Wonderful system, capable of such good arcade ports for the time and with such a large post release library of titles. I have released a few titles in the past through Collectorvision. One new one finished (Berzerk) waiting for chips to manufacturer and another EA 70's Arcade Classics almost done as well.
I was clueless on Coleco until I started collecting as we had a 5200 and I was born in 82.... But wow has it become one of my absolute favorite retro systems! Proud owner of the Phoenix and seriously is there a bigger after market scene out there?! I started with the atgames flashback and worked my way up. That Mario Bros port really is amazing..... plus many games that can not be spoken of from certain clubs!
Such an underrated system that never got the love it deserved back in the day. It was the first system we had growing up. Lots of fun memories of Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, GORF, and Venture to name a few! 😊
For sure. This came out in the early 80's. Video games were geared towards kids. Remember not everyone had cable tv, you still had the black & white tv's with the 2 knobs & Rabbit ears. So you only got like 4 channels. When they advertised it for commercials maybe it wasn't enough for everyone to see them. Also at that time I don't think they were mailing catalogues in the mail to show their system in magazines.
Don’t forget that the crash came right when the Colecovision was hitting its stride. Though released in August 1982, it wasn’t widely available until mid October. And within nine months or so, the crash writing was on the wall. It takes time for a system to really take off (NES took off gradually) and sadly the CV never had much of a window.
@@tonyp9313 I remember my parents letting me have their old black and white in my bedroom. I was ecstatic, because I could watch Hogan's Heroes reruns! 😄 Only got eleven channels (2-12, as there was no Channel 1), and I don't ever recall getting anything with the second knob. @Mr MojoRisen 87, fair point. I was eight when we got our Colecovision, so that would have been right in the middle of the videogame crash, though I was oblivious to it.
@@legionarybooks13 Video games are a lot more popular now. You get to choose from 1000's of games, consoles are marketed way better. Everybody seems to have 2 consoles per generation now. IN 1980's you were lucky if you had a console with 5 games.
Last year I sold off a good portion of my retro collection but kept my Colecovision. It was the first system I had as a kid (my parents never bought a 2600) and I have fond memories of playing Venture and Lady Bug. I remember buying Beamrider as the last game we got for it just as The Crash was happening. It really was an amazing system if you can ignore the uncomfortable controller.
Colecovision still is one of my favorite consoles. Love Mappy, Elevator Action and Galaga. I also love Pooyan, Moon Patrol, Lock N Chase and Astrododge homebrew games as well. Love the support this great console still gets after 40 years.
The leap from the Atari 2600 to the Colecovision was the greatest console leap in history-to this day. That is to say (to provide an example): Nintendo consoles have regularly improved over the years, but the changes have been incremental. 2600 owners like me found the new Colecovision games to be light years ahead in graphics, sound, and playability. When our local department store brought out a CV and demonstrated the games, people literally gasped. Probably sounds comical to some of you younger gamers, but the new hardware was really mind boggling at the time.
Back in the 70's for atari then early 80's for Collecovision, you are talking about a very small portion of people who even played these consoles. It was mostly kids who were playing these. The graphics seem the same to me. If you want big leaps & innovations, that has to be Nintendo with the way better graphics than Atari & Collecovision. First system to come out with RCA wires so you don't need the rf switch to plug it in the back of the tv. First system to come out with Control pads that were a whole lot better than the joy sticks or dials. The pause button on the controller & games that were now the vast majority that had a start & a finish with little side stories to them. The for Playstation way later on to come out with Memory cards to have your games saved on them.
@@tonyp9313 Several points: It was not a “very small” percentage of the population that played the early consoles. History lesson: the Atari 2600 alone sold 27 million units and the NES was just as kid centered as the Atari was. Early video games made the cover of Time Magazine, hardly a kids’ publication. In the early 80s, video games were everywhere, even though they have gradually gotten more popular over time. Second, if you are used to todays graphics, yes, the old ones seem the same. But to me, PS4 and PS5 seem about the same. The leap from the Colecovision to the NES was noticeable, but not huge. I had a NY release of the NES, XMas 1985. It was better than the Colecovision, for sure, but neither my friends nor I were blown away by the improvement in graphics and sound. Comparisons with PlayStation are off the question; the issue is the leap from one console to the very next one. And to this day, the leap to the Colecovision was the largest leap. Thanks for weighing in, and I’d be interested in other people’s opinions.
