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COLECOVISION TRADING CARDS
Card Data
The back side of every trading card across all series follows the same general format, which is explained below.
Publisher
The publisher of the game, or manufacturer of the hardware.
Box type
The box type is usually indicative of the territory where the game or hardware was released.
For the North-American series, the majority of the cards simply carry the box type of "North-American". This series also contains a few Canadian cards, for the few games that were released only in Canada, in bilingual (French/English) packaging. So if someone only purchases the North-American series of trading cards, he/she can be sure to get cards for all the games released north and south of the border.
For the European series, I'm using the classification established by colecoboxart.com (CBS1, CBS2, CBS3, and CBS4 for Australia) for the CBS/Coleco releases. The European series also includes games that were released in Taiwan, and their box type is "Asian".
For the various homebrew series, the box type is usually "Homebrew", but there are exceptions for explicitely identified sub-series (Team Pixelboy Budget Series, Opcode Color Line, etc.).
ROM size
The number of kilobytes of the main ROM chip(s) inside the cartridge.
Screenshot
The screenshot demonstrates what the actual game looks like on the TV screen. When there are multiple box variants for a game, each card features a different screenshot, for variety.
For hardware cards, a picture of the hardware is displayed instead of a screenshot.
Info icons
Each series of trading cards comes with a group of info cards that describe the meaning of the icons displayed along the right edge of the card. The contents of these info cards is found below:
Homebrew : Game that was released by a homebrew author and/or publisher after 1990. | ||
Unreleased homebrew : Game is just a project that was under consideration by a homebrew author or publisher. The box image and screenshot on the card are fabricated mockups. | ||
Prototype : Commercial game that was never released by its publisher, and for which a prototype ROM of the software was later found. | ||
Arcade game : This ColecoVision game is a home conversion of an arcade game. | ||
Double-ender : The game cartridge is a double-ender, offering two games on a single cartridge. | ||
Hardware : Either some kind of clone of the ColecoVision console, or an expansion module compatible with the original ColecoVision/ADAM. | ||
Controller : Product is (or includes) some kind of controller or specialized input device. | ||
Multicart : Cartridge contains multiple games, selectable from a menu at boot/reset. Flash cartridges playable on a real ColecoVision console are also deemed multicarts. | ||
SGM required/recommended : Game requires Opcode's Super Game Module to function, or the Super Game Module is optional but recommended to unlock special features. | ||
Space-themed : Game takes place in outer space, or on other planets, or features some kind of alien-based conflict. | ||
Flight-themed : Game uses the concept of flight as its main gameplay mechanic. | ||
War-themed : Game takes place in a military context (excluding space-themed combat). | ||
Shooter : Game essentially revolves around shooting projectiles at enemies, usually in linar patterns. | ||
Platformer : Game revolves around the player walking, running or jumping on platforms and/or on solid ground with hazardous features, usually with the concept of gravity applied. | ||
Maze : Game takes place in some kind of maze. | ||
Adventure : Game offers features of role-playing and/or adventure exploration and/or character inventory/stats. | ||
Sports : Game portrays a recognizable sport activity. | ||
Racing : Game uses the concept of racing, to reach some kind of goal as quickly as possible. | ||
Driving : Game offers some kind of land vehicle driving experience. | ||
Ball and paddle : Game essentially revolves around controlling a blocking object sideways to keep a ball-like object in play. | ||
Action : Game is some kind of action game. (This icon is often used when other icons don't apply.) | ||
Puzzle : Game uses the concept of puzzle-solving, or contains puzzle-solving elements. | ||
Card game : Game reproduces some kind of card-based game. | ||
Edutainment : Game is mainly educational, and proposes simple tasks and mechanics geared towards young children. | ||
Simulation : Game revolves around the execution of complex tasks, often simulating real life activities in some fashion. | ||
