Developer: Coleco

Coleco was the company behind the ColecoVision console, and it also held home licences for several arcade games, which it released for the Atari 2600 as well. The site’s four Coleco cartridges are all arcade conversions, although Coleco often had them programmed by outside teams.

Venture (1982): Exidy’s dungeon game, converted for Coleco by CommaVid.
Zaxxon (1983): Sega’s fortress shooter, with the angled view replaced by a view from behind the ship.
Time Pilot (1983): Konami’s dogfighter across five eras, programmed by Harley H. Puthuff, Jr. according to AtariAge.
Roc ’N Rope (1984): Konami’s rope-climbing game, which AtariAge credits to Individeo and Ed English.

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Zaxxon

Zaxxon for the Atari 2600 is Coleco's home version of Sega's arcade shooter, released in 1983. You fly a fighter over heavily armed asteroid fortresses, battle enemy planes in open space and finally face the robot Zaxxon itself.…

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Venture

Venture is Coleco's 1982 Atari 2600 version of Exidy's 1981 arcade game. You guide Winky, a small hero armed with a bow, through a dungeon of treasure rooms while unkillable monsters patrol the halls outside. Switching between an…

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Time Pilot

Time Pilot is Coleco's 1983 Atari 2600 version of Konami's arcade shooter, licensed from Konami. You fly a "Timeship" through five periods of aviation history, from wooden biplanes in 1910 to flying saucers in 2001, and in each…

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Roc ‘N Rope

Roc 'N Rope is Coleco's 1984 Atari 2600 version of Konami's 1983 arcade game Roc'n Rope. As an explorer in a prehistoric world, you climb from ledge to ledge by firing a rope upward, while dinosaurs and cavemen…

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