Colecovision & Adam Label Variation
The first Coleco games were released with a label displaying “ColecoVision Presents”, the game title, and a legal notice. The company later changed this format, with the introduction of the Adam computer, to include “For Colecovision & Adam”. Although twenty games had existed prior to the label change, only six had their labels changed to show both the Colecovision and Adam. Coleco must have had a substantial enough label inventory for games published before the Adam computer, to justify not reprinting them.
By default, all ColecoVision games came with an American English label with the warehouse address of Amsterdam, NY. For the Canadian market, the company included a French label in the box. This French label sticker could be attached to the cartridge. The first labels produced were in color, but were later changed to black and white. This change was made most likely to reduce printing costs. Some titles exist with the two types of labels, and on some games, the colors or the logo are different. This principle applies to all the games except BC II: Grog’s Revenge and The Dam Buster. Thanks to Jean-François from Collectorvision for his help.
ColecoVision / ColecoVision & Adam
Donkey Kong Label Variation
Mr Do Label Variatiobn
Pepper II Label Variation
Time Pilot Label Variation
Victory Label Variation
Venture Label Variation
American / Canadian
Smurf Variation Labels
Canadian Color Label (pdf format)
Canadian Black & White Label (pdf format)
American Black & White Label
Smurf
| Game | Color Canadian | Black & White Canadian | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 : The Graphic Action Game | Probably | ||
| Antarctic Adventure | Yes | ||
| BC's Quest for Tires II : Grog's Revenge | Yes | American and Canadian labels are different. | |
| Brain Strainers | Yes | ||
| Buck Rogers : Planet of Zoom | Probably | ||
| Bump 'n' Jump | Yes | ||
| Burgertime | Yes | ||
| Cabbage Patch Kids : Adventures in the Park | Yes | ||
| Cabbage Patch Kids : Picture Show | Yes | ||
| Carnival | Yes | ||
| Choplifter! | Probably | ||
| Congo Bongo | Probably | ||
| Cosmic Avenger | Yes | 2 versions of the Canadian label colors exist. | |
| The Dam Busters | Yes | American and Canadian labels are different. | |
| Destructor | Yes | The logo is different on the Canadian label. | |
| Donkey Kong | Yes | ||
| Donkey Kong Junior | Yes | ||
| Dr. Seuss : Fix-up the Mix-up Puzzler | Yes | ||
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Yes | ||
| Fortune Builder | Yes | ||
| Frenzy | Yes | ||
| Front Line | Yes | Yes | |
| Gorf | Yes | ||
| Illusions | Yes | ||
| Ken Uston's Blackjack / Poker | Yes | ||
| Lady Bug | Yes | ||
| Looping | Yes | ||
| Monkey Academy | Probably | ||
| Mouse Trap | Yes | ||
| Mr. Do! | Probably | Maybe | |
| Omega Race | Yes | ||
| Pepper II | Yes | ||
| Rocky Super Action Boxing | Yes | ||
| Roc'n Rope | Yes | ||
| Slither | Yes | ||
| Smurf : Paint 'n' Play Workshop | Yes | ||
| Smurf : Rescue in Gargamel's Castle | Yes | Yes | An American B&W version exists. |
| Space Fury | Yes | ||
| Space Panic | Yes | ||
| Star Trek | Yes | ||
| Subroc | Yes | Yes | |
| Super Action Baseball | Yes | Yes | |
| Super Action Football | Yes | ||
| Tapper | Probably | ||
| Tarzan | Yes | ||
| Telly Turtle | Probably | ||
| Time Pilot | Yes | ||
| Turbo | Yes | ||
| Venture | Yes | 2 versions of the Canadian label colors exist. | |
| Victory | Yes | 2 versions of the Canadian label exist. | |
| WarGames | Yes | ||
| Zaxxon | Yes |