ColecoVision
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Background: Coleco (which is an acronym for COnnecticut LEather COmpany) was a company founded in 1932, owned by the Greenberg family - which started working as a leather supplier for shoemakers and ended up making toys, the Cabbage Patch Kids being its most famous product. Taking on the late-seventies video game fever, they launched the most powerful video game system of the era, the ColecoVision, which eventually outsold the Atari 2600 in 1982-83, only to get involved in the video game crash of 1984. The company filed for bankruptcy and went out of business in 1989.
(August 1982-1985)
Logo: On a black background, we see the word "COLECOVISION" in a rainbow color at the top of the screen, like this:
Below that, is "(name of game) PRESENTS" and "BY (video game publisher)", and below that is a copyright date for the game.
Variant: Sometimes, the name below is written as "PRESENTS [video game publisher]'s [name of game], with the copyright date below.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None, except maybe for the music leading into the game.
Availability: Seen when a ColecoVision console is turned on.
Editor's Note: None.
(August 1982-1985)
COLECOVISION
Below that, is "(name of game) PRESENTS" and "BY (video game publisher)", and below that is a copyright date for the game.
Variant: Sometimes, the name below is written as "PRESENTS [video game publisher]'s [name of game], with the copyright date below.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None, except maybe for the music leading into the game.
Availability: Seen when a ColecoVision console is turned on.
Editor's Note: None.