<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
successful	O
toy	O
company	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
mass-producing	O
versions	O
of	O
Cabbage	O
Patch	O
Kids	O
dolls	O
and	O
its	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Coleco	B-Application
Telstar	I-Application
dedicated	O
consoles	O
and	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dozens	O
of	O
companies	O
rushed	O
to	O
introduce	O
game	O
systems	O
in	O
1976	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
successful	O
Pong	B-Application
console	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
entered	O
the	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
business	O
with	O
the	O
Telstar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nearly	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
game	O
systems	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
General	O
Instrument	O
's	O
"	O
Pong-on-a-chip	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
transitioned	O
into	O
handheld	B-Application
electronic	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
a	O
market	O
popularized	O
by	O
Mattel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
success	O
was	O
Electronic	B-Application
Quarterback	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
produced	O
two	O
popular	O
lines	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
head	O
to	O
head	O
"	O
series	O
of	O
two	O
player	O
sports	O
games	O
(	O
Football	O
,	O
Baseball	O
,	O
Basketball	O
,	O
Soccer	O
,	O
Hockey	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Mini-Arcade	O
series	O
of	O
licensed	O
video	O
arcade	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
and	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
their	O
first	O
four	O
tabletop	B-Application
Mini-Arcades	O
,	O
for	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
Galaxian	B-Application
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Frogger	B-Application
,	O
sold	O
approximately	O
three	O
million	O
units	O
within	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
these	O
,	O
1.5	O
million	O
units	O
were	O
sold	O
for	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
it	O
released	O
three	O
more	O
Mini-Arcades	O
:	O
for	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Junior	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
market	O
in	O
1982	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
quite	O
popular	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
also	O
hedged	O
its	O
bet	O
on	O
video	O
games	O
by	O
introducing	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
ROM	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
,	O
selling	O
six	O
million	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
for	O
both	O
systems	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
two	O
million	O
sold	O
for	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
eight	O
million	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
sold	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduced	O
the	O
Coleco	O
Gemini	O
,	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
came	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
business	O
began	O
to	O
implode	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
it	O
seemed	O
clear	O
that	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
were	O
being	O
supplanted	O
by	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
's	O
strategy	O
was	O
to	O
introduce	O
the	O
Coleco	B-Device
Adam	I-Device
home	O
computer	O
,	O
both	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
system	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
module	O
to	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flush	O
with	O
success	O
,	O
Coleco	O
purchased	O
Leisure	O
Dynamics	O
(	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
games	O
Aggravation	O
and	O
Perfection	O
)	O
and	O
beleaguered	O
Selchow	O
and	O
Righter	O
,	O
manufacturers	O
of	O
Scrabble	B-Application
,	O
Parcheesi	O
,	O
and	O
Trivial	O
Pursuit	O
,	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
purchase	O
of	O
Selchow	O
&	O
Righter	O
,	O
the	O
disastrous	O
Adam	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
public	O
's	O
waning	O
infatuation	O
with	O
Cabbage	O
Patch	O
Dolls	O
all	O
contributed	O
to	O
Coleco	O
's	O
financial	O
decline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
introduced	O
the	O
Coleco	B-Device
Sonic	I-Device
,	O
a	O
handheld	O
system	O
containing	O
twenty	O
Sega	O
Master	O
System	O
and	O
Sega	O
Game	O
Gear	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
two	O
from	O
the	O
Sonic	B-Application
the	I-Application
Hedgehog	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
Coleco	O
Holdings	O
announced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Coleco	B-Device
Chameleon	I-Device
,	O
a	O
new	O
cartridge-based	O
video	O
game	O
system	O
;	O
in	O
actuality	O
,	O
a	O
re-branding	O
of	O
the	O
controversial	O
Retro	B-Device
VGS	I-Device
console	O
,	O
whose	O
Indiegogo	O
campaign	O
failed	O
to	O
secure	O
funding	O
when	O
it	O
ended	O
in	O
early	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
$	O
63,546	O
raised	O
of	O
its	O
$1.95	O
million	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
critics	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
prototype	O
fell	O
short	O
of	O
its	O
developmental	O
goals	O
and	O
was	O
nothing	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
motherboard	O
of	O
a	O
Super	O
NES	O
model	O
SNS-101	B-General_Concept
inside	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Retro	B-Device
VGS	I-Device
failed	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
fully	O
working	O
prototype	O
,	O
Coleco	O
Holdings	O
pulled	O
out	O
of	O
involvement	O
with	O
Retro	B-Device
VGS	I-Device
,	O
terminating	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
