ColecoVision emulators
- For other emulators that run on ColecoVision hardware, see Emulators on ColecoVision.
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| 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 | 
|
2.9.1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ColEm |   
|
5.6 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| E.mul T.wo |
|
git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADAMEm SDL |
|
git | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ADAMEm | 1.0 (MS-DOS)Acorn | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ | |
| DSP |
|
0.22 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ares |
|
v137 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FinalBurn Neo fbneo_libretro |
|
WIP builds libretro core |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ✓[N 1] |
| CoolCV |
|
0.6.9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MAME |
|
0.264 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mugrat |
|
0.5.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Snepulator |
|
git | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | |
| Pantheon |
|
13.640 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | |
| Phoenix |
|
2.8.JAG | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| vdmgr |
|
0.2.6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | |
| blueMSX blueMSX_libretro |
 [N 2]
|
2.8.2 libretro core |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~[N 3] | ~ |
| Retro Virtual Machine |
|
2.1.10 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | TBD | |
| JollyCV |
|
1.0.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | TBD | |
| higan (火眼) byuu (謬/view) |
|
v110 | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗[N 4] |
| Clock Signal |
|
2024-01-22 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | |
| Bee |
|
2.4.3 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| FreezeSMS |
|
4.6 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| MEKA |
|
0.8-alpha (2023-08-26) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| DarcNES | 
|
9b0401/9b0313 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
| Mobile / ARM | ||||||||
| ColEm+ |    
|
5.6.4 (Android) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NumPadPlayer |
|
1.0.5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| fbneo_libretro | 
|
libretro core | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ✓[N 1] |
| MSX.emu (blueMSX tech) |
|
1.5.77git Pandora build 15 1.5.46.02 |
✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| blueMSX_libretro |
|
libretro core | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| Consoles | ||||||||
| fbneo_libretro |  
|
libretro core | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | NC | ✓ | ✓[N 1] |
| blueMSX_libretro |    
|
libretro core | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ |
| ColEm |
|
2.6.1 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| WiiColEm | 
|
0.3 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ColemPS2 | 
|
2.0 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AdamX | 
|
v4 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
| (D)ColEm | 
|
0.99 | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| CollisionGC | 
|
1.01 b1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | |
| ColecoDS | 
|
9.7 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CoG | 
|
0.9.7 beta | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FinalBurn Neo was confirmed as having better compatibility than MAME/MESS, blueMSX, openMSX and CoolCV. See this topic.
- ↑ Only available outside Windows as a libretro core (e.g., RetroArch).
- ↑ Libretro core is still active.
- ↑ Superseded by ares
Adam[edit]
| 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.
