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{{Infobox computing device/ColecoVision}}
{{Infobox computing device/ColecoVision}}
{{for|other emulators that run on ColecoVision hardware|Emulators on ColecoVision}}  
{{for|other emulators that run on ColecoVision hardware|Emulators on ColecoVision}}


The '''[[gametech:ColecoVision|ColecoVision]]''' was the second-generation video game console produced by [[wikipedia:Coleco|Coleco]] in August 1982 before being discontinued in 1984, partly due to the [[wikipedia:North_American_video_game_crash_of_1983|ongoing crash in North America at the time]]. It retailed for {{Inflation|USD|174.99|1982}} 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 emulators|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.
The [[gametech:ColecoVision|'''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 {{Inflation|USD|174.99|1982}} 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 emulators|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==
== Emulators ==
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{| {{Emulator table}}
|+Before editing, review the [[Getting involved]] and [[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] pages. See [[Computer_specifications#Recommended_Specifications|system requirements]] page for performance demand of the emulators.<br/>See tables for <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #CC0000; border: 1px solid #CC0000; padding: 2px;">[[#Hardware variants|hardware variants]], [[#Enhancements|enhancements]], [[#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|hardware features and peripherals]].</span><br/>For more details such as [[licensing]], [[Source_code#Language_levels|programming language]], [[High_and_low-level_emulation|emulation method]], visit each emulator’s dedicated page.
|+{{Emulator comparison introduction}}
!scope="col"|Name
!Name
!scope="col"|Platform(s)
!Platform(s)
!scope="col"|Latest version
!Active?
!scope="col"|[[#Adam|Adam]]
!Latest version
!scope="col"|[[libretro]]
![[Licensing|License]]
!scope="col"|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=44 Retro<br/>Achievements]</small>
!Compatibility
!scope="col"|[[Licensing|License]]
![[Libretro|libretro core]]
!scope="col"|Active
![[ColecoVision emulators#Adam|Adam]]
!scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
![[Recommended emulators|Recommended? (overall)]]
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!colspan="9"|x86
! colspan="9" |PC
|-
|-
|[[FinalBurn Neo]]<br/><small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/ fbneo_libretro]</small>
|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
[https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/ fbneo_libretro]
|[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/tag/latest WIP builds]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}||{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/tag/latest WIP builds]
|{{✓}}
[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{✓}}
|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|{{✓}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=fbneocol>[[FinalBurn Neo]] was confirmed as having better compatibility than MAME/MESS, blueMSX, openMSX and CoolCV. See [https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/30375/colecovision-start-up-error-turn-game-off-before-inserting-cartridge-or-expansion-module this topic].</ref>
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}<ref name="fbneocol" group="note">[[FinalBurn Neo]] was confirmed as having better compatibility than MAME/MESS, blueMSX, openMSX and CoolCV. See [https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/30375/colecovision-start-up-error-turn-game-off-before-inserting-cartridge-or-expansion-module this topic].</ref>
|-
|-
|[[MAME]]
|[[MAME]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}}<br>{{License|BSD3}}
|{{✓}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}}<br>{{License|BSD3}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[https://jgemu.gitlab.io/ JollyCV]<br/><small>[https://github.com/libretro/jollycv libretro]</small>
|JollyCV
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
[https://github.com/libretro/jollycv libretro]
|[https://gitlab.com/jgemu/jollycv/-/tags 2.0.0]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}||{{Ya}}
|
|[https://gitlab.com/jgemu/jollycv/-/tags {{JollyCVVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|BSD3}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{✓}}
|[https://gitlab.com/jgemu/jollycv 100%?]||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Green}} {{License|BSD3}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[[BizHawk]]
|[[BizHawk]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]
|[http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html {{BizHawkVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}}<br>{{License|BSD3}}
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Green}} {{License|MIT}}<br>{{License|BSD3}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[[ColEm]]
|[[ColEm]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://fms.komkon.org/ColEm/#Downloads {{ColEmVer}}]
|[http://fms.komkon.org/ColEm/#Downloads {{ColEmVer}}]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|ADAMEm SDL
|ADAMEm SDL
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/geoffdaddy/adamem_sdl git]
|[https://github.com/geoffdaddy/adamem_sdl git]||{{Dunno}}
|{{✓}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{?}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[[DSP]]
|[[DSP]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator {{DSPVer}}]
|[https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator {{DSPVer}}]||{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[[ares]]
|[[ares]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|WoA|Linux|macOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master git Artifacts]<br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{AresVer}}]
|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master git Artifacts]
|{{✗}}
[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{AresVer}}]
|{{✗}}
|[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1djp8ro/ares_v139_release/l9ckjp2/ roadmap]
|{{Green}} {{License|ISC}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{Green}} {{License|ISC}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{✓}}
|{{Emulator compatibility|145|152|link=https://ares-emu.net/compatibility}}||{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}||{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|CoolCV
|CoolCV
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://atariage.com/forums/topic/240800-coolcv-emulator-for-mac-os-x-linux-windows-and-raspberry/ {{CoolCVVer}}]
|[http://atariage.com/forums/topic/240800-coolcv-emulator-for-mac-os-x-linux-windows-and-raspberry/ {{CoolCVVer}}]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[https://www.bannister.org/software/mugrat.htm Mugrat]
|[https://www.bannister.org/software/mugrat.htm Mugrat]
