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Though I don't have a ColecoVision, I found this video on YouTube and thought it would be fun to share it.  Don't blink, though, as you may miss something!   :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv9uxfoVEbQ

Great vid! 

I love that the voice over on the commercial says that you can play Atari 2600 games but the version of Donkey Kong on the screen is the Intellivision version! 

I really like how Coleco was not afraid to take chances when releasing games and add-ons.

I really like how Coleco was not afraid to take chances when releasing games and add-ons.

You'd have to wonder where they'd be had they not gone under.  They might have been a significant challenger for Nintendo when they introduced the NES. 

Very nice thought! I always wished for the Intellivision adaptor. Maybe if they would have competed against Nintendo it would have been a real add-on.

Very nice thought! I always wished for the Intellivision adaptor. Maybe if they would have competed against Nintendo it would have been a real add-on.

I think they might have come out with a console that would have been better than the NES, actually.

I am not so sure.

What you have to remember is that Coleco didn't actually create the ColecoVision, they licensed the MSX technology and turned it onto a console.

I suppose the next logical step for them would have been to license the MSX2 hardware and then turn that into a console too.

Would have been cool to see Atari, Coleco and Sega taking on Nintendo. Might have forced Sony to jump in sooner.

I suppose the next logical step for them would have been to license the MSX2 hardware and then turn that into a console too.

Quite possibly. 

Would have been cool to see Atari, Coleco and Sega taking on Nintendo. Might have forced Sony to jump in sooner.

Well Sony were one of the creators of the MSX, which of course became the Coleco!

There is also a Sony version of the CD-i too!

Cool! I did not Sony was into hardware back then. Just remember the Walkman and some of the Sega CD games they released.

Cool! I did not Sony was into hardware back then. Just remember the Walkman and some of the Sega CD games they released.

Sony Hit-Bit MSX


Sony CD-i

8)

I guess that was the trend of the times.  Even Atari did that, right?  The Lynx wasn't really created by Atari.

I guess that was the trend of the times.  Even Atari did that, right?  The Lynx wasn't really created by Atari.

They didn't design the Lynx, 7800 or Jaguar.

Is that the theory behind the failure of Atari?

Is that the theory behind the failure of Atari?

I don't think so.  All those machines had good hardware.  It was the software support that was the problem for these systems.  Never mind all the poor decisions made by Atari.

Were they easy systems to code games at that time?

Were they easy systems to code games at that time?

The MSX/Coleco hardware was very much set up to be fairly easy to code. It's one big downfall was that it was terrible at scrolling.

I renamed the thread seen as we have gone off on a bit of a tangent.

Good review of the system by Classic Game Room:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFmy_68V2i4

Cool.  Nice review of the system by CGR. 

I remember going with my brother to one of those discount shops in the high street many years ago and he bought a ColecoVision with a couple of games dirt cheap. We played Zaxxon on it mainly until we got bored of it and it was put away in a cupboard until it got sold to someone as I recall.
Was a great fun console though.

The Colecovision really has some stand out games. Trouble with older consoles is that it always has to compete with newer and updated consoles. A number of the games look and play better on the Nintendo Nes like Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Gyruss, Joust, Popeye and Q*Bert. Spy Hunter is still hard to beat on the Colecovision.

Are there more than two parts to the CGR video?

A few of CGR's game reviews for the ColecoVision:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d37Hd2ZqXFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNRC0u5zc70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOhCFE17YWo

Donkey Kong usually gets mentioned most often when talking about the Colecovision, but these three games really should get more credit. Nice videos!

Outside of the 32X was Zaxxon ever ported to any of the other systems? I know we have talked about Mr. Do on the Super Nintendo. Now thinking about it, I wonder why Venture was not updated?

Donkey Kong usually gets mentioned most often when talking about the Colecovision, but these three games really should get more credit. Nice videos!

Outside of the 32X was Zaxxon ever ported to any of the other systems? I know we have talked about Mr. Do on the Super Nintendo. Now thinking about it, I wonder why Venture was not updated?

Zaxxon got lots of ports, see THIS THREAD!

Venture is one of those games that has sadly been forgotten though, shame because it was fun back in the day.

Mr. Do! is available for the Atari XL.  I've been trying to see if anyone who knows how to convert those to the 5200 could convert that version.  The XL version of Mr. Do! is fantastic and it would be great to play it on the console.  The ColecoVision version is also excellent.

Seen as you mentioned CV Donkey Kong, here are a few more . . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZdtSXQGLZo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Tr2bQOKbQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhAeeFtfkmA

I remember Zaxxon being on the computers and systems of the time. Checking the video again, it did not seem to make a splash on the later generation gaming systems. 32X is it until the compilation discs were released.

I remember Zaxxon being on the computers and systems of the time. Checking the video again, it did not seem to make a splash on the later generation gaming systems. 32X is it until the compilation discs were released.

It'll be interesting to see how the new version of Zaxxon being developed for the SGM will be like compared to the original.  If it is anything like Donkey Kong Arcade, I think it'll blow it out of the water.

I used to love playing Ladybug on the ColecoVision, great game 

The only CV game I've ever played is Donkey Kong.  That was when I was in college and one of the guys on the dorm had a CV.  I had my 7800 to show off.   

Three more great reviews from Classic Game Room:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyNv1Ok0p5g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3uHNl5KWg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtvp5h6pkRY

Classic Game Room always does nice reviews.  I much rather watch his stuff than the AVGN.

BTW, you had an DK Intellivision video review there instead of a CV, so I changed it. 

Classic Game Room always does nice reviews.  I much rather watch his stuff than the AVGN.

BTW, you had an DK Intellivision video review there instead of a CV, so I changed it.  :-[

No idea how I did that! 

Classic Game Room always does nice reviews.  I much rather watch his stuff than the AVGN.

BTW, you had an DK Intellivision video review there instead of a CV, so I changed it.  :-[

No idea how I did that!  ;)