The History of The ColecoVision Game System

While the masses fondly remember the Nintendo Entertainment System as the first arcade-quality home console, retro enthusiasts and hardcore gamers agree that there was one system that trumped the NES in critical acclaims, impact, and nostalgia, the ColecoVision. In its brief two-year lifespan, ColecoVision broke expectations and sales records. It was on its way to becoming the most successful console in history, had it not been for the industry collapse in 1983 and 1984 and a risky gamble to convert the console into a home computer… read more >