|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|macOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://www.bannister.org/software/dlh/mugrat-050.zip 0.5.0]
|[https://www.bannister.org/software/dlh/mugrat-050.zip 0.5.0]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|-
|{{✓}}
|ADAMEm
|{{✓}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|DOS}} Acorn||{{Na}}
|[http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/adamem.html 1.0] (MS-DOS)
[http://www.acornemus.freeserve.co.uk/ Acorn]
|{{Dunno}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|[https://snepulator.net/android.html Snepulator]
|[[blueMSX]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|(WIP)|Linux}}
[https://docs.libretro.com/library/bluemsx/ blueMSX_libretro]
|[https://github.com/JoppyFurr/Snepulator git]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}<ref name="libretro">Only available outside Windows as a libretro core (e.g., [[RetroArch]]).</ref>||{{~}}<ref>[https://github.com/libretro/blueMSX-libretro/commits/master Libretro core is still active.]</ref>
|
|[http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/download.html 2.8.2]
|{{✗}}
[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{✗}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{~}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|[[Pantheon]]
|E.mul T.wo
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}||{{Na}}
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
|[https://github.com/alekmaul/emultwo git]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|ADAMEm
|[https://snepulator.net/android.html Snepulator]
|align=left|{{Icon|DOS}} Acorn
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|(WIP)|Linux}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://www.komkon.org/~dekogel/adamem.html 1.0] (MS-DOS)[http://www.acornemus.freeserve.co.uk/ Acorn]
|[https://github.com/JoppyFurr/Snepulator {{SnepulatorVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|MIT}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{✓}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|E.mul T.wo
|[[Pantheon]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/alekmaul/emultwo git]
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|Phoenix]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}||{{Na}}
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 {{PhoenixVer}}]
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 {{PhoenixVer}}]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|{{~}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|[[vdmgr]]
|[[vdmgr]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://vdmgr.g2.xrea.com/download.html {{vdmgrVer}}]
|[http://vdmgr.g2.xrea.com/download.html {{vdmgrVer}}]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
|[[blueMSX]]<br/><small>[https://docs.libretro.com/library/bluemsx/ blueMSX_libretro]</small>
|Bee
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}<br>{{Icon|macOS|FreeBSD|Web}}<ref group=N name="libretro">Only available outside Windows as a libretro core (e.g., [[RetroArch]]).</ref>
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}||{{Na}}
|[http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/download.html 2.8.2]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20180903061210/http://thebeehive.ws/download/ 2.4.3]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{~}}<ref group=N name=lractive>[https://github.com/libretro/blueMSX-libretro/commits/master Libretro core is still active].</ref>
|{{~}}
|-
|[[Gearcoleco]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD|NetBSD}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearcoleco/releases {{GearcolecoVer}}]
|{{?}}
|{{✓}}
|?
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}}
|{{TBD}}
|-
|[[Mesen|Mesen]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2#development-builds {{MesenVer}}]
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|?
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}}
|{{TBD}}
|-
|Retro Virtual Machine
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[http://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/ 2.1.10]
|
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|{{TBD}}
|-
|[[higan]] (火眼)<br/>byuu (謬/view)
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{HiganVer}}]
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}<ref group=N>Superseded by [[ares]]</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Clock Signal]]
|[[Clock Signal]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{ClkVer}}]
|[https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK/releases {{ClkVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|BSD3}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|
| ||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Green}} {{License|BSD3}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|-
|Bee
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BeOS}}||{{Na}}
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20180903061210/http://thebeehive.ws/download/ 2.4.3]
|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]||{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|
| ||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|-
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/ FreezeSMS]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows}}||{{Na}}
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/download.html 4.6]
|[http://freezesms.emuunlim.com/download.html 4.6]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|
| ||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|-
|{{✗}}
|[[higan]] (火眼)
|{{✗}}
byuu (謬/view)
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}||{{Na}}
|[https://github.com/higan-emu/higan/releases {{HiganVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
| ||{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}<ref group="note">Superseded by [[ares]]</ref>
|-
|-
|[[MEKA]]
|[[MEKA]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/ocornut/meka/releases {{MEKAVer}}]
|[https://github.com/ocornut/meka/releases {{MEKAVer}}]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
| ||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071206014650/http://www.dridus.com:80/~nyef/darcnes/ DarcNES]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|BeOS}}
|[https://segaretro.org/DarcNES 9b0401/9b0313]
|
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|-
|ADAM+
|ADAM+
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/dvdh1961/ADAMP/releases {{ADAMPVer}}]
|[https://github.com/dvdh1961/ADAMP/releases {{ADAMPVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}}
|{{✓}}
| ||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|-
|-
!colspan="9"|ARM
|[[BlastEm]]<ref group="note">Only standalone version for now.</ref>
|-
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}||{{Ya}} 
|[[ColEm|ColEm+]]
|[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/nightlies/ Nightly builds]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Linux|Pandora}}<br>{{Icon|Symbian}}<br>{{Icon|Maemo}}
[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe 5.6.4]<small> (Android)</small>
 
