THE LEGENDS

4D Interactive Systems, incorporated on February 14, 1978, in St. Paul, Minnesota, was one of Coleco's most important contract developers during the…

Action Graphics, Inc. was a development company based in South Barrington, Illinois (originally Cary), spun off from Bally in 1981 to develop games for…

Activision 1979-Present

Activision was founded on October 1, 1979 in Sunnyvale, California by four Atari programmers — David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead —…

Albert Yarusso is the founder and administrator of AtariAge (atariage.com), which despite its name has become the single most important online forum and…

Amy Purple 2000 - Present

Amy Purple, known professionally as Amy Marie Bienvenu and formerly as Daniel Bienvenu, is widely recognized as "The Godfather of ColecoVision Homebrew"…

Andy Key (known in the community as "nyangau") was originally a games programmer for the Memotech MTX back in 1984.

Arnold Greenberg June 12, 1933 - March 19, 2025

Arnold Greenberg was a key executive at Coleco Industries, the company behind the ColecoVision gaming console and the ADAM computer.

Arnold J. Hendrick (1951 - May 25, 2020) was an American designer and developer of role-playing games, board games, and video games, best remembered…

AtariAge 1998-Present

AtariAge was founded in 1998 by Albert Yarusso as a classic-gaming website and online community, originally focused on Atari consoles but rapidly…

Atarimax is a hardware-focused publisher run by Steven Tucker that has become the dominant maker of multicart and flash-cartridge hardware for classic…

Atarisoft 1983-1984

Atarisoft was a brand name established by Atari, Inc. in October 1983 to publish Atari-developed games on its competitors' hardware — a striking strategic…

Au Nguyen was a Coleco Industries staff programmer during the ColecoVision era, credited on the ColecoBoxArt.com developers list as one of the internal…

B. Dennis Sustare is the Coleco Industries principal game designer with the longest self-documented ColecoVision and ADAM credit list on record. Before…

Barry Wilson was the founder of the ADAM News Network (A.N.N.), established in 1992 as the central information hub for the Coleco ADAM community.

Benjamin Heckendorn 2000s - Present

Benjamin Heckendorn (widely known as "Ben Heck") is one of the most well-known hardware modders in modern retro gaming, with a reputation for making game…

Bob Slopsema stands as one of the most influential figures in the Coleco ADAM computer community, serving as both the steward of the ADAM News Network…

Brian Burney, known as Bmack36 on the AtariAge forums, is the hardware engineer who designed the CollectorVision Phoenix — the first FPGA-based…

Bruce Tomlin lives in Austin, Texas, and came to the ColecoVision scene from the old-computer preservation world - he is a clever programmer comfortable…

CBS Electronics was the short-lived video game division of CBS Inc., established in 1982 as the international arm of Coleco's home video business.

Charlie Winterble served as Director of the Advanced Research and Development (ARD) department at Coleco Industries during a critical period in the…

Cheshire Engineering was founded in 1982 in Pasadena, California, by former programmers from APh Technological Consultants who had left APh after a…

Claus Bækkel 2013 - Present

Claus Bækkel, known in the community as "CrazyBoss," is a Danish developer and preservationist who has made significant contributions to both the Memotech…

Coleco Industries 1932-1988

Coleco Industries is the company that gave the ColecoVision and ADAM their name.

CollectorVision Games 2008-Present

CollectorVision Games is the most prolific modern ColecoVision publisher and one of the defining institutions of the homebrew era.

Computer Magic, Ltd., incorporated on February 26, 1980 and dissolved on September 28, 1994, was a Long Island, New York software house that contracted…

Dale Wick 1990s - Present

Dale is the webmaster of Adamcon in Canada and serves as the president of the Metro-Toronto Adam User's Group.

