Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Jun 18 '02
Pros: Great graphics, powerful console, good games.
Cons: Sometimes difficult controller, pricey in 1982.
Summary: I was the coolest 6-year-old on the block. A few of my friends had Atari 2600 consoles. A few others had the now forgotten Mattel Intellivision. I however had the uber-cool ColecoVision to call my own.
I remember the day I got it ... read more
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Sep 22 '02
Pros: One of most advanced old school systems before the Great Crash.
Cons: Weak controllers, only about a hundred games here.
Summary: COLECOVISION (1982-1984) Coleco was well known back in the early 80's for some of it's famous toys like the Cabbage Patch Kids and other stuff like that but some people also remember their very own game system: The ColecoVision! The ... read more
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Aug 25 '02
Pros: Good selection of games and addon parts, can play Atari with optional add on.
Cons: Connections are sometimes weak with older system, funny controllers.
Summary: I found one of these systems at a garage sale, and remembered the time when I was in school and I played one of these at a friend's house. It was great. For $5 I said I couldn't go wrong. I took it home and cleaned all the parts, the contacts on the ... read more
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Jul 18 '02
Pros: Atari 2600 module works well and ADAM computer component adds variety. Coleco arcade game titles.
Cons: Basic controllers below average, delay on start of every game, and feels cheaply made.
Summary: Mind you I only got my first Colecovision 2 months ago.
I was expecting this to become one of my primary systems.
I was disappointed.
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Most of the games have a 10 seconds or so delay before you select number of ... read more
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Mar 13 '01
Pros: Most exciting, powerful, best game system... of the 80's
Cons: No ending to most of the games, actually all of them.
Summary: I still remember going to our local video game retailer, back in the early 80's. That's when Colecvision and Ataris were the "in" thing. Just walking around in shock because of all the cool new games they had. It was like playing a cartoon and it was ... read more
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Dec 27 '00
Pros: great game library, tons of accessories, highly collectible
Cons: too big, poor original controllers
Summary: I present to you an in-depth look at the game machine that finally crushed the venerable Atari 2600 in 1982 and 1983. Yes, the ColecoVision was so hot during these two years that it outsold even the mighty Atari. Unfortunately it was then devoured by the ... read more
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Dec 14 '00
Pros: ARCADE GAMES IN YOUR HOME!/ Gimmick controllers
Cons: Sound/Extra buttoned controller/Unproduced games
Summary: Think back to the early 80's. Reagan's in office, punk music and break dancing is the rave, and competition for the atari 2600......COLECOVISION! For the same creators of Cabbage Patch Kids comes one of the best home game systems EVER! With an ... read more
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Nov 25 '00
Pros: Good graphics for it's time, Excellent replayibility
Cons: Clunky Controllers
Summary: I'll never forget the first time I saw the commercial for Colecovision on TV. I couldn't believe my eyes, the graphics were so good it was like you were actually bringing the arcade machine home with you. I was staying with my cousin that summer, and ... read more
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Nov 10 '00
Pros: It keeps getting better....
Cons: Blisters.
Summary: Growing up in the 70's, we didn't have all the fancy shmancy Voodoo this or 1 giga-that. We had these cruddy little console systems that were almost all impossible to play. The controllers for ninety percent of the consoles that came out between '75 - ... read more
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Oct 16 '00
Pros: good games if you can find 'em
Cons: no scroll chip, stubby joysticks
Summary: In 1982 Coleco, the Connecticut Leather Company, released my favorite classic game console of all time, the Colecovision.
I was ten years old, and my family had owned an Atari 2600 for two years. While I still enjoyed the 2600's big blocky graphics, ... read more
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Sep 22 '00
Pros: graphics
Cons: everything was made cheaply
Summary: This system was highly successful at the time, and I loved it as a kid. I thought the graphics were great and games awsome. If you play it today though, you realize that only a few games looked really good, and there was alot of bad games that came ... read more
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Sep 08 '00
Pros: good graphics and sound
Cons: weak choice of games, horrible controllers
Summary: Back in the early 1980's, a measuring stick for how great you were was your video game system (at least in my neighborhood). Everyone had an Atari 2600, and a few people had an Intellivision. The Intellivision had good graphics, but boring games that ... read more
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Sep 07 '00
Pros: Had a great assortment of games and with add on modules could be used to play the Atari 2600 games.
Cons: The controllers for the Colecovision were a bit odd and hard to use.
Summary: After the Odyssey 2 my parents bought a Colecovision. I thought it was the coolest and still think it is pretty neat or I would not have bothered to emulate it on my new computer.
The advantages of the Colecovision over the standard Atari ... read more
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Aug 27 '00
Pros: Awesome Technology
Cons: Not very popular
Summary: Its a 500lb Game in a 5lb box!!!
Oh the 80's. Aside from the tight pants and leather jackets, we had Arcade games! What kid didn't spend all his time and quarters, plastered to Mario Bros. or Donkey Kong in the corner of ... read more
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Aug 23 '00
Pros: Great graphics; fantastic sound; wonderful games
Cons: Those awful controllers
Summary: I still have my little brother's old Colecovision that he got right before the famed "video game crash" of 1984. This system was the most advanced of its time -- great graphics, wonderful sound, expandability and more. However, it also came ... read more
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