|{{✓}}
[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/web/1.0.0/ Web]
|{{✗}}
 
|{{✗}}
[https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/changes.html {{BlastEmVer}}]
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|-
|{{TBD}}
|[[ares]]
|align=left|{{Icon|WoA}}
|[https://nightly.link/ares-emulator/ares/workflows/build/master <abbr title="Latest development build version">git Artifacts]</abbr><br/>[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
|?
|?
|?
|{{Green}} {{License|ISC}} ({{License|Permissive}})
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[[Gearcoleco]]
|[[Gearcoleco]]
|align=left|{{Icon|WoA|LinuxARM}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|WoA|Linux|LinuxARM|macOSx86|macOSARM|FreeBSD|NetBSD}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br/>[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearcoleco/releases {{GearcolecoVer}}]
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|{{?}}
[https://github.com/drhelius/Gearcoleco/releases {{GearcolecoVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|?
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{TBD}}
|{{TBD}}
|-
|-
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|NumPadPlayer]]
|[[Mesen]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOSx64|macOSARM|LinuxARM|W7}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 1.0.5]
|[https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2#development-builds {{MesenVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✗}}
|||{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{TBD}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|-
|{{✗}}
|[[Obentou]]
|{{~}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/yughias/Obentou/releases {{ObentouVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|||{{Na}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|-
|Retro Virtual Machine
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[http://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/ 2.1.10]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{TBD}}
|-
|-
|[[Provenance]]
|[[ZEsarUX]]
|align=left|{{Icon|iOS|iPadOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Windows|Linux|LinuxARM|macOSx64|macOSARM|FreeBSD|UNIX|Haiku|MorphOS|Pandora}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/provenance-app/id1596862805 {{ProvenanceVer}}]</br>[https://github.com/Provenance-Emu/Provenance/releases git]||{{Dunno}} ||{{Dunno}}  
|[https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases {{ZEsarUXVer}}]||{{Green}} {{License|GPL}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|||{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
| ||{{Ya}} ||{{Dunno}}
|-
! colspan="9" |Mobile
|-
|[[ColEm|ColEm+]]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Android|Linux|Pandora|Symbian|Maemo}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fms.colem.deluxe 5.6.4] (Android)||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/ fbneo_libretro]
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/ fbneo_libretro]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Android|iOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]||{{NC}}
|{{✗}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Ya}}<ref name="fbneocol" group="note" />
|{{NC}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=fbneocol></ref>
|-
|-
|[http://www.explusalpha.com/home/msx-emu MSX.emu]<br/><small>(blueMSX tech)</small>
|[http://www.explusalpha.com/home/msx-emu MSX.emu]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS|Pyra|Pandora}}
(blueMSX tech)
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.MsxEmu {{.emuVer}}][https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]<br/>[https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=MSXemu_ptitseb Pandora build 15]<br/>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/78 1.5.46.02]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Android|iOS|Pyra|Pandora}}||{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.MsxEmu {{.emuVer}}]
|{{✗}}
[https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]
|{{✗}}
 
