What platforms is Frantic Freddy on?

Frantic Freddy was released on ColecoVision.

When did Frantic Freddy release?

Frantic Freddy was first released on June 5, 1983.

Frantic Freddy

Jun 5, 1983AdventureColecoVision

Frantic Freddy — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Frantic Freddy on?: Frantic Freddy was released on ColecoVision.
When did Frantic Freddy release?: Frantic Freddy was first released on June 5, 1983.

About Frantic Freddy

A tall building is on fire, and while all the human inhabitants seem to be safe, their cats are trapped in the flames. It is up to the brave fireman Frantic Freddy to save all the cats, floor by floor. Frantic Freddy is an arcade action game where Freddy must run back and forth on the ground, dodging falling rubbish while shooting water at flames in the windows of a building. When all fires are extinguished, the game progresses to the next floor, where Freddy can climb between the floors, shooting to the left and right instead of upwards. On these levels, there are two kinds of flames – the red and the purple ones. The purple ones are more aggressive, following Freddy around the screen, and can only be put out once all the red ones are extinguished. The game progresses in this way, alternating between the upwards-shooting levels and the sideways-shooting levels. On the higher difficulty levels, cats turn up at intervals in the windows, falling down after a while. Freddy must catch the cats, or he will lose a life. Similarly, he loses a life if hit by a fire or falling rubbish.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: ColecoVision
Developer: Spectravideo International Ltd.
Publisher: Spectravideo International Ltd.
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19

Loose

$23

Complete

$60

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about 2 times a year
Sealed: about once 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 $25 in Jul 2009, $23 five years ago, and $23 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$25	—
Jan 2011	$63	—
Jan 2012	$7.95	—
Jan 2013	$15.95	—
Jan 2014	$8.00	$105
Jan 2015	$9.99	$50
Jan 2016	$15.94	$37
Jan 2017	$10.75	$75
Jan 2018	$13.96	$41
Jan 2019	$17.99	$56
Jan 2020	$21	$65
Jan 2021	$21	$83
Jan 2022	$26	$133
Jan 2023	$35	$97
Jan 2024	$30	$83
Jan 2025	$26	$94
Jan 2026	$24	$65
Oct 2026	$23	$60

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory
North America Spectravideo

Source: Model numbers, end-label variants and CBS numbers: the ColecoVision FAQ v4.1, each serial confirmed against Coleco's 1982 catalogue, the game's manual or its UPC; barcodes from PriceCharting, check digits verified

Region: NA
Released: 1983
Controller: Joystick (hand controller)
Players: 1 or 2
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the ColecoVisionLow look-alike risk

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A Spectravideo firefighting climber with a modest reputation, wanted mostly for its scarcity.

Spectravideo published Frantic Freddy for the ColecoVision in November 1983. Computer Entertainer, reviewing it in its section on ColecoVision-compatible games, described it as a shooting and climbing game in which Freddy puts out fires in a high-rise apartment building while saving cats.

On the first screen he shoots water bullets from the bottom of the screen at flames in the windows while dodging falling embers. The second screen sends fires along the floors and Freddy can climb the ledges and pipes to chase them. That is nearly all that is documented about this cartridge.

What the press said at the time

Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 11

February 1984

Graphics ★★ · Play-Action ★★½

“As a shooting and climbing game, FRANTIC FREDDY is no better than average. Graphics are fairly colorful, but the characters of Freddy and the cats are not as well drawn as we've come to expect from this system.”
— Computer Entertainer, February 1984

Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — diamonds through early 1987, stars after — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.

Worth knowing

From the ColecoVision manual. The game has four skill levels, each with two modes, so there are eight skill levels in all.
From the ColecoVision manual. One squirt of water puts out a small fire particle, but six squirts are needed for the bigger window fires.
From the ColecoVision manual. The top award, the Red Badge of Heroism, requires 10,000 points.

Before you buy

Standard controller. A museum list calls it rare, so expect to pay more for a copy that has its box and manual, and ask for clear photos of the cartridge label.