ColecoVision & Coleco Adam Computer (1982-1984)

✅ ColecoVision

The ColecoVision, launched in 1982, was a home video game console that finally delivered on the promise of bringing true, crisp arcade-quality gaming directly into the home. Packed with advanced graphics chips for its time, it could display 16 colors and multiple moving objects on screen at once, easily crushing the visual capabilities of older systems like the Atari 2600. To ensure an instant hit, the system was packaged with an incredibly accurate version of Nintendo’s arcade smash Donkey Kong, which helped Coleco sell over 500,000 units in its first four months alone. It also featured a unique expansion slot; plugging in "Expansion Module #1" famously allowed the ColecoVision to play the entire library of Atari 2600 game cartridges, giving players access to two game systems in one box.

Donation: Mark Scheck through local "Gift Economy" group

Coleco Adam Keyboard 

The Coleco Adam, released in 1983, was an ambitious, all-in-one home computer system designed to turn the ColecoVision gaming console into a full setup for schoolwork and typing. Marketed as a complete package for around $600, the Adam included a main computer brain with a built-in digital tape drive, a full-sized professional keyboard, and a typewriter-style printer that actually doubled as the entire system's wall power supply. Its biggest selling point was that it could run advanced office software and a built-in word processor, yet it was still fully compatible with all standard ColecoVision video game cartridges. However, the system suffered from a disastrous launch: early units generated a massive burst of internal static electricity the second they were turned on, which could accidentally erase any data tape left inside the drive.

Source of Keyboard: Elephants Trunk Flea Market 

TRIVIA:  Coleco stands for COnnecticut LEather COmpany

INTERESTING FACT:  That's a young Laurie Loughlin (actress) in the Coleco Adam commercial.