Dan Nicholson was the founder and president of 4D Interactive Systems, Inc., the Rochester, Minnesota-based third-party development studio responsible for…

Daniel Vik (known in the community as "dvik") is based in La Jolla, California, and is one half of the prolific dvik & joyrex homebrew partnership with…

Darrell R. Sage was the founder of Sage Enterprises, based in Russellville, Missouri, one of the most important third-party ADAM software publishers and…

Dave Johnson (also referenced as Dave Johns in some sources, including the Jaquays RVG interview) was a Coleco Industries staff artist during the…

David Hwang was a Coleco Industries staff programmer during the ColecoVision era.

David R. Megarry was a programmer and project manager at 4D Interactive Systems, Inc., the Rochester, Minnesota-based third-party software development…

David Schultz was a Coleco Industries staff programmer during the ColecoVision era, credited on the ColecoBoxArt.com developers list as part of Coleco's…

Davis & Nussrallah & Associates Inc. was a Texas-based contract development studio incorporated on April 7, 1983. The studio worked primarily with Coleco…

Debra "Deb" Lazarus was a Coleco Industries staff artist during the ColecoVision era, named by Jennell Jaquays as part of the core Coleco art team that…

Doug Slopsema 2005 - Present

Doug Slopsema is the co-founder of MicroFox Technologies alongside his father Bob Slopsema, and the primary hardware engineer behind MicroFox's innovative…

Eduardo Mello 2005 - Present

Eduardo Mello's contributions to the ColecoVision community represent a perfect synthesis of technical innovation, business acumen, and community…

Emag Software & Engineering Inc. was a Taiwanese manufacturer of PC boards and peripheral components that briefly moved into video game development during…

Epyx 1978-1993

Epyx was founded in 1978 in Mountain View, California, by programmer Jim Connelley and designer Jon Freeman as Automated Simulations.

Eric Bromley was the Director of Coleco's Advanced Research and Development (ARD) department and the principal engineer behind the ColecoVision hardware.

Eve Electronics Systems, based in Framingham, Massachusetts, was one of the most important third-party hardware developers for the Coleco ADAM computer.

Fisher-Price Learning Software 1984-1985

Fisher-Price Learning Software was the short-lived educational software imprint of the well-known East Aurora, New York toy manufacturer Fisher-Price.

Florent Bedoiseau (known in the community as "Buzz") is a French hardware engineer and the hardware counterpart in the Jacomme / Bedoiseau partnership.

Frank Lam was a Coleco Industries staff artist during the ColecoVision era, named by Jennell Jaquays as part of the core Coleco art team alongside Dave…

Garry Kitchen was a prominent game developer who, through Sydney Development Corporation, created some of the most polished and memorable third-party…

George Kiss served as a Programmer and later Director of the Advanced Research and Development (ARD) group at Coleco Industries.

Good Deal Games 1998-Present

Good Deal Games, based in Hamburg, New York, was founded in 1998 by video game historian Michael Thomasson - though the project actually began even…

Gordon Martin & Associates (GMA) was a contract development studio founded by Gordon Martin, who had previously been on the Texas Instruments team that…

Guy Cousineau was one of the most important technical contributors in the history of the Coleco ADAM computer community.

Harvey deKleine February 6, 1965 – August 12, 2026 (contributed 2006–2026)

In Memoriam. Harvey deKleine passed away on August 12, 2026, at the age of 61, after a short battle with colon cancer. He is survived by his wife Elaine…

Herman Mason Jr. 1986 - 2000s

Herman Mason Jr. was the founder and system operator of The Trading Post BBS, one of the longest-running and most important Coleco ADAM bulletin board…

Howard Eglowstein 1983 - 1985 Coleco / 5/4/1960 - 3/14/2026

Howard Eglowstein holds an S.B. in Architecture from MIT (1982) and joined Coleco in mid-1983 as a Senior Software Engineer in the systems group. Over his…

Imagic 1981-1986

Imagic was founded on July 17, 1981 in Los Gatos, California, by former Atari marketing vice president Bill Grubb, former Atari programmer Rob Fulop, and…

Innoventions was a contract development studio credited on three significant ColecoVision titles, all published by Coleco and distributed in Europe by CBS…

Interphase Technologies, Inc. was a small American software publisher active during the final phase of the ColecoVision's commercial life, releasing three…

James Notini 1985 - Present

Indipendent Software Developer. Editor, Publish and Public Domain Manager for N.I.A.D. Northern Illiana ADAM User's Group. Current curator of the…

James Wickstead Design Associates (JWDA) was a design and engineering consultancy founded in 1968 in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, specializing in industrial…

Jay Belsky was an engineer, programmer, and game designer at Coleco Industries who served as the co-designer of the ColecoVision console hardware.

