Coleco Colecovision

Released in late 1982, the Colecovision was the last of the second generation consoles, and easily the most powerful. Sadly, it came on the scene just before the video game crash of 1983. Even with its excellent arcade conversions, it only managed to sell 6 million units before it was discontinued two years later. 170 different games were made for it. It had an expansion slot that would take a module that would make the Colecovision compatible with Atari 2600 games, and the Adam expansion that turned the Colecovision into a computer. Another expansion unit was planned to provide Intellivision compatibility, but the Colecovision was cancelled before it arrived. ColecoVision contains the same CPU and graphics chip as the MSX1 and Sega SG-1000/SC-3000. It also shares a sound chip with the Sega machines (including the Master System). That made porting games easy between these platforms. It also means that the Colecovision really bridged the gap between 2nd and 3rd generation consoles.