Destructor
Destructor — frequently asked questions
- Is Destructor on Steam?
- No. Destructor is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
- What platforms is Destructor on?
- Destructor is available on ColecoVision.
- When did Destructor release?
- Destructor was first released on December 31, 1984.
About Destructor
Your starcruiser lands in the hostile city of Araknid to collect precious Crystals needed desperately on earth. Your equipment: the mighty Ram-car. Use your Ram-car to bump Krystaloids, transforming them into precious Crystals! But watch out for the evil Destructor and deadly Insektoids, protectors of the Krystaloids! Can you collect the invaluable jewel-like Crystals and fly home? This is one of the few Colecovision games to make use of the Expansion Module #2, the Steering Wheel Controller. You steer your armored Ram-car through Araknid's maze searching for Krystaloid insects. Ram them to form Crystals, then push the Crystals to the starcruiser.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- ColecoVision
- Developer
- Coleco
- Publisher
- Coleco
- Game modes
- Single player
- Themes
- Science fiction
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a month
- Complete: about 6 times a year
- Sealed: about 2 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $5.00 in Jul 2009, $10.11 five years ago, and $13.45 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2010 | $2.95 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $3.75 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $9.19 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $5.95 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $2.33 | $8.24 |
| Jan 2015 | $11.99 | $12.50 |
| Jan 2016 | $5.01 | $12.50 |
| Jan 2017 | $11.15 | $65 |
| Jan 2018 | $8.59 | $12.99 |
| Jan 2019 | $8.51 | $16.61 |
| Jan 2020 | $6.99 | $19.41 |
| Jan 2021 | $11.06 | $16.23 |
| Jan 2022 | $12.50 | $25 |
| Jan 2023 | $10.37 | $21 |
| Jan 2024 | $10.37 | $27 |
| Jan 2025 | $7.64 | $26 |
| Jan 2026 | $9.60 | $31 |
| Oct 2026 | $13.45 | $36 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Label | Model # | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America Coleco | End label: for ColecoVision and ADAM | 2602 | 076930205280 |
| Europe CBS Electronics | — | — | — |
- North America: Model number confirmed by the game's own manual.
- Europe: Sold in Europe by CBS Electronics; the ColecoVision FAQ lists its model number as 4L4460. CBS carts have black labels and a differently shaped top end.
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1984
- Controller
- Expansion Module #2 steering wheel (required), Hand controller
- Players
- 1
- Authenticity
- Low
A Coleco driving cartridge made for Expansion Module #2, whose long slide through the release schedules is better documented than its gameplay.
Destructor is a Coleco release dated May 1984 in the library. Computer Entertainer's release schedules marked it as a cartridge for use with Expansion Module #2, the steering wheel and pedal set that came packed with Turbo.
It kept slipping. Computer Entertainer listed it for August in an early schedule (issue 2-5), then for October (issue 2-7), then for November (issues 2-8 and 2-9), and in issue 3-1 promised a review the next month alongside WarGames and BurgerTime. Beyond that, little about how it plays has been documented for this page, so treat it as a steering-wheel curiosity from the tail of Coleco's catalog.
How it was made
Published by Coleco; no separate developer is credited.
Worth knowing
- From the ColecoVision manual. Skill 1 gives you five Ram-cars; the Side Buttons are not used in the game.
- From the ColecoVision manual. Later rounds can be set at night, when borders and Insektoids are hard to see; you get a flash of daylight when you bump something or fire a Crystal.
- From the ColecoVision manual. A bonus Ram-car arrives at 20,000 points, then another for each additional 40,000, capped at five bonus cars.
Before you buy
Destructor is compatible with Expansion Module #2, the Driving Module that came with Turbo, so the module is the way to play it as intended and is a separate purchase. Test the cartridge on a console before paying. The box and manual carry much of a complete copy's value, and sealed copies exist at a further premium.
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