1984

| Action

| Sydney Development Corporation

| Sierra

|

|-

| Beamrider

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

| Action Graphics

| Activision

|

|-

| Blockade Runner

| 1984

| First-person shooter

|

| Interphase

|

|-

| Brain Strainers

| 1984

| Educational, Music

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

| 1983

| First-person shooter

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Bump 'n' Jump

| 1984

| Racing

| Mattel Electronics (Nice Ideas)

| Coleco

| Optionally supports Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel)

|-

| BurgerTime

| 1984

| Platform

| Mattel Electronics (Nice Ideas)

| Coleco

|

|-

| Cabbage Patch Kids: Adventures in the Park

| 1984

| Action

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Cabbage Patch Kids Picture Show

| 1984

| Educational

|

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers

|-

| Campaign '84

| 1983

| Strategy

| Video Software Specialists

| Sunrise Software

|

|-

| Carnival

| 1982

| Fixed shooter

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Centipede

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

| Atari

| Atarisoft

|

|-

| Choplifter!

| 1984

| Shooter

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Chuck Norris Superkicks

| 1983

| Action

| Video Software Specialists

| Xonox

| Also as double-ender with Artillery Duel.

|-

| Congo Bongo

| 1984

| Isometric platform

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Cosmic Avenger

| 1982

| Side-scrolling shooter

| Gordon Martin & Associates

| Coleco

|

|-

| The Dam Busters

| 1984

| Combat flight simulation game

| Sydney Development Corporation

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers.

|-

| Dance Fantasy

| 1984

| Dancing simulator

| WCI Labs (Atari)

| Fisher-Price

|

|-

| Decathlon

| 1983

| Sports

| Action Graphics

| Activision

|

|-

| Defender

| 1983

| Side-scrolling shooter

| Atari

| Atarisoft

|

|-

| Destructor

| 1984

| Action

|

| Coleco

| Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel) required

|-

| Donkey Kong

| 1982

| Platform

|

| Coleco

| Standard "in-the-box" title, included with console

|-

| Donkey Kong Jr.

| 1983

| Platform

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler

| 1984

| Puzzle

|

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers.

|-

| Dragonfire

| 1984

| Action

| Imagic

| Imagic

|

|-

| The Dukes of Hazzard

| 1984

| Racing

|

| Coleco

| Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel) required

|-

| Facemaker

| 1983

| Educational

|

| Spinnaker Software

| Includes overlays for hand controllers. A smaller box variant was also released with the name "Make-A-Face".

|-

| Fathom

| 1983

| Action, adventure

| Imagic

| Imagic

|

|-

| Flipper Slipper

| 1983

| Pinball

|

| Spectravideo International

|

|-

| Fortune Builder

| 1984

| Strategy

|

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers.

|-

| Fraction Fever

| 1983

| Educational

|

| Spinnaker Software

|

|-

| Frantic Freddy

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

|

| Spectravideo International

|

|-

| Frenzy

| 1983

| Multi-directional shooter

| Davis & Nussrallah & Associates

| Coleco

|

|-

| Frogger

| 1983

| Overhead view action

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!

| 1984

| Overhead view action

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Front Line

| 1983

| Run and gun

| Nuvatec

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers.

|-

| Galaxian

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

| Atari

| Atarisoft

|

|-

| Gateway to Apshai

| 1984

| Action-adventure

|

| Epyx

|

|-

| Gorf

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

| Nuvatec

| Coleco

|

|-

| Gust Buster

| 1983

| Action

| Video Software Specialists

| Sunrise Software

|

|-

| Gyruss

| 1984

| Fixed shooter

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| H.E.R.O.

| 1984

| Action

| The Softworks

| Activision

|

|-

| The Heist

| 1983

| Scrolling platform

| Mike Livesay

| Micro Fun

|

|-

| Monkey Academy

| 1984

| Educational, math, platform

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Montezuma's Revenge

| 1984

| Platform

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Moonsweeper

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

| Imagic

| Imagic

|

|-

| Motocross Racer

| 1984

| Racing

| Video Software Specialists

| Xonox

| Also as double-ender cartridge with Tomarc the Barbarian

|-

| Mountain King

| 1984

| Platform

| Video Software Specialists

| Sunrise Software

|

|-

| Mouse Trap

| 1982

| Maze

|

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers.

