ColecoVision

Type: Console
Publisher: Coleco
Firstly released in: United States
First release: 1982
Release and compatibility details: In Europe re-released by CBS.

Success and unsuccess:

Most popular years: 1983-1984
Most popular countries: USA
Amount of games in database: 260 (list)
Amount of music records in database: 2 (list)
Amount of downloadable MIDI tunes: 2 (list)
Importance on the market in the most popular years: Medium

Characteristics:

Released in 1982 in US as Copetitor of Atari 2600 and Mattel Intellivision.

Resolution: 256 x 192
CPU: Z-80A
Bits: 8
Speed: 3.58 MHz
RAM: 8K
Video RAM: 16K (8x4116)
Video Display Processor: Texas Instruments TMS9928A
Sprites: 32
Colors: 16
Sound: Texas Instruments SN76489AN. 3 tone channels, 1 noise
Resolution: 256 x 192 x 16 colors, 32 sprites
Memory: 8K RAM, 16K VRAM
CPU: Z80A
Sound: SN76489AN, 3 tone channels, 1 noise

More info: http://www.uvlist.com/platforms/detail/12 , http://www.gamerland.com/systems/cgi-bin/showsystem.cgi?id=44

Games and music info:

Most common media for storing games: Cartridge
Average packed game size: 10 kb

Emulation info:

ColEm - Coleco emulator for lot of platforms, runs at full speed.

This emulation info was written on 16.December 2002. (This time is very important, because emulation info very depends on the time it was written - emulators can improve a lot after this time..).