timdu Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Hello I am a newbie to the Colecovision - a Colecovision "virgin" if you will. My main focus has been the Atari 2600 and the Magnavox Odyssey2. I do not have one... however, I just picked up a COLECOVISION FLASHBACK but have not spent any time with it. Do you have a recommendation for a good game(s) to try first on there? Which ones to avoid.... Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleco_master Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) Hi Tim, This is in my opinion If that could help you! If you start liking it, I have many CV console in my over stock. Regards Toby Alphabet Zoo Antarctic Adventure (exclusive to Dollar General) very good Aquattack Good Artillery Duel avoid Bankruptcy Builder (Homebrew) avoid BlackJack/Poker Blockade Runner Brain Strainers Bump ‘n’ Jump very good Choplifter! very good Cosmic Avenger good Destructor (Homebrew) Dragonfire Evolution avoid Fathom Flipper Slipper Fortune Builder Frantic Freddy Good Frenzy very good Gateway to Apshai Gust Buster Jumpman Junior very good Excellent Jungle Hunt very good Mecha-8 (Homebrew) very good Miner 2049er very good Excellent Module Man (Homebrew) Good Monster Masher (Homebrew) Montezuma’s Revenge very good Excellent Moonsweeper Motocross Racer Mountain King Ms. Space Fury (Homebrew) very good Nova Blast Oil’s Well very good Omega Race Good Pepper II Good Princess Quest (Homebrew) Good Quest for Quintana Roo Rolloverture Sammy Lightfoot very good Schlange CV (Homebrew) Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels (Homebrew)avoid I just find its complicate but could be interesting Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels 2 (Homebrew)avoid I just find its complicate Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels 3 (Homebrew)avoid I just find its complicate Shunting Puzzle (Homebrew) Sir Lancelot Slurpy Space Fury Good Space Panic very good Squish ‘Em Featuring Sam Super Cross Force Telly Turtle The Dam Buster The Heist Good Threshold Tomarc the Barbarian Tournament Tennis Venture very good War Room Wing War Zaxxon Good Edited March 1, 2015 by coleco_master 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 one thing to note, the colecovision flashback is pretty bad compared to all the other flashbacks so you might get more idea if you like colecovision by playing the emulators on the computer since they will look, sound, and play the same as the authentic colecovision. The reason I say that is because the colecovision flashback does not do any of that well. It is good for someone who has never seen the real games probably but I would not consider it a good advertisement for the colecovision considering the colecovision is way better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 ColecoDan makes a very good point about going the emulation route using a PC since the Flashback's emulation leaves a lot to be desired. So with that said, download BlueMSX (the best ColecoVision emulator) and download the CV Rom Dump Project zip file that is pinned at the top of this forum for all your legacy CV gaming needs. The CV Flashback has it's place in all this retrogaming goodness, but it came up a bit short for a lot of us hardcore CV fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyankyfan1 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Welcome!!! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tron Unit Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Emulation might be good for a "testing the waters" but I don't think you really get the full Colecovision experience without the controller which I feel is a fundamental part of of the experience. Some people criticized the design and feel of them (both the original controllers and the FB controllers even more so which are close to the original design but have slightly shorter stems) but it takes just a bit of getting used to holding them. Once you get used to it, though, it's like riding a bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebulon Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) I would start with these: Bump ‘n’ JumpChoplifter!Cosmic AvengerFrenzyJungle HuntOmega RaceSpace FuryVentureZaxxon Unfortunately, there are a lot of duds on there. With that in mind, please don't let those taint your perception of the machine. As well, many of the greats are missing. So when looking beyond the flashback system, it's worth checking out these other titles someday: Mr. Do Mr. Do's Castle Front Line Donkey Kong Jr. Q*Bert Star Wars Gyruss Popeye Time Pilot Defender Centipede Roc 'n Rope Burger Time Carnival Mouse Trap Threshold Subroc Tutankham Tapper Edited March 2, 2015 by Nebulon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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