ColecoVision emulators

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ColecoVision
Coleco.jpg
Developer Coleco Industries, Inc.
Type Home video game console
Generation Second generation
Release date 1982
Discontinued 1985
Predecessor Telstar series
Emulated

The ColecoVision was the second-generation video game console produced by Coleco in August 1982 before being discontinued in 1984, partly due to the ongoing crash in North America at the time. It retailed for $174.99 and had a Zilog Z80 CPU at 3.58 MHz with 8 KBs of RAM. Notably, it provided gamers with experiences very much like the arcade versions of games, as well as having Donkey Kong as a pack-in title to showcase this, although the Atari 2600 and Intellivision could do the same with the respected hardware. It shares largely the same underpinnings as the SG-1000. Indeed, a clone of the SG-1000 known as the Dina 2-in-1 (sold in the United States as the Telegames Personal Arcade) had support for both SG-1000 and ColecoVision games, though compatibility with the latter is spotty due to the lack of an expansion module interface or a second numeric keypad, rendering two-player ColecoVision games unplayable.

Emulators[edit]

Name Platform(s) Latest version Adam libretro Retro
Achievements
FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
BizHawk Windows 2.9.1
ColEm Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 5.6
E.mul T.wo Windows git
ADAMEm SDL Windows macOS git
ADAMEm 1.0 (MS-DOS)Acorn ?
DSP Windows Linux macOS 0.22
ares Windows Linux macOS v136
FinalBurn Neo
fbneo_libretro
Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD WIP builds
libretro core
NC [N 1]
CoolCV Windows Linux macOS 0.6.9
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.263
Mugrat macOS 0.5.0
Snepulator Windows Linux git ~
Pantheon Windows 13.640 ~
Phoenix Windows Linux macOS 2.8.JAG ~
vdmgr Windows 0.2.6 ~
blueMSX
blueMSX_libretro
Windows Linux
macOS FreeBSD Web [N 2]
2.8.2
libretro core
~[N 3] ~
Retro Virtual Machine Windows Linux macOS 2.1.10 TBD
JollyCV Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.0.1 TBD
higan (火眼)
byuu (謬/view)
Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD v110 [N 4]
Clock Signal Linux macOS FreeBSD 2024-01-22
Bee Windows Linux macOS 2.4.3
FreezeSMS Windows 4.6
MEKA Windows Linux macOS 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26)
DarcNES Windows Linux BeOS 9b0401/9b0313
Mobile / ARM
ColEm+ Android Linux Pandora
Symbian
Maemo
5.6.4 (Android)
NumPadPlayer Android 1.0.5
fbneo_libretro Android iOS libretro core NC [N 1]
MSX.emu
(blueMSX tech)
Android iOS Dragonbox Pyra Pandora 1.5.77git
Pandora build 15
1.5.46.02
blueMSX_libretro Android iOS
Linux Pandora
libretro core ~
Consoles
fbneo_libretro Xbox One Xbox Series X/S libretro core NC [N 1]
blueMSX_libretro PSP PlayStation 4
Vita Wii U
Xbox One Xbox Series X/S
libretro core ?
ColEm PSP 2.6.1 ?
WiiColEm Wii 0.3 ?
ColemPS2 PlayStation 2 2.0 ?
AdamX Xbox v4 ?
(D)ColEm Dreamcast 0.99 ?
CollisionGC GameCube 1.01 b1
ColecoDS Nintendo DS 9.4b
CoG GameBoy Advance 0.9.7 beta
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 FinalBurn Neo was confirmed as having better compatibility than MAME/MESS, blueMSX, openMSX and CoolCV. See this topic.
  2. Only available outside Windows as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
  3. Libretro core is still active.
  4. Superseded by ares

Adam[edit]

Adam
Developer Coleco
Type Home computer
Generation Second generation
Release date 1983
Discontinued 1985
Emulated

The Coleco Adam is a home computer and expansion device for the ColecoVision by American toy and video game manufacturer Coleco. The Adam was an attempt to follow on the success of the company's ColecoVision video game console. It was available as Expansion Module #3 for the ColecoVision, converting it into a home computer, and as a standalone unit. As such, it had the benefit of being entirely compatible with all ColecoVision games and peripherals. The computer came with 64 KB of memory, a tape drive for a proprietary medium called Digital Data Packs, a daisy wheel printer, and productivity applications, along with two DDPs for SmartBASIC and Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Super Game. It was released in October 1983 with the initial price of $700.

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