@@mrmojorisin8752 I didn't know video games were on Time Magazines. How many people would know about that though? It's not like everyone paid for a Subscription of time Magazines. I looked up the Atari 2600 sales it was 30 million sold. I don't find the leap huge from a PS4 to a PS5. Only thing that is different is the wifi internet speeds that are much better than the PS4. The Atari to the Colleco Vision looks the same to me. As I stated I noticed a huge leap from Atari to Nes. If we are talking about sales, yeah that's very impressive that the Atari System sold 30 million units. If you compare that to now it's a very low selling point since systems can sell like 100 million units & the PS5 alone in 1 year has about 15-20 million sales. Video games now are a lot more accessible now. You can choose from 100's of games they have in the digital store, play a friend or stranger online. So many things.
@@tonyp9313 Another history lesson: the late 70s/early 80s were long, LONG before the internet. Newspapers and magazines were huge. Time mag had not only a huge subscriber base, but you saw its cover at every newsstand and at every supermarket checkout. The point is that the first wave of video games back then was much larger in society than you seem to understand. Consider also that video games had far less competition in the area of entertainment than now. No internet. Far less TV because millions did not even have cable. VCRs and CDs were not widespread until after the mid 80s. Do a RUclips search for Combat for the 2600 and Antarctic Adventure for the Colecovision. The leap in graphics and sound is fundamental. Again, the issue isn’t the leap from Atari to NES, or from Bally Astrocade to PS2. The question at hand is the leap from one console to the very next. The leap from Colecovision to NES was “iterative”; it wasn’t huge. There’s a guy on RUclips who compares games released for both the Colecovision and the NES. He argues that the graphics on the Colecovision versions are BETTER than the NES versions. Remember also that the life of the CV was cut short long before programmers were able to show what it was fully capable of.
10 years ago I found a colecovision in the box at the thrift store. I was amazed by how little it had been used. I got the atari 2600 expansion and love it.
Back in the 80s, a friend got the ColecoVision for his birthday, and we played it day and night. A few years ago, I found one at a yard sale with twenty boxed games and super controllers for just ten bucks. Works great! I don't know where my friend is today (tried finding him but can't locate him), but whenever I play the system, those joyful memories of playing with him always return.
John, your video made me want the Battle of HOTH so bad for my Colecovision but it seems this game on cartridge is no longer available. I hope some day they will make more copies again!😢 love this game and this version look like a fun unique version. Edit: forgot to say Space Panic is currently my favorite colecovision game.
The oldest and 1st memory of my life,,,, my brother was playing bc racers and i remember watching like WOW and then he really blew my mind with the smurfs game and i was hooked. Great video John 👍
Good stuff, John. I've been getting acquainted with the Colecovision library through iiRcade and it's been a wonderful experience. I hope they continue to add more titles to their store. Thanks for the video.
You mentioned the Sega SG-1000. It, like the MSX, shared the same hardware as the Colecovision. There were 2 Colecovision/SG-1000 compatible consoles sold in the U.S. The Dendy 2 in One released in the U.S. in '87, and a Telegames branded version called the Telegames Personal Arcade, released here in '89. Both were manufactured by Bit Corp and each had two cartridge slots (one for SG-1000 games; one for Colecovision games). It sold for $40 and was available via mail order only. Today both are rare. They obtained a license from Coleco, but no proof has surfaced as far as a Sega license is concerned. More recently we were offered the CollectorVision Phoenix Game System, which will play Colecovision games, including those that require the Super Game Module. I only own 2 Colecovision homebrew games, Cosmo Fighter 2 and Cosmo Fighter 3. I believe that they are sequels to the SegaSonic arcade game Cosmo Fighter. I haven't bought more because I currently have no way to play Colecovision games. SG-1000 games I can play, because I own a Japanese Sega Master System, which is fully backward compatible with games for the SG-1000/SC-3000 and clone systems like the Othello Mutlivision.
