Squares! for ColecoVision – Fast-Paced Retro Action Game by Harvey deKleine & AtariAge

Squares! is a fast-paced arcade-style action game developed by Harvey deKleine and published by AtariAge for the ColecoVision home gaming console.

Designed to test players’ reflexes and anticipation, Squares! challenges you to survive as long as possible while dodging enemy squares that bounce endlessly around the screen.

In Squares!, you control a white square confined within an inner dashed playfield, while enemy squares continuously move across the outer solid playfield. Using the ColecoVision controller, you must guide your square carefully to avoid collisions. Your score increases the longer you survive, but as your score climbs, the difficulty ramps up, keeping the tension high.

You begin with a set number of squares—five in the standard game or ten in the kid’s version. Each time your square is destroyed by an enemy, one life is lost. When a life is available, a new square will reappear after a short delay, or you can instantly respawn by pressing the left fire button. The game ends when all squares are lost.

Adding a strategic twist, treasures occasionally appear on the playfield, such as fruits and other bonus items. Collecting these can reward you with extra lives, temporary invincibility, or hyperspace credits. Invincibility allows your square to pass safely through enemies for five seconds, while hyperspace instantly teleports you to a new location—though at the risk of landing on an enemy square.

Blending simple controls with increasing intensity, Squares! exemplifies the addictive challenge of retro ColecoVision gameplay. Its combination of fast reactions, strategic power-up use, and survival-based scoring make it a standout title for classic gaming enthusiasts and collectors alike.

If anyone has any more information then let me know and I will add it here, also drop a like or follow on my social networks below. All support helps! also check out the VoxOdyssey feature game Contact VoxOdyssey From the contact page if you want to speak with me.

Support Voxodyssey for free with a like or follow on our social networks below

VoxOdyssey | Retro and Classic COnsoles | ColecoVision | Catalogue Games: 1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-250 | 251-300 | 301-350 |all