My dad has a colecovision from his childhood which still kinda works. We played it once, which was really fun. I usually beat him at videogames but he could beat me at donkey kong and that one rocky boxing game like he was 16 again. Great memory!
The Colecovision still holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first system I ever owned, and I had a huge collection to boot. Sadly, I sold it when I was in middle school, so I could buy an NES, but it was so amazing while it lasted. It really was the system to beat at the time, as most of the ports blew the competition away, it wasn't even close. Even today when some play the system for the first time, they are always blown away by how great the games are when compared to the other consoles of the time.
I loved Carnival in the arcade but in recent years couldn't get it fully working on MAME, however I discovered this version for Colecovsion emulation and I agree, what a superb port of a really cool and fun arcade game! River Raid looks like it scrolls less smoothly than the original VCS version. Nearly went halves with a friend on Colecovision + Turbo. Zaxxon enthralled me, was amazed by it and it was so intriguing seeing various versions appear on consoles and home computers. ps nice to hear you mention Maria Whittaker... good lord....
Played it on my friend’s machine, and was envious compared to my Atari 2600. I thought Smurf’s Revenge looked like the cartoon. Shame he didn’t have too many games. Haven’t played games in years and I am thinking of starting again. Playing ColecoVision will be top of my list.
No better place to start, right back to the beginning. Every game is downloadable now, plus many more homebrew. Thanks for watching. Please check out my other vids and subscribe if you like what you see.
Good to see Hero on this list. Absolute underrated classic. My mate had a Colecovision and we used to play Hero and Venture for hours. Hated that controller though.
@@ClassicReplay it was a terrible contraption, made your hands hurt after a while. The console was and still is great, it was like a thinking man’s 2600.
I bought one of these in either 82 or 83. You're right, Donkey Kong was an amazing pack-in. In fact it was the major reason I got the system in the first place.
Hi I live in Canada. When the Colecovision came out, they were so hard to get, I had to reserve one, the only one I could find from many stores called..I had to drive 85 miles to get mine. It was a stormy day and I'll never forget it. On the way back I ditched my car. Luckily there was no damage to the Colecovision or the car lol. We made it home, set it up and what a system. Still have it. Bought most of the attachments, the ball tracker, steering wheel, special joysticks, and the Atari 2600 adapter. Ladybug, Turbo, Pole Position, are all awsome games. There are so many great games for this console. I just wanted to share that with you. That's how I got mine. Lol gaming history!!!
That’s a great story. I love the way you were more worried about the ColecoVision than your car 🤣 I completely agree with you about the ColecoVision. If they’d have sold them in the U.K. early doors, they would have sold out.
An addam could play all the games but was a computer, had a keyboard and printer. You could also buy an adapter to turn the Colecovision into an Adam too. It was truly a revolutionary machine. My brother was in the back seat hanging on to the Colecovision when we went in down a 30 foot bank. He was bound and determined to keep it safe. Lol
@@ClassicReplay You write / speak in a really entertaining manner; it's their loss by not tuning in. That said, this type of video is still relatively niche. I'd be really proud of the content as the number of views doesn't tell the whole story.
Mousetrap and Venture... My god, how I played those back at the day! They were and are, wonderful conversions! Colecovision was a wonderful machine. I bought it, as it got heavily discounted, but enjoyed it totally. Still have it, PSU is dead, though... I should buy a replacement some day...
I had one. It was the first system that introduced me to Nintendo characters and it was one of the few times Nintendo produced games for non Nintendo systems.
I still play the original hardwares of the Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 😺👍🕹️. And as i also play the original Atari 2600 and IntelliVision games on my PlayStation 2, it would be retrospectively awesome to give a try for the ColecoVision 😺👍🕹️. I mean, the ColecoVision games look and sound awesome - especially for the 1980's 😺👍🕹️.
Only just seen this. Memories....got my coleco when it was at the end of its life, got the console, five games and the steeribg wheel/turbo game package all for £120 from Woolies. ( my mum originally got talked into buying a C16, when it first came out, in currys. It didnt work so ended up with a coleco instead) As for the adam that was going to be the personal computer add on for the console. 21:00
Great memories there, C16 would have been decent as well if it worked. Some classic games on that computer. But ColecoVision unbelievable for the time. Please subscribe and share, share, share 👍🏻
i would disagree with you about donkey kong playing like the arcade since all screens have modifications such as missing girders on the barrel and rivet levels and no "I-beams" on the elevator level along with the missing conveyor belt level
I got the 2600 expansion module for celecovision- had the liquid quartz goggles for Zaxxon 3D. Time Pilot Cosmic Avenger QBert War Room Some that didn't make the list.
All great games, loved Time Pilot, Qbert and the others. I think I mentioned one or two of those. But so many great games, very difficult to choose. Thanks for watching.
My dad has a colecovision from his childhood which still kinda works. We played it once, which was really fun. I usually beat him at videogames but he could beat me at donkey kong and that one rocky boxing game like he was 16 again. Great memory!
The Colecovision still holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first system I ever owned, and I had a huge collection to boot. Sadly, I sold it when I was in middle school, so I could buy an NES, but it was so amazing while it lasted. It really was the system to beat at the time, as most of the ports blew the competition away, it wasn't even close. Even today when some play the system for the first time, they are always blown away by how great the games are when compared to the other consoles of the time.
Every word, so true. Thanks for watching.
I loved Carnival in the arcade but in recent years couldn't get it fully working on MAME, however I discovered this version for Colecovsion emulation and I agree, what a superb port of a really cool and fun arcade game! River Raid looks like it scrolls less smoothly than the original VCS version. Nearly went halves with a friend on Colecovision + Turbo. Zaxxon enthralled me, was amazed by it and it was so intriguing seeing various versions appear on consoles and home computers. ps nice to hear you mention Maria Whittaker... good lord....
The numeric keypad is what made the three different colored doors and dog biscuit buttons possible
1000% The numeric keypad was key to making those features work seamlessly. I didn't have a problem with the controls like most.
Played it on my friend’s machine, and was envious compared to my Atari 2600. I thought Smurf’s Revenge looked like the cartoon. Shame he didn’t have too many games. Haven’t played games in years and I am thinking of starting again. Playing ColecoVision will be top of my list.
No better place to start, right back to the beginning. Every game is downloadable now, plus many more homebrew. Thanks for watching. Please check out my other vids and subscribe if you like what you see.
Good to see Hero on this list. Absolute underrated classic. My mate had a Colecovision and we used to play Hero and Venture for hours. Hated that controller though.
Couldn't agree more! I use a SNES controller today as original controls give my hands cramp
@@ClassicReplay it was a terrible contraption, made your hands hurt after a while. The console was and still is great, it was like a thinking man’s 2600.
I bought one of these in either 82 or 83. You're right, Donkey Kong was an amazing pack-in. In fact it was the major reason I got the system in the first place.
Hi I live in Canada. When the Colecovision came out, they were so hard to get, I had to reserve one, the only one I could find from many stores called..I had to drive 85 miles to get mine. It was a stormy day and I'll never forget it. On the way back I ditched my car. Luckily there was no damage to the Colecovision or the car lol. We made it home, set it up and what a system. Still have it. Bought most of the attachments, the ball tracker, steering wheel, special joysticks, and the Atari 2600 adapter. Ladybug, Turbo, Pole Position, are all awsome games. There are so many great games for this console. I just wanted to share that with you. That's how I got mine. Lol gaming history!!!
That’s a great story. I love the way you were more worried about the ColecoVision than your car 🤣 I completely agree with you about the ColecoVision. If they’d have sold them in the U.K. early doors, they would have sold out.
An addam could play all the games but was a computer, had a keyboard and printer. You could also buy an adapter to turn the Colecovision into an Adam too. It was truly a revolutionary machine. My brother was in the back seat hanging on to the Colecovision when we went in down a 30 foot bank. He was bound and determined to keep it safe. Lol
Really enjoyed this video. Thanks!
Hardly got any views, completely bombed from that perspective. But happy someone enjoyed it 😉
@@ClassicReplay You write / speak in a really entertaining manner; it's their loss by not tuning in.
That said, this type of video is still relatively niche. I'd be really proud of the content as the number of views doesn't tell the whole story.
Mousetrap and Venture... My god, how I played those back at the day! They were and are, wonderful conversions! Colecovision was a wonderful machine. I bought it, as it got heavily discounted, but enjoyed it totally. Still have it, PSU is dead, though... I should buy a replacement some day...
Another fun video, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! If you haven’t already, please spread the work and subscribe. I think I have two other ColecoVision vids on my channel. Enjoy ☺️
I had one. It was the first system that introduced me to Nintendo characters and it was one of the few times Nintendo produced games for non Nintendo systems.
I still play the original hardwares of the
Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 😺👍🕹️.
And as i also play the original Atari 2600 and IntelliVision games on my
PlayStation 2,
it would be retrospectively awesome to
give a try for the ColecoVision 😺👍🕹️.
I mean, the ColecoVision games look and sound awesome - especially for the 1980's 😺👍🕹️.
On ladybug I had a score a little over 500,000 points. I got the vegetable harvest twice. My sister and I used to play that game together
Brilliant times, you must have some wonderful memories
@ClassicReplay I do. I also had fun playing Cosmic Avenger. I had 13 games. Time pilot was a bit frustrating at times
@billcox8870 Cosmic Avenger would have been one of my favorites. You had 13 more games than me 🤣
Only just seen this. Memories....got my coleco when it was at the end of its life, got the console, five games and the steeribg wheel/turbo game package all for £120 from Woolies. ( my mum originally got talked into buying a C16, when it first came out, in currys. It didnt work so ended up with a coleco instead)
As for the adam that was going to be the personal computer add on for the console. 21:00
Great memories there, C16 would have been decent as well if it worked. Some classic games on that computer. But ColecoVision unbelievable for the time. Please subscribe and share, share, share 👍🏻
My Fav Console Ever I Loved Mine
If I could go back and buy one, this is the Console I'd have purchased.
I had Mouse trap. At the lowest difficulty level, no hawk in the air.
I remember playing Mouse Trap too! On the lowest difficulty, it was a relief not having to worry about the hawk.
Turbo was class but unfortunately it can’t be emulated due to the driving module being required
I have all the kit 👍🏻 I play it on a Collector vision Phoenix
@@ClassicReplay did you have to use an original driving module with that?
Yes
I Loved Bounty Bob
I played it on the Amstrad, very good game.
i would disagree with you about donkey kong playing like the arcade since all screens have modifications such as missing girders on the barrel and rivet levels and no "I-beams" on the elevator level along with the missing conveyor belt level
Yeah replaying it shows that it did not hold up well at all
As I've said before, best home port is the Amstrad CPC, but for the time this was a great port.
I got the 2600 expansion module for celecovision- had the liquid quartz goggles for Zaxxon 3D.
Time Pilot
Cosmic Avenger
QBert
War Room
Some that didn't make the list.
All great games, loved Time Pilot, Qbert and the others. I think I mentioned one or two of those. But so many great games, very difficult to choose. Thanks for watching.
Thanks
Thank you 🙂 please share
I played That for hours
Amazing console to have owned back then...
I Need To Get 1
Does anyone know which game had a plane that had to go through a maze?
Sounds like 'Looping'.
What are you playing that on
Collectorvision Phoenix 👍🏻