Special thanks to a friend. He donated this console for spare parts.

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from Wikipedia:

The Expansion Module #2 is a driving controller expansion that consists of a steering wheel, gas pedal and the pack-in game Turbo. The driving controller is also compatible with the games Destructor and Dukes Of Hazzard.

source: wikipedia

Cartridges list:

• Donkey Kong by Nintendo.
• Cosmic Avenger by Universal.
• The Official Turbo by Sega.
• Smurf by Peyo.

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CBS ColecoVision RGB pinouts only for the French (Secam) AV Out version.

Here my first ColecoVision RGB hack.

source: colecovision.dk

Cartridges list:

• BurgerTime by Data East U.S.A.
• Rocky Super Action Boxing by United Artists Corporation + Joystick Sticker.
• WarGames by United Artists Corporation + Joystick Sticker.
• Buck Rogers by The Dille Family Trust.

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from Wikipedia:

Coleco prototyped a fourth expansion module intended to provide compatibility with Mattel’s Intellivision, but this was never released.

Two controller expansions were also available. First was the Roller Controller, a trackball packaged with a port of the arcade game Slither, a Centipede clone and meant to be used with some dedicated games like Victory or to enhance the gameplay of previously published cartridges which benefitted from its trackball system (like Wargames).

The second was the Super Action Controller Set, resembling a pair of boxing gloves each with joystick and numeric keypad on top and a series of buttons along the grip. It came with the game Super Action Baseball and saw later release of the Rocky Super Action Boxing, and a port of Front Line.

source: wikipedia

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from Vintagecomputing:

And you thought video game controllers were over-complicated these days; this one requires five (slightly-pudgy child) hands just to use it properly.

Take a look at this bad boy: four trigger buttons on the pistol-like grip (one per finger), twelve buttons in the overlay-friendly numeric keypad matrix on top, a one-dimensional “speed roller” wheel near the back, and an extremely flaccid red-knobbed joystick crowning it all.

Combine this with the futuristic look of a gaudy black space gauntlet that literally engulfs your hand, and you’ve got the ColecoVision Super Action Controller.

This marvel of controlling technology came in sets of two with a “Super Action Game” included — Super Action Baseball or Rocky Super Action Boxing.

source: vintagecomputing.com

Cartridges list:

• Fathom by Imagic.
• Rocky Super Action Boxing by United Artists Corporation + Joystick Sticker.

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from Wikipedia:

Expansion modules, from its introduction, Coleco had touted a hardware add-on called the Expansion Module #1 which made the ColecoVision compatible with the industry-leading Atari 2600. Functionally, this gave the ColecoVision the largest software library of any console of its day.

The expansion module prompted legal action from Atari, but Atari was unable to stop sales of the module because the 2600 could be reproduced with standard parts. Coleco was also able to design and market the Gemini game system which was an exact clone of the 2600, but with combined joystick/paddle controllers.

source: wikipedia

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Cartridges list:

• Mouse Trap by Exidy.
• Zaxxon by Sega.
• Carnival by Sega.
• Lady Bug by Universal.
• Donkey Kong by Nintendo.

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Cartridges list:

• Subroc by Sega.
• Looping by Venture Line Inc.
• PitStop by Epyx.

ColecoVision RGB Hack:

Photo from #3 to #6 explain how to hack the RGB output signal inside the console.

ColecoVision RGB connector pinout:

__________________________________
\ o1  o   o3  o   o5  o   o   o8 /
 \  o   o   o   o   o13 o   o15 /
  \____________________________/

Pin Signal

 1  Red Output
 3  Green Output
 5  Blue Output
 8  Ground
13  Composite Synch
15  Audio Output (very low volume)

Scart RGB pinout:

   ----------------------------21
  _| 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 |
 |                            |
 | 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2  |
  ----------------------------

Pin Signal                     Signal level

 1  Right Audio Out
 2  Right Audio In
 3  Left Audio In
 4  Audio Ground
 5  Ground (blue)
 6  Left Audio Out
 7  Blue input                 (0.7V, 75ohm)
 8  Function select/AV control (9.5-12V = AV mode, >10kohm)
 9  Ground (green)
11  Green input                (0.7V, 75ohm)
13  Ground (red)
15  Red input                  (0.7V, 75ohm)
16  RGB switching control      (1-3V = RGB mode on, 75ohm)
17  Ground (sync signal)
18  Ground (RGB switching)
19  Composite Out
20  Composite Input (Synch)    (as in 1Vpp video signal, 75ohm)
21  Common ground (shield)

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from Wikipedia:

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries’ second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, the ability to play Atari 2600 video games, and the means to expand the system’s basic hardware.

Released with a catalog of twelve launch titles, with an additional ten games announced for 1982, approximately 125 titles in total were published as ROM cartridges for the system between 1982 and 1984.

source: wikipedia colecovision faq

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Cartridges list:

• Cosmic Avenger by Universal.
• Gorf by Midway.
• Donkey Kong by Nintendo.
• Mr.Do by Universal.

from Wikipedia:

The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries’ second generation home video game console which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered arcade-quality graphics and gaming style, the ability to play Atari 2600 video games, and the means to expand the system’s basic hardware.

Released with a catalog of twelve launch titles, with an additional ten games announced for 1982, approximately 125 titles in total were published as ROM cartridges for the system between 1982 and 1984.

source: wikipedia