[https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=MSXemu_ptitseb Pandora build 15]
 
[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/78 1.5.46.02]
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✓}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/bluemsx/ blueMSX_libretro]
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/bluemsx/ blueMSX_libretro]
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}<br>{{Icon|Linux|Pandora}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Android|iOS|Linux|Pandora}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✗}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{~}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|-
|{{✓}}
|[[Phoenix (emulator)|NumPadPlayer]]
| align="left" |{{Icon|Android}}||{{Na}}
|[http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23 1.0.5]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{~}}
|{{~}}
|-
|-
!colspan="9"|Consoles
|[[Folium]]
| align="left" |{{Icon|iOS|iPadOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/folium/id6498623389 App Store] ($)
[https://folium.emuplace.app/downloads {{FoliumVer}}]
 
[https://github.com/emuplace/folium.emuplace.app/releases/latest Latest IPA]
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv3}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|-
|[[Provenance]]
| align="left" |{{Icon|iOS|iPadOS|tvOS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/provenance-app/id1596862805 {{ProvenanceVer}}]
[https://github.com/Provenance-Emu/Provenance/releases git]
|{{Dunno}}
|||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|-
! colspan="9" |Console
|-
|-
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/ fbneo_libretro]
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/ fbneo_libretro]
|align=left|{{Icon|XB1|SXS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|XB1|SXS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]||{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|{{✗}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Ya}}<ref name="fbneocol" group="note" />
|{{Yellow}} {{License|NC}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=fbneocol></ref>
|-
|-
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/bluemsx/ blueMSX_libretro]
|[https://docs.libretro.com/library/bluemsx/ blueMSX_libretro]
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP|PS4}}<br/>{{Icon|Vita|WiiU}}<br/>{{Icon|XboxOne|SXS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|PSP|PS4|Vita|WiiU|XboxOne|SXS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]
|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]||{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|||{{Ya}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Na}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{?}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[[ColEm]]
|[[ColEm]]
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|PSP}}||{{Na}}
|[http://psp.akop.org/colem.htm 2.6.1]
|[http://psp.akop.org/colem.htm 2.6.1]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|?
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|WiiColEm
|WiiColEm
|align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Wii}}||{{Na}}
|[http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiColEm 0.3]
|[http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiColEm 0.3]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|?
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|ColemPS2
|ColemPS2
|align=left|{{Icon|PS2}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|PS2}}||{{Na}}
|[https://www.psx-place.com/threads/colemps2-v2-0-new-and-improved-colecovision-emulator-for-ps2-by-jum.9742 2.0]
|[https://www.psx-place.com/threads/colemps2-v2-0-new-and-improved-colecovision-emulator-for-ps2-by-jum.9742 2.0]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|?
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|AdamX
|AdamX
|align=left|{{Icon|Xbox}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|Xbox}}||{{Na}}
|[https://digiex.net/threads/adamx-v4-download-colecovision-emulator-for-xbox.13771/ v4]
|[https://digiex.net/threads/adamx-v4-download-colecovision-emulator-for-xbox.13771/ v4]||{{Dunno}}
|{{✓}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|(D)ColEm
|(D)ColEm
|align=left|{{Icon|DC}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|DC}}||{{Na}}
|[https://dcemulation.org/index.php?title=(D)Colem 0.99]
|[https://dcemulation.org/index.php?title=(D)Colem 0.99]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|?
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|[https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=CollisionGC CollisionGC]
|[https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=CollisionGC CollisionGC]
|align=left|{{Icon|NGC}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|NGC}}||{{Na}}
|[https://www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=14735#p16211 1.01 b1]
|[https://www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=14735#p16211 1.01 b1]||{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Green}} {{License|GPLv2}} ({{License|Copyleft}})
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|ColecoDS
|ColecoDS
|align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|NDS}}||{{Ya}}
|[https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/ColecoDS/releases {{ColecoDSVer}}]
|[https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/ColecoDS/releases {{ColecoDSVer}}]||{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Red}} {{License|Proprietary}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|-
|CoG
|CoG
|align=left|{{Icon|GBA}}
| align="left" |{{Icon|GBA}}||{{Na}}
|[https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/cog.html 0.9.7 beta]
|[https://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy/coleco/cog.html 0.9.7 beta]||{{Dunno}}
|
|||{{Na}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✗}}
|{{Na}}
|{{?}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|}
|}
<references group=N />


