ColecoVision emulators

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For other emulators that run on ColecoVision hardware, see Emulators on ColecoVision.
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
License Active Recommended
PC / x86
BizHawk Windows 2.10-rc2 MIT
BSD-3-Clause
ColEm Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 5.6 Proprietary
E.mul T.wo Windows git GPLv3 (Copyleft)
ADAMEm SDL Windows macOS git ?
ADAMEm MS-DOS Acorn 1.0 (MS-DOS)Acorn ?
DSP Windows Linux macOS 0.23Final Non-commercial
ares Windows Linux macOS v141 roadmap ISC (Permissive)
FinalBurn Neo
fbneo_libretro
Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD WIP builds
libretro core
Non-commercial [N 1]
CoolCV Windows Linux macOS 0.6.9 Proprietary
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.272 GPLv2
BSD-3-Clause
Mugrat macOS 0.5.0 Proprietary
Snepulator Windows Linux git MIT (Permissive) ~
Pantheon Windows 14.620 Proprietary ~
Phoenix Windows Linux macOS 2.8.JAG Proprietary ~
vdmgr Windows 0.2.6 Proprietary ~
blueMSX
blueMSX_libretro
Windows Linux
macOS FreeBSD Web [N 2]
2.8.2
libretro core
GPLv2 (Copyleft) ~[N 3] ~
Retro Virtual Machine Windows Linux macOS 2.1.10 Proprietary TBD
JollyCV Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.0.1 BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) TBD
higan (火眼)
byuu (謬/view)
Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD v110 GPLv3 (Copyleft) [N 4]
Clock Signal Linux macOS FreeBSD 2024-10-19 BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)
Bee Windows Linux macOS 2.4.3 Proprietary
FreezeSMS Windows 4.6 Proprietary
MEKA Windows Linux macOS 0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) Proprietary
DarcNES Windows Linux BeOS 9b0401/9b0313 Non-commercial
Mobile / ARM
ColEm+ Android Linux Pandora
Symbian
Maemo
5.6.4 (Android) Proprietary
NumPadPlayer Android 1.0.5 Proprietary
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
GPLv3 (Copyleft)
blueMSX_libretro Android iOS
Linux Pandora
libretro core GPLv2 (Copyleft) ~
Consoles
fbneo_libretro Xbox One Xbox Series X/S libretro core Non-commercial [N 1]
blueMSX_libretro PSP PlayStation 4
Vita Wii U
Xbox One Xbox Series X/S
libretro core ?
ColEm PSP 2.6.1 ? Proprietary
WiiColEm Wii 0.3 ? Proprietary
ColemPS2 PlayStation 2 2.0 ? Proprietary
AdamX Xbox v4 ?
(D)ColEm Dreamcast 0.99 ? Proprietary
CollisionGC GameCube 1.01 b1 GPLv2 (Copyleft)
ColecoDS Nintendo DS 10.3 Proprietary
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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