|-

| Mr. Do!

| 1983

| Maze

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Mr. Do!'s Castle

| 1984

| Platform, puzzle

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Nova Blast

| 1983

| Side-scrolling shooter

| Imagic

| Imagic

|

|-

| Oil's Well

| 1984

| Maze

|

| Sierra

|

|-

| Omega Race

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| One on One Basketball

| 1984

| Sports

|

| Micro Fun

|

|-

| Pepper II

| 1983

| Maze

| 4D Interactive Systems

| Coleco

|

|-

| Pitfall!

| 1983

| Platform

| Action Graphics

| Activision

|

|-

| Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

| 1984

| Platform

|

| Activision

|

|-

| Pitstop

| 1983

| Racing

| Action Graphics

| Epyx

| Optionally supports Expansion Module #2 (steering wheel). Released in two different cartridge shapes.

|-

| Popeye

| 1983

| Platform

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Q*bert

| 1983

| Action, puzzle

| Adrenalin Entertainment

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Q*bert's Qubes

| 1984

| Action, puzzle

| James Wickstead Design Associates

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Quest for Quintana Roo

| 1983

| Action, adventure

| Video Software Specialists

| Sunrise Software

|

|-

| River Raid

| 1984

| Scrolling shooter

| Sydney Development Corporation

| Activision

|

|-

| Robin Hood

| 1984

| Action, adventure

| Computer Magic

| Xonox

| Also as double-ender cartridge with Sir Lancelot

|-

| Roc'n Rope

| 1984

| Platform

| Gordon Martin & Associates

| Coleco

|

|-

| Rocky Super Action Boxing

| 1983

| Fighting

| Action Graphics

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers.

|-

| Rolloverture

| 1983

| Educational, music

| Video Software Specialists

| Sunrise Software

|

|-

| Sammy Lightfoot

| 1983

| Platform

|

| Sierra

|

|-

| Sector Alpha

| 1983

| First-person shooter

|

| Spectravideo International

|

|-

| Sewer Sam

| 1984

| Action, adventure

|

| Interphase

|

|-

| Sir Lancelot

| 1983

| Action

| Video Software Specialists

| Xonox

| Also as double-ender with Robin Hood

|-

| Slither

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

| Nuvatec

| Coleco

| Bundled with Coleco's Roller Controller which is required to play.

|-

| Slurpy

| 1984

| Action

| Emag Software & Engineering

| Xonox

|

|-

| Smurf Paint 'n' Play Workshop

| 1984

| Education

| Innoventions

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers.

|-

| Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle

| 1982

| Platform

|

| Coleco

| Released as Schtroumpf or Putifu in other languages.

|-

| Space Fury

| 1983

| Shooter

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Space Panic

| 1983

| Platform

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Spectron

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

|

| Spectravideo International

|

|-

| Spy Hunter

| 1984

| Car combat

| 4D Interactive Systems

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers and Super Action Controllers.

|-

| Squish 'Em

| 1983

| Climbing platform

|

| Interphase

|

|-

| Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator

| 1984

| Space combat simulation

|

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers.

|-

| Star Wars: The Arcade Game

| 1984

| Rail shooter

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| SubRoc

| 1983

| Action

| 4D Interactive Systems

| Coleco

|

|-

| Super Action Baseball

| 1983

| Sports

| Gordon Martin & Associates

| Coleco

| Came bundled with the Super Action Controller Set, a set of two joysticks, and overlays.

|-

| Super Action Football

| 1984

| Sports

| Davis & Nussrallah & Associates

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for Super Action Controllers.

|-

| Super Cobra

| 1983

| Scrolling shooter

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Super Crossforce

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

|

| Spectravideo International

|

|-

| Super Sketch

| 1984

| Doodling

|

| Practical Peripherals

| Comes with Super Sketch Pad controller.