==Enhancements==
== Enhancements ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"
{| {{Basic table}}
! colspan="2" style="width:50%"|Name
! colspan="2" style="width:50%" |Name
! BizHawk
!FinalBurn Neo
!MAME
!JollyCV
!BizHawk
!ColEm
!ColEm
!ADAM+
!ADAMEm SDL
!ADAMEm SDL
!DSP
!DSP
!ares
!ares
!FinalBurn Neo
!CoolCV
!CoolCV
!JollyCV
!MAME
!Mugrat
!Mugrat
|-
|-
|
|Misc.
|
|{{Enhancements/Misc./RetroAchievements}}||{{~}}<ref name="libretro only" group="note">Libretro core only.</ref>
|
|{{Na}}
|
|{{~}}<ref name="libretro only" group="note" />
|
|{{Ya}}
|
|{{Na}}
|
|{{Na}}
|
|{{Na}}
|
|[https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1djp8ro/ares_v139_release/l9ckjp2/ roadmap]||{{Na}}
|
|{{Na}}
|
|
|
|}
|}


==Hardware features and peripherals==
== Hardware features and peripherals ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width:100%"
{| {{Basic table}}
! colspan="2" style="width:50%"|Name
! colspan="2" style="width:50%" |Name
! BizHawk
!FinalBurn Neo
!MAME
!JollyCV
!BizHawk
!ColEm
!ColEm
!ADAM+
!ADAMEm SDL
!ADAMEm SDL
!DSP
!DSP
!ares
!ares
!FinalBurn Neo
!CoolCV
!CoolCV
!JollyCV
!MAME
!Mugrat
!Mugrat
!ADAM+
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |Hardware features
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|-
| rowspan="6" |Peripherals
| rowspan="6" |Peripherals
|Expansion Module #1
|Expansion Module #1||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
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|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}
|-
|-
|Expansion Module #2
|Expansion Module #2||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
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|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}
|-
|-
|Super Game Module
|MegaCart||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
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|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{✓}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}
|-
|-
|MegaCart
|Roller Controller||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
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|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}
|-
|Super Action Controller Set||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|-
|Roller Controller
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}
|-
|Super Game Module||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
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|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}||{{Ya}}
|-
|-
|Super Action Controller Set
| rowspan="2" |Misc.
|{{Dunno}}
|F18A replacement board<ref>(See [https://dnotq.io/f18a/intro.html here] and [https://github.com/visrealm/pico9918 here])</ref>||{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
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|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|{{Dunno}}
|-
|{{Dunno}}||{{Dunno}}
| rowspan="2" |Misc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|-
|
|
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|}


===Expansion Module #1===
=== Expansion Module #1 ===
Attachable add-on that lets you play [[Atari 2600]] games which contained reverse-engineered TIA chip with the rest of electronics being Atari's original console hardware.
Attachable add-on that lets you play [[Atari 2600]] games which contained reverse-engineered TIA chip with the rest of electronics being Atari's original console hardware.


===Expansion Module #2===
=== Expansion Module #2 ===
A driving controller (steering wheel + gas pedal) compatible with 5 games: ''Turbo'', ''Destructor'', ''Bump 'n' Jump'', ''Pitstop'', and ''The Dukes of Hazzard''.
A driving controller (steering wheel + gas pedal) compatible with 5 games: ''Turbo'', ''Destructor'', ''Bump 'n' Jump'', ''Pitstop'', and ''The Dukes of Hazzard''.


===Roller Controller===
=== Roller Controller ===
A trackball natively compatible with 2 games: ''Slither'' and ''Victory''. A joystick mode switch on the roller controller allows it to be used with others.
A trackball natively compatible with 2 games: ''Slither'' and ''Victory''. A joystick mode switch on the roller controller allows it to be used with others.


===Super Action Controller Set===
=== Super Action Controller Set ===
A set of two handheld joystick controllers. Each controller has a ball-top joystick, four finger triggered action buttons, a 12-button numeric keypad, and a "speed roller". Compatible with 4 games: ''Super Action Baseball'', ''Super Action Football'', ''Rocky Super Action Boxing'' and a conversion of the arcade game ''Front Line''.
A set of two handheld joystick controllers. Each controller has a ball-top joystick, four finger triggered action buttons, a 12-button numeric keypad, and a "speed roller". Compatible with 4 games: ''Super Action Baseball'', ''Super Action Football'', ''Rocky Super Action Boxing'' and a conversion of the arcade game ''Front Line''.