The ColecoVision was before my time, but I love vids about it and it's always awesome how people keep old systems alive by creating new games for them.
It's a shame the great videogame crash and the Adam debacle ended the Colecovision - it really was the best system available at the time, and so many of its games remain playable and fun today. The fact that a decent port of Gradius could be made for the console speaks to its abilities.
I'm going to say Mario Bros would be my fav on this system. I was never into this console when I was smaller. It's cool to get a high sore in games. That's it. I need games that have a start & finish to them. I'm talking about Nintendo to like PS1 games. Games that are like really short too from anywhere from 1 hour to 5. Anything more than that like the newest consoles, I only play them once. Again awesome games if you like playing for high scores.
Deep Dungeon was also rereleased as a 50 game limited edition homage to a newer movie featuring a Colecovision called Max Reload and the Nether Blasters...
Great video, just so you know, Galaga, Mappy and Gradius also came from MSX, wish Elevator Action came from MSX as well, that is a pretty great version of the game 😁
The ColecoVision was my first console. I had most of the good games and accessories. My most played was Time Pilot (I still play the arcade version today). I also played a ton of Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, Pepper II, Turbo (with the steering wheel), and Miner 2049er. The title of this video makes me feel old though. ;-)
yooo Battle Hoth looks awesome. I only played the Atari 2600 Star Wars game that was similar. I loved Bomb Jack on the NES. It looks sweet on here I always love seeing the new games at PRGE show that they come up with
Wow I’m from the 1980s Me And The Colecovision Are Old Atari Colecovision And Intelevision Right Before My Time I’ve Seen It All From Master System And NES To Now What A Life Of Gaming Enlighten Us All Immortal John Hancock
you know whats crazy. Despite having all the coolest PC and PS games, I still get a strange jolt of excitement when I even see a coleco game or the console. I have an emulator with everything, BUT, I had to get a console with a bunch of games, simply so I can look over and see them as I'm playing, lol. Also was never able to get the mini "tabletop" games, now I have them all, lol, better late than never.
Awesome console. Had it back in the 90s with over 100 games and the atari 2600 adapter, then trade it for a few pc games. Regret it ever since. Hate the original controller was not effective. Love mappy, really creative. Thanks for sharing.
Hey John, potential idea for a series of yours. A lot of my playstation nostalgia when I was growing up is around the PlayStation demo discs. Maybe you could do a series that involves reviewing, ranking etc the games from each demo disc for the PlayStation.
I really do like the ColecoVision in so many ways. A shame about that controller though. I wish there was an adapter that would let me use my Jaguar controllers on it.
Is the Phoenix really necessary if you still have your original console and a CRT? Serious question. I am looking to get into the homebrew scene a bit, and (unless they are scams) I have found both a Phoenix and a SG1 module online, and am trying to decide which directino to go in, as it is all very expensive.
@John Hancock I have 2 collectorvision Phoenix's I found one on eBay and won the bid, but I ACCIDENTALLY bid on another one thinking it was the same one and nobody put a bid on that one so now I have 2....but now I'm broke
I am told that the number of CV homebrews is now greater than the number of games released for the system back in the 80s-so I appreciate any guidance on “can’t miss” titles. Personally, I am less likely to buy or play a game if I can easily play a better version of that game on another retro console. For example, Arkanoid is best played on the NES with the Vaus controller. I am partial to CV exclusives like the Sydney Hunter games and Steamroller. I also enjoy updates and hacks of existing games. I saw a sequel to Frenzy that looked promising. And why hasn’t someone made Pepper lll? Hack the original and add 4 or 8 or 12 new mazes. If done well, I guarantee it would be a major success. I spoke to a developer about Pepper lll some years ago, and he thought it was a great idea….but no one has jumped on it yet.
