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Something missing from the history books: Sega were all set to distribute the ColecoVision in Japan:
https://retrocdn.net...-03.pdf&page=62
I don't think a Japanese ColecoVision ever existed. But you know what did exist? The SG-1000.
This announcement came in April-ish 1982, but the SG-1000 didn't launch until July 1983. Plenty of time to put together a ColecoVision plan, decide that it sucks, copy some of the technology and produce your own console (and computer... and then upgrade it down the line with the Master System and Mega Drive).
Freaky deaky.
https://retrocdn.net...-03.pdf&page=62
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Sega, Coleco Announce Distribution Pact
LOS ANGELES — David Rosen, chairman and chief executive officer of Sega Enterprises, Inc., and Arnold C. Greenberg, president and chief executive officer of Coleco announced that an agreement has been reached for Sega's Japanese subsidiary, Sega Enterprises, Ltd. to become the exclusive distributor in Japan for the ColecoVision video game system and game cartridges beginning in 1983.
Sega and Coleco had reached an earlier agreement for Coleco to license certain of Sega's most popular coin-operated video games to develop home video game cartridges for the ColecoVision system and also for the Atari Video Computer System and Mattel's Intellivision.
"Sega's strong technological know how and 25 year history of creativity in arcade game design, together with Coleco's demonstrated merchandising skills and distribution capability should enable both companies to maximize the exciting opportunities in the home video game area," Rosen and Greenberg noted that "Sega's strong and well respected position in the Japanese marketplace should facilitate a successful introdtion for the ColecoVision system in Japan in 1983."
LOS ANGELES — David Rosen, chairman and chief executive officer of Sega Enterprises, Inc., and Arnold C. Greenberg, president and chief executive officer of Coleco announced that an agreement has been reached for Sega's Japanese subsidiary, Sega Enterprises, Ltd. to become the exclusive distributor in Japan for the ColecoVision video game system and game cartridges beginning in 1983.
Sega and Coleco had reached an earlier agreement for Coleco to license certain of Sega's most popular coin-operated video games to develop home video game cartridges for the ColecoVision system and also for the Atari Video Computer System and Mattel's Intellivision.
"Sega's strong technological know how and 25 year history of creativity in arcade game design, together with Coleco's demonstrated merchandising skills and distribution capability should enable both companies to maximize the exciting opportunities in the home video game area," Rosen and Greenberg noted that "Sega's strong and well respected position in the Japanese marketplace should facilitate a successful introdtion for the ColecoVision system in Japan in 1983."
I don't think a Japanese ColecoVision ever existed. But you know what did exist? The SG-1000.
This announcement came in April-ish 1982, but the SG-1000 didn't launch until July 1983. Plenty of time to put together a ColecoVision plan, decide that it sucks, copy some of the technology and produce your own console (and computer... and then upgrade it down the line with the Master System and Mega Drive).
Freaky deaky.