==Adam==
== Adam ==
{{Infobox console
{{Infobox console
|title=Adam
| title = Adam
|developer=Coleco
| developer = Coleco
|type=[[:Category:Computers|Home computer]]
| type = [[:Category:Computers|Home computer]], [[:Category:Hybrid video game consoles|Hybrid video game console]]
|generation=[[:Category:Second-generation consoles|Second generation]]
| generation = [[:Category:Second-generation video game consoles|Second generation]]
|release=1983
| release = 1983
|discontinued=1985
| discontinued = 1985
|emulated={{✓}}
| emulated = yes
}}
}}


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.
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.
 
== Hardware features and peripherals ==
TODO: Hardware table filled with
 
[https://www.colecovisionadam.com/Coleco/adam/ADAM.php relevant information].
 
== Notes ==
{{Notelist|group=note}}


==See also==
== References ==
*[[List of consoles by generation]]
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:ColecoVision| ]]
[[Category:ColecoVision| ]]

Latest revision as of 23:01, 15 September 2026

ColecoVision
Manufacturer Coleco
Type Home video game console
Generation Second
Release date NA: August 1982
EU: July 1983
Discontinued August 1985
Predecessor Coleco Telstar series (1978)
Emulated ✓
For other emulators that run on ColecoVision hardware, see Emulators on ColecoVision.

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 ($584 in 2026) 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

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Before editing, review the getting involved and recommended pages. See system requirements page for performance demand of the emulators.
See tables for enhancements and hardware features & peripherals.
For more details such as licensing, programming language, emulation method, visit each emulator’s dedicated page.
Name Platform(s) Active? Latest version License Compatibility libretro core Adam Recommended? (overall)
PC
FinalBurn Neo

fbneo_libretro

Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD ✓ WIP builds

libretro core

Non-commercial ✓ ✗ ✓[note 1]
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD ✓ 0.289 GPLv2
BSD-3-Clause 		✓ ✓ ✓
JollyCV

libretro

Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD ✓ 2.0.1 BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) 100%? ✓ ? ✓
BizHawk Windows Linux ✓ 2.11.1 MIT
BSD-3-Clause 		✗ ? ✓
ColEm Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD ✓ 5.6 Proprietary ✗ ✓ ✓
ADAMEm SDL Windows macOS ✓ git ? ✗ ✓ ✓
DSP Windows Linux macOS ✓ 0.24WIP3 Non-commercial ✗ ? ✓
ares Windows Windows on ARM Linux macOS ✓ git Artifacts

v148

ISC (Permissive) 95.39%
145 out of 152 reported titles		 ✗ ✗ ✓
CoolCV Windows Linux macOS ✓ 0.6.9 Proprietary ✗ ? ✓
Mugrat macOS ✓ 0.5.0 Proprietary ✗ ? ✓
ADAMEm MS-DOS Acorn ✗ 1.0 (MS-DOS)

Acorn

? ✗ ✓ ~
blueMSX

blueMSX_libretro

Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD Web [1] ~[2] 2.8.2

libretro core

GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✓ ✗ ~
E.mul T.wo Windows ✗ git GPLv3 (Copyleft) ✗ ✓ ~
Snepulator Windows Linux ✓ 26.02 MIT (Permissive) ✗ ? ~
Pantheon Windows ✓ 16.458 Proprietary ✗ ? ~
Phoenix Windows Linux macOS ✗ 2.8.JAG Proprietary ✗ ✗ ~
vdmgr Windows ✓ 0.2.7 Proprietary ✗ ? ~
Bee Windows Linux macOS ✗ 2.4.3 Proprietary ✗ ? ✗
Clock Signal Linux macOS FreeBSD ✓ 2026-07-23 BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) ✗ ? ✗
DarcNES Windows Linux BeOS ✗ 9b0401/9b0313 Non-commercial ✗ ? ✗
FreezeSMS Windows ✗ 4.6 Proprietary ✗ ? ✗
higan (火眼)

byuu (謬/view)

Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD ✗ v110 GPLv3 (Copyleft) ✓ ✗ ✗[note 2]
MEKA Windows Linux macOS ✓ 2025-08-17 Proprietary ✗ ✗ ✗
ADAM+ Windows Linux ✓ 1.1.06.26 GPLv3 ✗ ✓ ?
BlastEm[note 3] Windows Linux macOS Web ✓  Nightly builds

libretro core

Web

1.0.0

GPLv3 (Copyleft) ✓ ✗ TBD
Gearcoleco Windows Windows on ARM Linux Linux ARM macOS macOS FreeBSD NetBSD ✓ libretro core

1.7.0

GPLv3 (Copyleft) ✓ ✓ TBD
Mesen Windows Linux macOS macOS Linux ARM Windows 7 ✓ 2.2.1 GPLv3 (Copyleft) ? ? TBD
Obentou Windows Linux macOS Web ✓ 0.2.1 GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✗ ? ?
Retro Virtual Machine Windows Linux macOS ✓ 2.1.10 Proprietary ✗ ? TBD
ZEsarUX Windows Linux Linux ARM macOS macOS FreeBSD UNIX Haiku MorphOS Pandora ✓ 13.0 GPL (Copyleft) ✗ ✗ ?
Mobile
ColEm+ Android Linux Pandora Symbian Maemo ✓ 5.6.4 (Android) Proprietary ✗ ✓ ✓
fbneo_libretro Android iOS ✓ libretro core NC ✓ ✗ ✓[note 1]
MSX.emu

(blueMSX tech)

Android iOS Dragonbox Pyra Pandora ✓ 1.5.85

git

Pandora build 15

1.5.46.02

GPLv3 (Copyleft) ✗ ✗ ✓
blueMSX_libretro Android iOS Linux Pandora ✓ libretro core GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✓ ✗ ~
NumPadPlayer Android ✗ 1.0.5 Proprietary ✗ ✗ ~
Folium iOS iPadOS ✓ App Store ($)

2.0

Latest IPA

GPLv3 (Copyleft) ? ? ?
Provenance iOS iPadOS AppleTV ✓ 3.3.0

git

? ? ? ?
Console
fbneo_libretro Xbox One Xbox Series X/S ✓ libretro core Non-commercial ✓ ✗ ✓[note 1]
blueMSX_libretro PlayStation Portable PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Wii U Xbox One Xbox Series X/S ✓ libretro core ? ✓ ✗ ✓
ColEm PlayStation Portable ✗ 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 Nintendo GameCube ✗ 1.01 b1 GPLv2 (Copyleft) ✗ ? ✓
ColecoDS Nintendo DS ✓ 11.0 Proprietary ✗ ✓ ✓
CoG Game Boy Advance ✗ 0.9.7 beta ? ✗ ? ✗

Enhancements

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Name FinalBurn Neo MAME JollyCV BizHawk ColEm ADAMEm SDL DSP ares CoolCV Mugrat
Misc. RetroAchievements ~[note 4] ✗ ~[note 4] ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ roadmap ✗ ✗

Hardware features and peripherals

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Name FinalBurn Neo MAME JollyCV BizHawk ColEm ADAMEm SDL DSP ares CoolCV Mugrat ADAM+
Hardware features
Peripherals Expansion Module #1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Expansion Module #2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MegaCart ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Roller Controller ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Super Action Controller Set ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Super Game Module ? ? ✓ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ✓
Misc. F18A replacement board[3] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Expansion Module #1

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Attachable add-on that lets you play Atari 2600 games which contained reverse-engineered TIA chip with the rest of electronics being Atari's original console hardware.

Expansion Module #2

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A driving controller (steering wheel + gas pedal) compatible with 5 games: Turbo, Destructor, Bump 'n' Jump, Pitstop, and The Dukes of Hazzard.

Roller Controller

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A trackball natively compatible with 2 games: Slither and Victory. A joystick mode switch on the roller controller allows it to be used with others.

Super Action Controller Set

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A set of two handheld joystick controllers. Each controller has a ball-top joystick, four finger triggered action buttons, a 12-button numeric keypad, and a "speed roller". Compatible with 4 games: Super Action Baseball, Super Action Football, Rocky Super Action Boxing and a conversion of the arcade game Front Line.

Adam

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Adam
Developer Coleco
Type Home computer, Hybrid video game console
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.

Hardware features and peripherals

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TODO: Hardware table filled with

relevant information.

Notes

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  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. ↑ Superseded by ares
  3. ↑ Only standalone version for now.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Libretro core only.

References

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  1. ↑ Only available outside Windows as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
  2. ↑ Libretro core is still active.
  3. ↑ (See here and here)
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