Jay H. Forman was the founder and leader of the #1 ADAM Users' Group, one of the largest and most influential national ADAM user organizations in the…

Jean-François Dupuis 2009 - Present

Through CollectorVision, Jean-François has been developing and publishing new games for classic systems including the ColecoVision, helping keep the…

Jean-Michel Girard (known in the community as "alekmaul") is French, born in 1967, and works in the IT industry in Internet payments.

Jean-Philippe Meola (known in the community as "Youki") is a French programmer whose ColecoVision was his first game console - he played Donkey Kong…

Jennell Jaquays 1956 - 2024

Jennell Jaquays was the Director of Game Design at Coleco Industries from 1981 to 1985, where she recruited, trained, and creatively guided one of the…

Jim Walters (also known as James Walters) is the founder of Walters Software Co., one of the longest-running and most prolific independent ADAM software…

Joseph Angiolillo was a Coleco Industries staff game designer best known as the principal designer of WarGames, the 1984 ColecoVision strategy title that…

Joe grew up in North Highlands, California, the youngest of three children born to Joseph A.

John "Big John" Lingrel (1945 - 2016) 1986 - 1990s

John "Big John" Lingrel was the founder of Orphanware (also known as Orphanware Business Systems), one of the earliest and most prolific third-party…

John Dondzila is one of the earliest ColecoVision homebrew developers, part of the pioneering wave alongside Kevin Horton that proved new games could…

John Lundy 1984 - present

John Lundy, founder and lead engineer of Lundy Electronics, stands as one of the most innovative and prolific hardware developers in the modern Coleco…

Keith A. Burrows of Seelyville, Indiana, was the compiler, editor, and publisher of The ADAM Resource Directory — one of the most comprehensive reference…

Keith A. Burrows was the author and publisher of the ADAM Resource Directory, the most comprehensive printed reference guide ever produced for the Coleco…

Ken Legace was a Coleco Industries audio programmer during the ColecoVision era, credited on the ColecoBoxArt.com developers list.

Kevin "Kevtris" Horton is an American electrical engineer who created the first-ever ColecoVision homebrew game, igniting the modern homebrew movement for…

Lawrence Schick served as Product Developer at Coleco Industries, where he managed the development of ColecoVision game cartridges — most notably…

Leo Gray was a Coleco Industries staff programmer during the ColecoVision era.

Luc Miron 2006 - Present

Luc Miron, founder and creative director of Team Pixelboy, stands as the most prolific and influential game publisher in the modern ColecoVision homebrew…

Ludovic Jacomme (known in the community as "ZX") is a French programmer who works in close partnership with fellow French developer Florent Bedoiseau on…

Marat Fayzullin is the author of ColEm, one of the most widely used and longest-running ColecoVision emulators.

Marcel de Kogel is the creator of ADAMEm, the first portable Coleco ADAM and ColecoVision emulator (1996-1999), which modern emulator developers credit as…

Mark Mazure (known in the community as "Gamehead") designed Galactic Abduction, a Lunar Lander-style ColecoVision game that reached concept stage in 2007.

