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ColecoVision

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Gaming Console

The Resume

    (1982-1984)
    Library of over 170 aames
    Popular games include 'Donkey Kong,' 'Mouse Trap,' 'Zaxxon,' 'Space Panic,' 'Space Fury,' 'Pepper II,' 'Cosmic Adventure,' 'Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle,' 'Carnival,' 'Lady Bug' and 'Donkey Kong Jr.'
    AKA DINA or Personal Arcade

Why ColecoVision might be annoying:

    Over 50 games it advertised in magazines and boxes were never released.
    Most of its games force you to wait exactly 12 seconds before playing them.
    Eventually Coleco abandoned the system to produce a personal computer that proved to be a failure. Only the Cabbage Patch dolls (which they owned) bailed them out.
    Their strategy was to port arcade games that Atari hadn't gotten to and develop games for all three major systems.

Why ColecoVision might not be annoying:

    It was the first system to release 'Donkey Kong' (their 'Space Invader' in terms of sales).
    Over six million ColecoVisions were sold.
    It won support from most gaming magazines.
    Emulations of the most popular games, while technically illegal copyright infringements, are not challenged by the developers.
    It is very popular among vintage gamers.

Credit: Captain Howdy


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 284 Votes: 26.41% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 58 Votes: 63.79% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 34.21% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 82 Votes: 62.20% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 148 Votes: 52.70% Annoying