Is Spectron on Steam?

No. Spectron 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 Spectron on?

Spectron is available on ColecoVision.

When did Spectron release?

Spectron was first released on June 2, 1983.

Spectron

Jun 2, 1983ShooterArcadeColecoVision

Spectron — frequently asked questions

Is Spectron on Steam?: No. Spectron 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 Spectron on?: Spectron is available on ColecoVision.
When did Spectron release?: Spectron was first released on June 2, 1983.

About Spectron

The planetary clust Shalix is plagued by an intergalactic dust cloud that blocked out their sun. Now the Shalix have built a fleet to colonize new worlds. Unfortunately they set their eyes on Spectron, the player's home world. It's up to the player to repel the invading forces from Shalix.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: ColecoVision
Developer: Spectravideo International Ltd.
Publisher: Spectravideo International Ltd.
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

$26

Complete

$57

Sealed

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How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about 4 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 $16.00 in Jul 2009, $22 five years ago, and $26 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$11.00	—
Jan 2011	$15.28	—
Jan 2012	$16.00	—
Jan 2013	$9.99	—
Jan 2014	$10.00	$79
Jan 2015	$30	$232
Jan 2016	$9.99	$232
Jan 2017	$26	$130
Jan 2018	$18.99	$81
Jan 2019	$21	$77
Jan 2020	$28	$58
Jan 2021	$24	$65
Jan 2022	$26	$71
Jan 2023	$28	$69
Jan 2024	$23	$70
Jan 2025	$24	$73
Jan 2026	$18.49	$59
Oct 2026	$26	$57

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
Players: 1 or 2
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the ColecoVisionLow counterfeit risk

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The best of Spectravideo's three ColecoVision games, according to Computer Entertainer, and a solid two-laser shooter.

Spectravideo published Spectron for the ColecoVision in late 1983. Computer Entertainer called it a well-drawn space game with good play action and the best of the company's three ColecoVision-compatible games.

You control a pair of Spectron Lasers along the top and bottom edges of the screen. In solo and two-player alternating play one joystick moves both together, with a choice of parallel or diagonal movement. It uses the same backdrop of black space and colorful planets at every skill level. Spectravideo also made a computer that took ColecoVision cartridges, but the company was sold off in 1985.

What the press said at the time

Computer Entertainer Vol. 2 No. 11

February 1984

Graphics ★★★ · Play-Action ★

“The designers at Spectravideo have produced a very pretty, but totally predictable video game. At this stage in the development of electronic gaming, we ought to see something more original than an obvious copy of a classic game.”
— 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. Your blue shield protects the home base, but you cannot shoot up through it, so you must move out from under it to attack.
From the ColecoVision manual. Two warning towers flash when you are down to your last fighters.
From the ColecoVision manual. Scoring more than 20,000 points earns the top rank, the Excalibur Emblem.

Before you buy

Plays with the standard ColecoVision controller. It is a mid-priced third-party cart, with a boxed copy at roughly twice the loose price, mostly for the packaging. Spectravideo also published Frantic Freddy for the ColecoVision, so confirm the label reads Spectron. Ask for photos of the box and manual before paying a complete-in-box price.