Regular controller, no button : Game is played with a stock controller and does not make use of the left/right fire buttons. | ||
Regular controller, 1 button : Game is played with a stock controller, and requires only one fire button to play. | ||
Regular controller, 2 buttons : Game is played with a stock controller, and requires two buttons to play, with the left and right buttons performing different functions within the game. | ||
Roller Controller : Game is designed to be played with the Roller Controller in "Roller" mode. | ||
Expansion Module #2 : Game is designed to be played (or offers extra compatibility) with Coleco's Expansion Module #2. | ||
Super Action Controller : Game is designed to be played (or offers extra compatibility) with Coleco's Super Action Controller. | ||
Regular overlay : Game comes with one or two official keypad overlays insertable into the ColecoVision stock controller. | ||
Super Action overlay : Game comes with one or two official Super Action keypad overlays insertable onto the ColecoVision Super Action Controller. | ||
Two keypad overlays : Game comes with both an official regular overlay and an official Super Action overlay. | ||
One player only : Game is designed to be played by one player only. | ||
Two players only, alternating : Game is designed to be played by two players only. Only one player interacts with the game at any one time, while the other player waits his turn. | ||
One player + Two players alternating : Game offers one-player mode(s), and also two-player mode(s) where the players play alternatingly. | ||
One player + Two players simultaneous : Game offers one-player mode(s), and also two-player mode(s) where the players play simultaneously. | ||
Two players simultaneous : Game offers two-player mode(s) where the players play simultaneously. | ||
Four players alternating : Game offers four-player mode(s) where the players play alternatingly. | ||
Homebrew box : Box image on the front side of the card is not the original box art for the game, but rather an alternate box art created by a ColecoVision fan. |
Product description
This part of the card provides a short description of the game or hardware product. The background color is indicative of the region or homebrew publisher to which the card is associated:
Purple | North-American | |
Yellow | Canadian | |
Green | European | |
Kaki Green | Australian / Asian | |
Blue | Team Pixelboy | |
Gold Orange | Opcode Games | |
Red | CollectorVision | |
Cyan | Other indie homebrew | |
Grey | Hardware (all regions) |
Copyright info
Trademarks and copyright notices are displayed at the bottom of the card. When the box image on the front side of the card is an alternate homebrew box, the name of the homebrew box's creator is also mentioned here. Sometimes, minor trivia information is also present, when applicable.
Card numbering system (for games)
The card ID number at the bottom right corner of the card, just under the Team Pixelboy logo, follows a special encoding system that allows new cards to be added to a deck without breaking any number sequencing.
<region code> - <game number> - <publisher/maker> - <box type> - <box version>
Region codes:
NA | : | North-American release |
CA | : | Canadian release |
EU | : | European release |
AU | : | Australian release |
AS | : | Asian release (Bit Corporation or Taiwan bootleg) |
HB | : | Homebrew release |
HL | : | Homebrew re-release of legacy game or prototype (includes hacks) |
BL | : | Homebrew box for legacy game (includes unreleased games and prototypes) |
BW | : | Alternate homebrew box for legacy hardware |
BH | : | Alternate homebrew box for homebrew game |
BX | : | Alternate homebrew box for homebrew hardware |
Game Number:
Numbers 1 to 143 are used for legacy commercial games, and the numbering follows the alphabetical order of game titles. Game numbers in this range are used across all regions, so for example, "051" will correspond to Gorf in both North-American and European card series. The game numbers used for legacy games and prototypes can also be used by homebrew re-releases, if there are no significant alterations to the game's software (otherwise a new game number is assigned in the homebrew numbering range).
001 | 2010 - The Graphic Action Game | |
002 | Activision Decathlon, The | |
003 | Alcazar - The Forgotten Fortress | |
004 | Alphabet Zoo | |
005 | Amazing Bumpman | |
006 | Antarctic Adventure | |
007 | Aquattack | |
008 | Artillery Duel | |
009 | B.C.'s Quest for Tires | |
010 | B.C. II - Grog's Revenge | |
011 | Beamrider | |
