ColecoVision

Coleco's ColecoVision reached stores in August 1982 with a coup in the box: a licensed Donkey Kong far closer to the arcade original than anything on Atari. That pack-in sold the black wedge of a console almost on its own, and it moved more than a million units within months. Its sharper graphics set the bar for arcade conversions just before the 1983 crash cut its life short. The controller, with its stubby joystick, keypad and side buttons, sits on the left.