|-

| Tapper

| 1984

| Action

|

| Coleco

| Also known as Root Beer Tapper

|-

| Tarzan

| 1984

| Action, adventure

| 4D Interactive Systems

| Coleco

|

|-

| Telly Turtle

| 1984

| Educational

|

| Coleco

| Learn the basics of Logo language computer programming.

|-

| Threshold

| 1983

| Fixed shooter

|

| Sierra

|

|-

| Time Pilot

| 1983

| Multi-directional shooter

| Nuvatec

| Coleco

|

|-

| Tomarc the Barbarian

| 1984

| Action, adventure

|

| Xonox

| Also as double-ender cartridge with Motocross Racer

|-

| Tournament Tennis

| 1984

| Sports

| Imagic

| Imagic

|

|-

| Turbo

| 1982

| Racing

| Nuvatec

| Coleco

| Comes with the Expansion Module #2, a steering wheel (required to play).

|-

| Tutankham

| 1983

| Maze, shooter

|

| Parker Brothers

|

|-

| Up'n Down

| 1984

| Racing, maze

| On-Time Software

| Sega

|

|-

| Venture

| 1982

| Action

|

| Coleco

|

|-

| Victory

| 1983

| Side-scrolling shooter

| Nuvatec

| Coleco

| Roller Controller required; uses all four action buttons

|-

| WarGames

| 1984

| Strategy

|

| Coleco

| Includes overlays for hand controllers.

|-

| War Room

| 1983

| Fixed shooter, strategy

|

| Probe 2000

| Includes an overlay for a hand controller.

|-

| Wing War

| 1983

| Side scrolling shooter

| Imagic

| Imagic

|

|-

| The Wizard of Id's Wiz Math

| 1984

| Educational, action

| Sydney Development Corporation

| Sierra

|

|-

| Word Feud

| 1984

| Word puzzle

| Emag Software & Engineering

| Xonox

|

|-

| Zaxxon

| 1982

| Isometric shooter

| 4D Interactive Systems

| Coleco

|

|-

| Zenji

| 1984

| Puzzle

| Action Graphics

| Activision

|

|}

U.S. limited release

The following game received a very limited release in the US:

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"

|-

! Title !! Released !! Genre !! Developer !! Publisher !! Notes

|-

| The Cat Scheduled Oil Sampling Game

| 1983

| Action, simulation

| Nuvatec

| Caterpillar Inc

| Not sold commercially. Given to Caterpillar dealerships to support the S.O.S. program. The customers played it while waiting in the lobby.

|}

Non-US

The following games were exclusively released in non-US markets:

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:left;"

|-

! Title !! Released !! Genre !! Developer !! Publisher !! Notes

|-

| Cosmic Crisis

| 1983

| Platform Exclusive to Telegames.

|-

| Amazing Bumpman

| 1986

| Education, maze

| Video Software Specialists

| Telegames

| Exclusive to Telegames.

|-

| Boulder Dash

| 1984

| Maze

| Micro Lab

| Telegames

| Developed for Micro Fun. Exclusive to Telegames.

|-

| Cosmic Crisis

| 1986

| Platform

|

| Telegames

| Same as foreign game by Bit Corp.

|-

| Kung Fu Superkicks

|

| Side-scrolling combat

| Video Software Specialists

| Telegames

| Sames as Chuck Norris Superkicks by Xonox.

|-

| Rock 'N Bolt

| 1984

| Action puzzle

| Action Graphics

| Telegames

| Developed for Activision. Exclusive to Telegames.

|-

| Skiing

| 1986

| Sports

|

| Telegames

| Exclusive to Telegames.

|-

| Strike It!

| 1986

| Breakout clone

|

| Telegames

| Same as foreign game by Bit Corp.

|-

| Tank Wars

| 1986

| Maze shooter

|

| Telegames

| Same as foreign game by Bit Corp.

|}

Unreleased prototypes

  • Dig Dug (Atarisoft)
  • PAC-MAN (Atarisoft)
  • Joust (Atarisoft)

Notes

References