012 | Blockade Runner | |
013 | Boulder Dash | |
014 | Brain Strainers | |
015 | Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom | |
016 | Bump 'n' Jump | |
017 | BurgerTime | |
018 | Cabbage Patch Kids - Adventures in the Park | |
019 | Cabbage Patch Kids - Picture Show | |
020 | Campaign '84 | |
021 | Carnival | |
022 | Centipede | |
023 | Choplifter! | |
024 | Chuck Norris SuperKicks | |
025 | Chuck Norris SuperKicks / Artillery Duel | |
026 | Congo Bongo | |
027 | Cosmic Avenger | |
028 | Cosmic Crisis | |
029 | Dam Busters, The | |
030 | Dance Fantasy | |
031 | Defender | |
032 | Destructor | |
033 | Donkey Kong | |
034 | Donkey Kong Junior | |
035 | DragonFire | |
036 | Dr. Seuss Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler | |
037 | Dukes of Hazzard, The | |
038 | Evolution | |
039 | Facemaker | |
040 | Fathom | |
041 | Flipper Slipper | |
042 | Fortune Builder | |
043 | Fraction Fever | |
044 | Frantic Freddy | |
045 | Frenzy | |
046 | Frogger | |
047 | Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! | |
048 | Front Line | |
049 | Galaxian | |
050 | Gateway to Apshai | |
051 | Gorf | |
052 | Gust Buster | |
053 | Gyruss | |
054 | H.E.R.O. | |
055 | Heist, The | |
056 | Illusions | |
057 | It's Only Rock 'N Roll | |
058 | James Bond: 007 | |
059 | Jukebox | |
060 | Jumpman Junior | |
061 | Jungle Hunt | |
062 | Ken Uston Blackjack / Poker | |
063 | Keystone Kapers | |
064 | Lady Bug | |
065 | Learning with Leeper | |
066 | Linking Logic | |
067 | Logic Levels | |
068 | Looping | |
069 | Memory Manor | |
070 | Meteoric Shower | |
071 | Miner 2049er | |
072 | Monkey Academy | |
073 | Montezuma's Revenge Featuring Panama Joe | |
074 | Moonsweeper | |
075 | Motocross Racer | |
076 | Mountain King | |
077 | Mouse Trap | |
078 | Mr. Do! | |
079 | Mr. Do!'s Castle | |
080 | Nova Blast | |
081 | Oil's Well | |
082 | Omega Race | |
083 | One-on-One | |
084 | Pepper II | |
085 | Pitfall! | |
086 | Pitfall II - Lost Caverns | |
087 | Pitstop | |
088 | Popeye | |
089 | Q*bert | |
090 | Q*bert's Qubes | |
091 | Quest for Quintana Roo | |
092 | River Raid | |
093 | Robin Hood | |
094 | Robin Hood / Sir Lancelot | |
095 | Rock 'n Bolt | |
096 | Rocky - Super Action Boxing | |
097 | Roc 'n Rope | |
098 | Rolloverture | |
099 | Root Beer Tapper | |
100 | Sammy Lightfoot | |
101 | Sector Alpha | |
102 | Sewer Sam | |
103 | Sir Lancelot | |
104 | Skiing | |
105 | Slither | |
106 | Slurpy | |
107 | Smurf - Paint 'n' Play Workshop | |
108 | Smurf - Rescue In Gargamel's Castle | |
109 | Space Fury | |
110 | Space Panic | |
111 | Spectron | |
112 | Spy Hunter | |
113 | Squish 'Em featuring Sam | |
114 | Star Trek - Strategic Operations Simulator | |
115 | Star Wars - The Arcade Game | |
116 | Strike It! | |
117 | SubRoc | |
118 | Super Action Baseball | |
119 | Super Action Football | |
120 | Super Action Football (Soccer) | |
121 | Super Cobra | |
122 | Super Cross Force | |
123 | Super Sketch - Sketch-Master | |
124 | Tank War | |
125 | Tarzan | |
126 | Telly Turtle | |
127 | Threshold | |
128 | Time Pilot | |
129 | Tomarc the Barbarian | |
130 | Tomarc the Barbarian / Motocross Racer | |
131 | Tournament Tennis | |
132 | Turbo | |
133 | Tutankham | |
134 | Up 'n Down | |
135 | Venture | |
136 | Victory | |
137 | WarGames | |
138 | War Room | |
139 | Wing War | |
140 | Wizard of Id's WizMath, The | |
141 | Word Feud | |
142 | Zaxxon | |
143 | Zenji |
Numbers 144 to 199 are used for discovered prototypes, for which one or more homebrew boxes were created by ColecoVision fans. The games in this range are ordered mostly in alphabetical order, but any additional prototypes will be added at the end of this range, taking the first available unused number regardless if it breaks the alphabetical order of game titles.
144 | Dig Dug | |
145 | Escape From The Mindmaster | |
146 | Fall Guy | |
147 | Fireman | |
148 | Joust | |
149 | Lord of the Dungeon | |
150 | M*A*S*H | |
151 | Masters of the Universe - The Power of He-Man | |
152 | Matt Patrol / Moon Patrol | |
153 | Number Bumper | |
154 | Pac-Man | |
155 | Porky's | |
156 | Power Lords - Quest for Vulcan | |
157 | Steamroller | |
158 | The Yolk's On You | |
159 | Video Hustler | |
160 | Star Fire | |
161 | Reserved for future discovered commercial prototype | |
... | ||
199 | Reserved for future discovered commercial prototype |
Numbers 200 and above are used for homebrew ColecoVision games. The sequence of numbers is separated by year: For each year, the games released that year are placed in alphabetical order and numbered in that sequence.
