2nd to 3rd is not that big of a jump. If not for the crash, you absolutely would've had games like Super Mario Bros. on Colecovision.It's impressive, but this is after decades of hobbyists plumbing the guts of a system to optimize capabilities; this absolutely would not have happened within the framing of the era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nagRvRlEA6I