Space Fury
Space Fury — frequently asked questions
- Is Space Fury on Steam?
- No. Space Fury 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 Space Fury on?
- Space Fury is available on ColecoVision, Arcade.
- When did Space Fury release?
- Space Fury was first released on December 31, 1981.
About Space Fury
Space Fury was one of the many popular vector games developed in the early 1980s in the same model as the famous Asteroids game released by Atari in 1979. Space Fury was developed by Sega for the Sega G80 Arcade system, and was also released in cartridge form for the ColecoVision gaming system.
Summary via IGDB.
Space Fury on Wikipedia
Space Fury is a multidirectional shooter arcade game developed by Gremlin. Sega/Gremlin released the game in North America in June 1981, and then Sega released it in Japan the following month. It is the first game with color vector graphics, and was Sega's second game to use speech synthesis. Coleco published a ColecoVision version with raster graphics in 1983.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- ColecoVision, Arcade
- Developer
- Gremlin Industries
- Publisher
- Coleco
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Themes
- Science fiction
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColecoVision | 1983 | $11 | $23 | $40 | 3 reviews |
Also released on: Arcade. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.
Collector value & authenticity
ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a month
- Complete: about once a month
- Sealed: about 4 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 $2.99 in Jul 2009, $8.49 five years ago, and $11.21 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2010 | $2.75 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $0.99 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $8.03 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $3.00 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $4.99 | $18.49 |
| Jan 2015 | $5.99 | $19.99 |
| Jan 2016 | $4.01 | $6.00 |
| Jan 2017 | $6.95 | $11.45 |
| Jan 2018 | $5.99 | $10.25 |
| Jan 2019 | $6.14 | $15.92 |
| Jan 2020 | $7.04 | $13.57 |
| Jan 2021 | $6.50 | $15.01 |
| Jan 2022 | $8.64 | $19.14 |
| Jan 2023 | $7.40 | $14.48 |
| Jan 2024 | $9.75 | $24 |
| Jan 2025 | $5.99 | $22 |
| Jan 2026 | $7.68 | $24 |
| Oct 2026 | $11.21 | $23 |
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 | 2415 | 076930024157 |
| Europe CBS Electronics | — | — | — |
- North America: Model number confirmed by Coleco's 1982 cartridge catalogue and the UPC barcode, which encodes it.
- Europe: Sold in Europe by CBS Electronics; the ColecoVision FAQ lists its model number as 4L1998. CBS carts have black labels and a differently shaped top end.
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1983
- Controller
- Hand controller
- Players
- 1 or 2
- Authenticity
- Low
A good-looking Coleco port of the talking arcade shooter that reviewers disagreed on, hindered by the stock controllers.
Coleco published Space Fury for the ColecoVision in March 1983 as a raster-graphics version of the vector arcade game. Electronic Fun, in July 1983, praised the alien commander's face and the music, and Electronic Games in August 1983 called the graphics superb but the result an interesting disappointment.
Computer Entertainer did not recommend it, saying it was the first game of its type for the ColecoVision but that play was seriously hampered by the controllers. Wikipedia says Video Games Player gave it a generally positive review, so opinion was split.
What the press said at the time
| Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 1 | April 1983 | Graphics ★★½ · Play-Action ★½ |
| Electronic Fun with Computers & Games Vol. 1 No. 9 | July 1983 | 4 of 4 joysticks |
| JoyStik September 1983 | September 1983 | ★★ (2 of 5) |
“a fairly run-of-the-mill outer-space shooting game that just doesn't measure up to Coleco's previous releases … Graphics are colorful, but hardly spectacular, especially in the actual play sequences. Not recommended.”
“This Asteroids-type game has all the features of the arcade game. … His mouth moves perfectly and his face and shoulders look better than they do in the arcade game.”
“ColecoVision's home version makes for an interesting disappointment. The graphics are superb, even more spectacular in raster than the original's vector graphics”
“it's really little more than a glossy once-over on the familiar Asteroids theme. Furthermore, the play action is too consistent to hold a player over the long haul.”
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. Electronic Fun rated games out of four joysticks. JoyStik’s capsule ratings run from one star to five.
How the ColecoVision version differs
Coleco's 1983 ColecoVision version uses raster graphics. Video Games Player praised the accuracy of the conversion but criticized the lack of the arcade game's speech synthesis, though it liked the replacement music.
Computer Entertainer called it the first game of this type for the ColecoVision, but said the controllers seriously hampered play action.
Also on other platforms
Arcade
| Arcade | Murphy Bivens (Sega/Gremlin) |
Worth knowing
- From the ColecoVision manual. After clearing the alien scouts you can dock with one of three mother ships, each firing differently, for three times the firepower.
- From the ColecoVision manual. The left side button thrusts, the right side button fires, and the control stick only rotates your fighter; up and down do nothing.
- From the ColecoVision manual. A bonus fighter is awarded at 20,000 points.
Before you buy
Standard controller, but the period complaint was about its handling, so a better stick may help. The box and manual carry much of a complete copy's value.
Space Fury screenshots
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