@@johnhancockretro it's nice we have more options when it comes to controllers.its still a fun little system.i love watching your videos.im an old school gamer,and remember my first system I ever owned.it was combat,by coleco,and it was camouflaged.i wish I still had it just as a conversation piece.
Thank for highlighting these colecovision homebrews/aftermarket games. LOVED my colecovion, I hope Collectorvision does another run of consoles.
I captured footage on my Phoenix ;)
Wonderful system, capable of such good arcade ports for the time and with such a large post release library of titles.
I have released a few titles in the past through Collectorvision. One new one finished (Berzerk) waiting for chips to manufacturer and another EA 70's Arcade Classics almost done as well.
I was clueless on Coleco until I started collecting as we had a 5200 and I was born in 82.... But wow has it become one of my absolute favorite retro systems! Proud owner of the Phoenix and seriously is there a bigger after market scene out there?! I started with the atgames flashback and worked my way up. That Mario Bros port really is amazing..... plus many games that can not be spoken of from certain clubs!
Such an underrated system that never got the love it deserved back in the day. It was the first system we had growing up. Lots of fun memories of Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, GORF, and Venture to name a few! 😊
For sure. This came out in the early 80's. Video games were geared towards kids. Remember not everyone had cable tv, you still had the black & white tv's with the 2 knobs & Rabbit ears. So you only got like 4 channels. When they advertised it for commercials maybe it wasn't enough for everyone to see them. Also at that time I don't think they were mailing catalogues in the mail to show their system in magazines.
Don’t forget that the crash came right when the Colecovision was hitting its stride. Though released in August 1982, it wasn’t widely available until mid October. And within nine months or so, the crash writing was on the wall. It takes time for a system to really take off (NES took off gradually) and sadly the CV never had much of a window.
@@tonyp9313 I remember my parents letting me have their old black and white in my bedroom. I was ecstatic, because I could watch Hogan's Heroes reruns! 😄 Only got eleven channels (2-12, as there was no Channel 1), and I don't ever recall getting anything with the second knob.
@Mr MojoRisen 87, fair point. I was eight when we got our Colecovision, so that would have been right in the middle of the videogame crash, though I was oblivious to it.
@@legionarybooks13 Video games are a lot more popular now. You get to choose from 1000's of games, consoles are marketed way better. Everybody seems to have 2 consoles per generation now.
IN 1980's you were lucky if you had a console with 5 games.
I love the Colecovision. The homebrew scene is one of the best in Retro Gaming.
Colecovision was the first console I ever played, I wish someone would release a mini for it :)
Last year I sold off a good portion of my retro collection but kept my Colecovision. It was the first system I had as a kid (my parents never bought a 2600) and I have fond memories of playing Venture and Lady Bug. I remember buying Beamrider as the last game we got for it just as The Crash was happening. It really was an amazing system if you can ignore the uncomfortable controller.
Colecovision still is one of my favorite consoles. Love Mappy, Elevator Action and Galaga. I also love Pooyan, Moon Patrol, Lock N Chase and Astrododge homebrew games as well. Love the support this great console still gets after 40 years.
I still play Elevator action to this day on it. Timeless classic.
All the games you mentioned are great! Galaga, EA, Mappy, and Lock N Chase are my favorites.
The leap from the Atari 2600 to the Colecovision was the greatest console leap in history-to this day. That is to say (to provide an example): Nintendo consoles have regularly improved over the years, but the changes have been incremental. 2600 owners like me found the new Colecovision games to be light years ahead in graphics, sound, and playability. When our local department store brought out a CV and demonstrated the games, people literally gasped. Probably sounds comical to some of you younger gamers, but the new hardware was really mind boggling at the time.
