TPR Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Bagman is one of my all-time favorite arcade games, so much so that I actually owned the stand-up arcade game at one point in my cabinet collecting past life! I was thrilled to hear there would be a Colecovision conversion of by Alekmaul and Collectorvision. I'm a fan, so I had to order all three box variations and I must say I'm totally pleased with how the boxes look! They are AWESOME! Love the yellow cart on the special edition version. Love that it looks just like something I'd see sitting in a big box store in the 1980s. It's like I didn't age at all. *looks in the mirror* aw, crap! lol The manual is equally as good! The fun of discovery? Sure, you bet! Let's start playing! The title screen is perfect! Love it! And I also LOVE that they included the French version! I used to always keep my cabinet version in this mode, because, well, that's the original language it was written in! Gotta pay homage, right? As soon as the game starts, I'm immediately thrown back to the 80s and instantly remember the layout of that very first level. Everything is there. The ore carts are moving back and forth, the pickaxe is in the right place, those idiot guards are bumbling around looking for me, falling foolishly to their doom, etc. My character even makes the signature voice when hooking into the beams to get into the orecart. It's awesome!!! I've always been a huge fan of how hard this game is. Of all the climbing games of that day, I think it was probably the most challenging to complete the levels, and even myself, who has played this game hundreds of times, still curses at the machine when I miss the wheelbarrow just a split second before my time runs out! But that's all the fun of discovery. I don't know if anyone else plays Bagman this way, but I've always worked backwards. Clearing the 3rd screen first, and then moving to the 2nd, etc. It's just always worked best for me. I was a good 20 or so minutes into playing and I had to stop myself and realize.. "OMG! I'm playing this on a COLECOVISION!!!!" It's funny how it doesn't quite hit you at first. But this is *exactly* the game I would have bought and played for HOURS as a kid in the 1980s on my Colecovision and I'm just so thankful to all the people who are still making games today. Never in a million years would I have thought in 1984 that people would still be making some of my favorite games on my favorite classic console in 2015. That's just crazy talk, but that's also really happening! (Now we just need to get real hoverboards and I'm all set!) The only issues I found with the game is that at times I struggled with the controls to connect with a ladder, or to move off a ladder into a horizontal space and the collision with enemies sometime seemed a bit off. But I quickly figured out how to work around that, though, and just like I did in the 80s with arcade conversions then, I learned all the little tricks needed to work around minor issues. It's on a Colecovision after all, and if I wanted something perfect, I'd play the arcade machine, but that's not the experience I'm looking for. Overall, *WELL DONE* Alekmaul & Collectorvision! I love it!!!! Here's a short video of me playing Bagman: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alekmaul Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thanks a lot, really nice review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) the 8 way colecovision controller is a problem with this game...., i play this game for 20+ hours as a beta tester and its a really nice and fun game....alekmaul work very hard to bring this game very close to the arcade version... here one of my best scores Edited May 26, 2015 by chart45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleco_master Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thank you for the great review Robb! If any of you didn't have a chance to buy it, its not too late! We have about 20 copies left Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBuff Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Great review which raises the excitement for all of us who haven't received their copies yet (like me) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thanks for this great review! Alekmaul and I spent alot of time to re-create this arcade game as accurate as possible (Alekmaul did the programming/audio, while I was creating all the graphics) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thank you for the great review Robb! If any of you didn't have a chance to buy it, its not too late! We have about 20 copies left Cheers! Can you reserve me a copy? I'll pay right away, but I want to make sure to get it once I figure out where to order. dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 P.S. Where do I order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleco_master Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 P.S. Where do I order? Reserved I'll send you a pm shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Thanks for this great review! Alekmaul and I spent alot of time to re-create this arcade game as accurate as possible (Alekmaul did the programming/audio, while I was creating all the graphics) and it shows! This has to be one of the best arcade to Colecovision conversions I've seen, especially given that it's a true conversion. I mean, it's easily right up there with the best of the official Colecovision releases back in the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 and it shows! This has to be one of the best arcade to Colecovision conversions I've seen, especially given that it's a true conversion. I mean, it's easily right up there with the best of the official Colecovision releases back in the 80s. Thanks! I think it's one of the best CV conversion along with Pacman Collection & Mario Bros And all of this using a 32K PCB architecture wich make it impressive (IMHO) Digitized sounds, original tune, DIP Switches, Dual Language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Due to this review, I went ahead and sent them an email about getting Bagman. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Due to this review, I went ahead and sent them an email about getting Bagman. You won't be disappointed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Sweet! I didn't realize it was completed. Just sent a message for a quote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradd1978 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 coleco_master: just sent you a PM about ordering. I had no clue this was released. Did I miss a thread regarding release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crapahute Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 coleco_master: just sent you a PM about ordering. I had no clue this was released. Did I miss a thread regarding release? http://collectorvision.com/released.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 the 8 way colecovision controller is a problem with this game...., i play this game for 20+ hours as a beta tester and its a really nice and fun game....alekmaul work very hard to bring this game very close to the arcade version... here one of my best scores Does the game use 4-way controls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Got mine yesterday and I gotta say that I am very impressed with all facets of the game and packaging. There are some rough spots when trying to move onto a ladder as was mentioned, but I'm sure with more play time, I will get the feel down. Great job... everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) coleco_master: just sent you a PM about ordering. I had no clue this was released. