ColecoVision

Background : Coleco (which is an acronym for COnnecticut LEather COmpany) was a company founded in 1932, owned by the Greenberg family - which started working as a leather supplier for shoemakers and ended up making toys, the Cabbage Patch Kids being its most famous product. Taking on the late-seventies video game fever, they launched the most powerful video game system of the era, the ColecoVision, which eventually outsold the Atari 2600 in 1982-83, only to get involved in the video game crash of 1984. The company filed for bankruptcy and went out of business in 1989.

(August 1982-1985)

Logo : On a black background, we see the word "COLECOVISION" in a rainbow color at the top of the screen, like this:

COLECOVISION

Below that, is "(name of game) PRESENTS" and "BY (video game publisher)", and below that is a copyright date for the game.

Variant : Sometimes, the name below is written as "PRESENTS [video game publisher]'s [name of game], with the copyright date below.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : None, except maybe for the music leading into the game.

Availability : Seen when a ColecoVision console is turned on.

Editor's Note : None.