Back in the 70's for atari then early 80's for Collecovision, you are talking about a very small portion of people who even played these consoles. It was mostly kids who were playing these. The graphics seem the same to me. If you want big leaps & innovations, that has to be Nintendo with the way better graphics than Atari & Collecovision. First system to come out with RCA wires so you don't need the rf switch to plug it in the back of the tv. First system to come out with Control pads that were a whole lot better than the joy sticks or dials. The pause button on the controller & games that were now the vast majority that had a start & a finish with little side stories to them. The for Playstation way later on to come out with Memory cards to have your games saved on them.
@@tonyp9313 Several points: It was not a “very small” percentage of the population that played the early consoles. History lesson: the Atari 2600 alone sold 27 million units and the NES was just as kid centered as the Atari was. Early video games made the cover of Time Magazine, hardly a kids’ publication. In the early 80s, video games were everywhere, even though they have gradually gotten more popular over time. Second, if you are used to todays graphics, yes, the old ones seem the same. But to me, PS4 and PS5 seem about the same. The leap from the Colecovision to the NES was noticeable, but not huge. I had a NY release of the NES, XMas 1985. It was better than the Colecovision, for sure, but neither my friends nor I were blown away by the improvement in graphics and sound. Comparisons with PlayStation are off the question; the issue is the leap from one console to the very next one. And to this day, the leap to the Colecovision was the largest leap. Thanks for weighing in, and I’d be interested in other people’s opinions.
Case in point: I remember playing Donkey Kong on a friend's 2600. Then when we got our Coleco, it was the in-package game and I was blown away.
@@mrmojorisin8752 I didn't know video games were on Time Magazines. How many people would know about that though? It's not like everyone paid for a Subscription of time Magazines. I looked up the Atari 2600 sales it was 30 million sold. I don't find the leap huge from a PS4 to a PS5. Only thing that is different is the wifi internet speeds that are much better than the PS4.
The Atari to the Colleco Vision looks the same to me. As I stated I noticed a huge leap from Atari to Nes.
If we are talking about sales, yeah that's very impressive that the Atari System sold 30 million units. If you compare that to now it's a very low selling point since systems can sell like 100 million units & the PS5 alone in 1 year has about 15-20 million sales.
Video games now are a lot more accessible now. You can choose from 100's of games they have in the digital store, play a friend or stranger online. So many things.
@@tonyp9313 Another history lesson: the late 70s/early 80s were long, LONG before the internet. Newspapers and magazines were huge. Time mag had not only a huge subscriber base, but you saw its cover at every newsstand and at every supermarket checkout. The point is that the first wave of video games back then was much larger in society than you seem to understand. Consider also that video games had far less competition in the area of entertainment than now. No internet. Far less TV because millions did not even have cable. VCRs and CDs were not widespread until after the mid 80s. Do a RUclips search for Combat for the 2600 and Antarctic Adventure for the Colecovision. The leap in graphics and sound is fundamental. Again, the issue isn’t the leap from Atari to NES, or from Bally Astrocade to PS2. The question at hand is the leap from one console to the very next. The leap from Colecovision to NES was “iterative”; it wasn’t huge. There’s a guy on RUclips who compares games released for both the Colecovision and the NES. He argues that the graphics on the Colecovision versions are BETTER than the NES versions. Remember also that the life of the CV was cut short long before programmers were able to show what it was fully capable of.
10 years ago I found a colecovision in the box at the thrift store. I was amazed by how little it had been used. I got the atari 2600 expansion and love it.
Elevator Action (along with Moon Patrol) have a place in my heart because they were in my local bowling alley as a kid.
Galaga was a favorite of mine in the arcades. On the Colecovision, Zaxxon was my favorite!
Back in the 80s, a friend got the ColecoVision for his birthday, and we played it day and night. A few years ago, I found one at a yard sale with twenty boxed games and super controllers for just ten bucks. Works great! I don't know where my friend is today (tried finding him but can't locate him), but whenever I play the system, those joyful memories of playing with him always return.
Allways wanted a Colecovision . Great video John . 👍👍
John, your video made me want the Battle of HOTH so bad for my Colecovision but it seems this game on cartridge is no longer available. I hope some day they will make more copies again!😢 love this game and this version look like a fun unique version.
Edit: forgot to say Space Panic is currently my favorite colecovision game.
The oldest and 1st memory of my life,,,, my brother was playing bc racers and i remember watching like WOW and then he really blew my mind with the smurfs game and i was hooked.
Great video John 👍
Good stuff, John. I've been getting acquainted with the Colecovision library through iiRcade and it's been a wonderful experience. I hope they continue to add more titles to their store. Thanks for the video.
You mentioned the Sega SG-1000. It, like the MSX, shared the same hardware as the Colecovision. There were 2 Colecovision/SG-1000 compatible consoles sold in the U.S. The Dendy 2 in One released in the U.S. in '87, and a Telegames branded version called the Telegames Personal Arcade, released here in '89. Both were manufactured by Bit Corp and each had two cartridge slots (one for SG-1000 games; one for Colecovision games). It sold for $40 and was available via mail order only. Today both are rare. They obtained a license from Coleco, but no proof has surfaced as far as a Sega license is concerned. More recently we were offered the CollectorVision Phoenix Game System, which will play Colecovision games, including those that require the Super Game Module. I only own 2 Colecovision homebrew games, Cosmo Fighter 2 and Cosmo Fighter 3. I believe that they are sequels to the SegaSonic arcade game Cosmo Fighter. I haven't bought more because I currently have no way to play Colecovision games. SG-1000 games I can play, because I own a Japanese Sega Master System, which is fully backward compatible with games for the SG-1000/SC-3000 and clone systems like the Othello Mutlivision.
The ColecoVision was before my time, but I love vids about it and it's always awesome how people keep old systems alive by creating new games for them.
Congratulations on 125k subs!
Thank you!
I have a complete boxed Colecovision that I bought in 2015 for $70. Works perfectly, they even threw in about 15 games.
It's a shame the great videogame crash and the Adam debacle ended the Colecovision - it really was the best system available at the time, and so many of its games remain playable and fun today. The fact that a decent port of Gradius could be made for the console speaks to its abilities.
First console I ever played!!!
Loved this episode never heard of Battle Hoth before so I think il give it a play John great work as always
More ColecoVision games are on the way, thanks to Nanochess's surprisingly robust BASIC compiler.
I'm going to say Mario Bros would be my fav on this system. I was never into this console when I was smaller. It's cool to get a high sore in games. That's it. I need games that have a start & finish to them. I'm talking about Nintendo to like PS1 games. Games that are like really short too from anywhere from 1 hour to 5. Anything more than that like the newest consoles, I only play them once. Again awesome games if you like playing for high scores.
80s games....thats all that most people played them for. HIGH SCORES
Thanks for the video. I would love to check some of these out. I really need to get one of those expansion models for my Colicovision.
Deep Dungeon was also rereleased as a 50 game limited edition homage to a newer movie featuring a Colecovision called Max Reload and the Nether Blasters...
Loved this video! We need some of these games on an Evercade cart
Yes we do!
Galaga and Galaxian ate a lot of my parents quarters growing up. was my go too at pizza hut and arcades
Nice video. You missed Uridium for Colecovision.
THE CURE
that is all.
best colecovision game ever.
Great video, just so you know, Galaga, Mappy and Gradius also came from MSX, wish Elevator Action came from MSX as well, that is a pretty great version of the game 😁
The ColecoVision was my first console. I had most of the good games and accessories. My most played was Time Pilot (I still play the arcade version today). I also played a ton of Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, Pepper II, Turbo (with the steering wheel), and Miner 2049er.
The title of this video makes me feel old though. ;-)
yooo Battle Hoth looks awesome. I only played the Atari 2600 Star Wars game that was similar.
I loved Bomb Jack on the NES. It looks sweet on here
I always love seeing the new games at PRGE show that they come up with
Thanks for the comment. You have the coolest ride!
Still waiting on Dracula for the CV
Wow I’m from the 1980s Me And The Colecovision Are Old Atari Colecovision And Intelevision Right Before My Time I’ve Seen It All From Master System And NES To Now What A Life Of Gaming Enlighten Us All Immortal John Hancock
i have the complete roller controller library 🥺♥️
its one of my favorite gen2 systems
never could track down the expansion port but maybe someday 🤘
Just a heads up on the 2600 Empire game you can repair your ship if you land on the ground in one of the ditches.
These games are all pretty great!
Thank you, forgot that feature!
I'm surprised Princess Quest isn't on here. I would argue that that's probably the best Colecovision game ever made. That and Mecha-8.
you know whats crazy. Despite having all the coolest PC and PS games, I still get a strange jolt of excitement when I even see a coleco game or the console. I have an emulator with everything, BUT, I had to get a console with a bunch of games, simply so I can look over and see them as I'm playing, lol. Also was never able to get the mini "tabletop" games, now I have them all, lol, better late than never.
Great video!
Awesome console. Had it back in the 90s with over 100 games and the atari 2600 adapter, then trade it for a few pc games. Regret it ever since. Hate the original controller was not effective. Love mappy, really creative. Thanks for sharing.
Nice Video👍🏻
Hey John, potential idea for a series of yours. A lot of my playstation nostalgia when I was growing up is around the PlayStation demo discs. Maybe you could do a series that involves reviewing, ranking etc the games from each demo disc for the PlayStation.
I've never played Colecovision, but I want to get one. I like Atari 2600 and NES, and graphically, the Colecovision sits between the 2.
i love this. i can't find battle of hoth rom anywhere. any recommendations?
Great video
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
I hate to ask, but do you know where I could find Sydney Hunter or Cure roms?
I really do like the ColecoVision in so many ways. A shame about that controller though. I wish there was an adapter that would let me use my Jaguar controllers on it.
Is the Phoenix really necessary if you still have your original console and a CRT? Serious question. I am looking to get into the homebrew scene a bit, and (unless they are scams) I have found both a Phoenix and a SG1 module online, and am trying to decide which directino to go in, as it is all very expensive.
No a Phoenix is not necessary if your original is working with a CRT. I do have to say though Colecovision consoles are not the most reliable.
@@johnhancockretro But, to play the best homebrews, I should still track down a Super Game Module then?
@@feenix219 some do require it yes
@John Hancock I have 2 collectorvision Phoenix's I found one on eBay and won the bid, but I ACCIDENTALLY bid on another one thinking it was the same one and nobody put a bid on that one so now I have 2....but now I'm broke
I am told that the number of CV homebrews is now greater than the number of games released for the system back in the 80s-so I appreciate any guidance on “can’t miss” titles. Personally, I am less likely to buy or play a game if I can easily play a better version of that game on another retro console. For example, Arkanoid is best played on the NES with the Vaus controller. I am partial to CV exclusives like the Sydney Hunter games and Steamroller. I also enjoy updates and hacks of existing games. I saw a sequel to Frenzy that looked promising. And why hasn’t someone made Pepper lll? Hack the original and add 4 or 8 or 12 new mazes. If done well, I guarantee it would be a major success. I spoke to a developer about Pepper lll some years ago, and he thought it was a great idea….but no one has jumped on it yet.
Just got a colecovision man this console there are a lot of untested and v ram issues with this console. Got a working one and need a new controller.
Most need to be serviced and have found them to be semi operational at times if not maintained. I’ve had three of my consoles serviced and gone threw.
Funny that Tommy managed to kill an already dead IP
👍👍
How did he know I was beautiful?
I liked the colecovision,but never liked the controller.
Ways to bypass that now.
@@johnhancockretro it's nice we have more options when it comes to controllers.its still a fun little system.i love watching your videos.im an old school gamer,and remember my first system I ever owned.it was combat,by coleco,and it was camouflaged.i wish I still had it just as a conversation piece.
Why dont they put all those colecovision games on Nintendo switch, like they do Atari. The games look way better on colecovision than the Atari.
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Waiting for Collectorvision Wizard of Wor coming soon! 🥹😍😎