The Coleco Adam computer was a 1983 attempt by toy and game console maker Coleco to enter the growing home computer market. In January 1983, Coleco announced the Coleco Adam computer. Why the Coleco Adam computer failedColeco would have been difficult to compete with if it had delivered. What might have beenConceptually, the Coleco Adam computer wasn’t very different from Microsoft’s MSX computers, which were popular in Japan. The Coleco Adam’s legacyThe Coleco Adam ended up hurting Atari more than Commodore, but in an unexpected way.