ColecoVision

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Background

Coleco (which is an acronym for Connecticut Leather Company) was a company founded in February 29, 1932, owned by the Greenberg family. It 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, it launched the most powerful video game system of the era, the ColecoVision, which eventually outsold the Atari 2600 in the 1982-83 season, only to get involved in the video game crash of 1983. The console was discontinued in 1985, and the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and went out of business in 1988.

Logo (July 28, 1982-1985)

Visuals: Over a black background is the word "COLECOVISION" in a rainbow color at the top of the screen. 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.

Technique: A still, graphic.

Audio: None, except maybe for the music leading into the game.

Availability: Seen when a ColecoVision console is turned on.

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