Mathieu Proulx is a Quebec-based ColecoVision homebrew programmer who collaborated closely with Amy Purple (then Daniel Bienvenu) on several early-era…

Matthew Hagerty is the creator of the F18A — a modern FPGA-based replacement for the TMS9918A Video Display Processor used in the ColecoVision, TI-99/4A…

Matthew Householder 1983 - Present

Matthew "Matt" Householder worked at Atari from 1983 through 1985. On the ColecoVision, he was the programmer, artist, and sound designer on Moon Patrol…

Michael Doherty was a Coleco Industries staff programmer during the ColecoVision and ADAM era, credited on the ColecoBoxArt.com developers list as part of…

Michael Dullum (known in the community as "Doubledown" or "Doubledown_on11") lives in Maumee, Ohio, with earlier stints in Dowagiac, Michigan and Toledo…

Michel Louvet is a prolific ColecoVision homebrew programmer known for creating high-quality arcade ports and original games that push the console's…

Micro Fun was the video game cartridge division of Micro Lab, a small Illinois-based software publisher that made its mark on the ColecoVision with a…

Various rolls: - Starting in Operations Task Force bridging the gap between development and manufacturing.

MMSG, based in Broomfield, Colorado, was a significant ADAM software developer that produced two of the most technically sophisticated utility programs…

Monte Neese was the principal organizer of ADAMcon 01, the first-ever International Coleco ADAM Computer Users Convention, held October 7-11, 1989, in…

Nanochess 2010-Present

Nanochess is the publishing and development alias of Oscar Toledo Gutierrez, a Mexican game developer based in Mexico City (born 1978) who began…

Neal Danner programmed ColEmWin (later renamed Virtual ColecoVision), one of the earliest Windows-native ColecoVision emulators.

Nice Ideas began in February 1983 as Mattel Electronics' French office, established inside the international technology park of Valbonne Sophia Antipolis…

Nicolas Campion (known in the community as "Nicam_Shilova") lives in Vichy, France, and came to the ColecoVision as his first video-game experience - he…

Norman R. Castro was the founder of the Omaha ADAM Users Club (also known as The Omaha ADAM Users Club or OAUC), one of the most active and productive…

Nuvatec was a defunct high-tech product development consulting and manufacturing firm based in Downer's Grove, Illinois, founded by five entrepreneurs and…

Ole Nielsen is the creator and webmaster of ColecoVision.dk, one of the most comprehensive ColecoVision resource sites on the internet.

On-Time Software Inc. was founded on May 2, 1984, by four former Roklan employees - Paul Crowley, Joe Gaucher, Cameron Shaffer, and Jack Versun - after…

Opcode Games 2003-Present

Opcode Games was founded in 2003 (originally as Coin-Op Games) by Eduardo "Ed" Mello (known in the community as opcode or classicman), a Brazilian-born…

Òscar Toledo Gutiérrez 2010 - Present

Óscar Toledo Gutiérrez (born 1978) is a Mexican game developer, tool creator, and author who has made transformative contributions to the ColecoVision…

Parker Brothers 1883-1998

Parker Brothers, the Salem-based board game company founded by George S. Parker in 1883, entered the video game market in 1982 and became one of the most…

Paulo Silva (known in the community as "nitrofurano") is a programmer who has been working on porting his own MSX games to the ColecoVision.

Pending - Graphics and high quality reproduction of ColecoVision & ADAM materials.

Philipp Klaus Krause is a German programmer who occupies an unusual dual role in the ColecoVision community: he is both a prolific homebrew game developer…

Randall Hyde 1956 - Present

Randall Hyde is the founder and president of Lazer Microsystems, the company contracted by Coleco to develop three foundational pieces of ADAM computer…

Revival Studios is a Dutch classic-game development studio founded in 2002 by Martijn Wenting, a developer who had previously worked on Game Boy Color…

Ricardo Oazem is a Brazilian hardware engineer, a veteran of the MSX scene, and a member of the MSX company Tecnobytes.

Richard F. Drushel (Dr. D.) 1992 - Present

Richard F. Drushel, known universally in the ADAM community as "Dr. D.," is a biology professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and…

Richard McIvor Clee August 22, 1930 - April 12, 2022

Richard McIvor Clee was an influential figure in the ADAM community, serving as President and Editor of the Metro-Toronto Coleco Adam User's Group…

Rob Jepson was a Coleco Industries staff programmer during the ColecoVision era, listed on the ColecoBoxArt.com developers roster.