Publisher/Maker:
AC | : | Activision |
AT | : | Atarisoft |
BC | : | Bit Corporation |
CB | : | CBS Electronics |
CG | : | Côté Gamers (homebrew) |
CO | : | Coleco |
CV | : | CollectorVision (homebrew) |
EP | : | Epyx |
FP | : | Fisher Price |
IM | : | Imagic |
IN | : | Interphase |
MF | : | Micro Fun |
OP | : | Opcode Games (homebrew) |
PB | : | Parker Brothers |
PP | : | Practical Peripherals |
P2 | : | Probe 2000 |
SG | : | Sega |
SI | : | Sierra On-Line |
SK | : | Spinnaker |
SR | : | Sunrise |
SV | : | Spectravideo |
TE | : | Telegames |
TP | : | Team Pixelboy (homebrew) |
TW | : | 20th Century Fox |
XX | : | Xonox |
8B | : | 8-Bit Milli (homebrew) |
?? | : | Unknown (Taiwan bootlegs) |
&& | : | Self-Published (homebrew) |
Box type:
CU | : | Custom (used when none of the box types below apply) |
AR | : | Arcade cabinet box (released by Coleco, or by homebrew publisher) |
SV | : | Sunrise Silver box |
YE | : | Sunrise Yellow box |
C0 | : | CBS0 box (European or homebrew) |
C1 | : | CBS1 box (European or homebrew) |
C2 | : | CBS2 box (European or homebrew) |
C3 | : | CBS3 box (European or homebrew) |
C4 | : | CBS4 box (Australian or homebrew) |
OP | : | Opcode classic box style |
OC | : | Opcode Color Line |
TP | : | Team Pixelboy box style |
TB | : | Team Pixelboy Budget Series |
TM | : | Team Pixelboy Mystery Man Collection |
Box revision:
This is usually "1", but there are some game boxes that come in two versions, such as Mr Do! that has two versions of the arcade cabinet box (one with the cabinet facing left and the other facing right) and that's where the box revision number is useful. Some homebrews come in similar yet distinct boxes too, such as CollectorVision's Mario Bros.
EXAMPLES (GAMES):
NA-033-CO-AR-1:
NA = North-American release
033 = Donkey Kong
CO = Coleco
AR = Arcade cabinet box
1 = Box revision #1
NA-020-SR-YE-1:
NA = North-American release
020 = Campaign '84
SR = Sunrise
YE = Yellow box
1 = Box revision #1
NA-020-SR-SV-1:
NA = North-American release
020 = Campaign '84
SR = Sunrise
SV = Silver box
1 = Box revision #1
EU-051-CB-C3-1:
EU = European release
051 = Gorf
CB = CBS Electronics
C3 = CBS3 box
1 = Box revision #1
HB-220-OP-OP-1:
HB = Homebrew game
220 = Magical Tree
OP = Opcode Games
OP = Opcode classic box style
1 = Box revision #1
HB-241-CV-AR-1:
HB = Homebrew game
241 = Lock 'n Chase
CV = CollectorVision
AR = Arcade cabinet box
1 = Box revision #1
Card numbering system (for hardware)
For the hardware cards, the numbering structure is slightly different:
<region code> - <hardware type> - <hardware number> - <box revision number>
Region codes:
HN | : | Hardware released in North-America |
HC | : | Hardware released in Canada (English/French packaging) |
HE | : | Hardware released in Europe/Australia |
HI | : | Hardware released internationally (i.e. not region-specific) |
HT | : | Hardware released in Taiwan (or nearby Asian markets) |
Hardware type:
CS | : | Console (or clone console) |
CT | : | Controller |
MO | : | Expansion Module |
MC | : | Multi-Cart (flash read-writable) |
Hardware number:
The "hardware number" combines the hardware product with its manufacturer.
CS-01 | : | ColecoVision console |
CS-02 | : | Coleco ADAM computer |
CS-03 | : | Bit Corp. Bit-90 computer |
CS-04 | : | Hanimex Pencil II computer |
CS-05 | : | Bit Corp. Dina 2-in-1 console |
CS-06 | : | Telegames Personal Arcade console |
CS-07 | : | AtGames ColecoVision Flashback console |
CS-08 | : | CollectorVision Phoenix console |
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MO-01 | : | Coleco Expansion Module #1 |
MO-02 | : | Coleco Expansion Module #3 |
MO-03 | : | Opcode Super Game Module |
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CT-01 | : | ColecoVision stock controller |
CT-02 | : | Coleco Expansion Module #2 |
CT-03 | : | Coleco Roller Controller |
CT-04 | : | Coleco Super Action Controllers |
EXAMPLES (HARDWARE):
HN-CT-04-1:
HN = Hardware released in North-America
CT = Controller
04 = Coleco's Super Action Controllers
1 = Box revision #1
HE-MO-01-1:
HE = Hardware released in Europe
MO = Expansion Module
01 = Coleco's Expansion Module #1
1 = Box revision #1
HN-CS-06-1:
HN = Hardware released in North-America
CS = Console
06 = Telegames Personal Arcade
1 = Box revision #1
HI-MO-03-1:
HI = Hardware released internationally
MO = Expansion Module
03 = Opcode Super Game Module
1 = Box revision #1