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|logo=Coleco_logo.svg | |logo=Coleco_logo.svg | ||
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|founded=1932 | |founded=1932 | ||
|defunct=1988<ref>{{cite|url=www.techspot.com/article/2301-coleco/#google_vignette|publisher=TechSpot|language=en|title=Coleco: Gone But Not Forgotten|author=Jeffery, Cat|date=January 13, 2022|accessdate=November 11, 2024}}</ref> | |defunct=1988<ref>{{cite|url=www.techspot.com/article/2301-coleco/#google_vignette|publisher=TechSpot|language=en|title=Coleco: Gone But Not Forgotten|author=Jeffery, Cat|date=January 13, 2022|accessdate=November 11, 2024}}</ref> | ||
|first_release=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' (Atari 2600 port) | |first_release=''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' (Atari 2600 port) | ||
|latest_release=''Donkey Kong'' (Coleco Adam port) | |latest_release=''Donkey Kong'' (Coleco Adam port) | ||
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'''{{wp|Coleco|Coleco Industries, Inc.}}''', also known as simply '''Coleco''', was an American video game and toy company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as '''The Connecticut Leather Company'''. | '''{{wp|Coleco|Coleco Industries, Inc.}}''', also known as simply '''Coleco''', was an American video game and toy company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as '''The Connecticut Leather Company'''. They were legally permitted by [[Nintendo]] to port ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' to home consoles and tabletops in 1982,<ref>{{cite|date=July 29, 1985|publisher=Justia|language=en|accessdate=November 11, 2024|url=law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/615/838/1515073|title=Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co. Ltd., 615 F. Supp. 838 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)}}</ref> and were later offered the rights to ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' Even though Coleco had the right to port these two games only on home consoles, the company also ported ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' on its computer {{wp|Coleco Adam}}. Coleco justified its existence in that it uses a {{wp|ColecoVision}} cartridge as opposed to a cassette or floppy disk. Coleco also created ''Donkey Kong'' merchandise figures. | ||
==List of ''Super Mario''-related games== | ==List of ''Super Mario''-related games== | ||
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DKcolecofiguresall4.jpg|''Donkey Kong'' merchandise figures made by Coleco | DKcolecofiguresall4.jpg|''Donkey Kong'' merchandise figures made by Coleco | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZiqQlO-RA ''Donkey Kong '' tabletop commercial] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZiqQlO-RA ''Donkey Kong '' tabletop commercial] | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbTlbjDTW3w ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' tabletop commercial] | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbTlbjDTW3w ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' tabletop commercial] | ||
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[[Category:Developers]] | [[Category:Developers]] | ||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