Rob Schenck is an electrical engineer who has been identified as the actual designer of the ColecoVision console.

Rolland Rizzo (also referenced as Roland Rizzo in some sources) was a Coleco Industries audio programmer during the ColecoVision era.

Ron Mitchell 1990s - present

Ron Mitchell served as editor and publisher of the ADAM News Network (A.N.N.) newsletter before passing the role to Bob Slopsema.

Sean Kelly is best known for producing multicart hardware across several classic platforms: he made multicarts for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Vectrex…

Sega Enterprises 1960-Present

Sega's relationship with the ColecoVision is one of the platform's most important and most complicated.

Sierra On-Line 1979-Present

Sierra On-Line was founded in 1979 in Simi Valley, California, by husband-and-wife Ken and Roberta Williams as On-Line Systems.

Spectravideo 1981-1988

Spectravideo International (originally SpectraVision) was founded in 1981 by Harry Fox and Oscar Jutzeler, initially as a distributor of computer games…

Stephen Seehorn (known in the community as "kingofcrusher") is an active ColecoVision, Sega and arcade programmer best known for taking on ports that…

Steve Begin (known in the community as "tabachanker") is one of the pioneers of modern ColecoVision programming, based in Quebec, Canada.

Steve Jacoby was one of the most prolific independent software and hardware developers for the Coleco ADAM computer.

Sunrise Software was a small American third-party publisher active during the 1983-84 ColecoVision boom.

Sydney Development Corporation was a Canadian mainframe and microcomputer software developer that became one of the busiest third-party houses on the…

Sylvain "Sly DC" De Chantal is active in the ColecoVision homebrew community primarily as a preservationist and archivist rather than as a developer.

Team Pixelboy was created in 2009 by Luc Miron (known in the community as Pixelboy), a Canadian ColecoVision enthusiast who had previously worked with…

Telegames 1984-Present

Telegames, Inc., based in Mabank, Texas (with a sister operation in England), became the ColecoVision's most important post-commercial publisher.

Terry Fowler emerged as one of the most significant commercial figures in the Coleco ADAM computer community during the 1990s.

The Softworks was founded in 1983 by Brian Dougherty, a former Mattel Electronics and Imagic programmer.

Toby St-aubin 2009 - Present

Toby St-Aubin is the president of CollectorVision Games, one of the most prolific and important publishers of new ColecoVision games and hardware.

Todd Scheele (known in the community as "Yurkie") lives in Toledo, Ohio, and has been a ColecoVision fan since getting his first console as a kid in 1982.

Tom Fulton was one of the first wave of hobby-game designers hired into Coleco's Advanced Research & Development group under Jennell Jaquays.

Tony Cruise 1983 - Present

Tony Cruise is an Australian game developer, author, and founder of Electric Adventures, with over 40 years of programming experience dating back to the…

Tony Morehen (also known as A.J. Morehen or BJ Morehen in some ADAM community references) was one of the most important system-level programmers in the…

Vincent van Dam 2000s - Present

Vincent van Dam (known in the community as "joyrex" or joyrex2001) is the other half of the dvik & joyrex development partnership alongside Daniel Vik.

VSS, Inc. - short for Video Software Specialists - was a Dallas, Texas development house incorporated on November 24, 1982, founded by former Apollo…

WCI Labs was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Warner Communications, spun out of what had originally been Atari's New York R&D lab.

Western Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1978 by Jay Smith and became one of the most consequential electronics design houses in 1980s video gaming…

Woodside Design Associates, Inc., incorporated on April 2, 1981, was a high-technology think tank based in Redwood City, California, headed by Jessica…

Xonox 1983-1984

Xonox was a Minnesota-based division of K-tel Software Inc., established in 1983 to manufacture cartridges for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64…

Zachary Smith was the programmer who wrote the ColecoVision's operating system, known as OS-7 — the BIOS firmware that runs every time a ColecoVision…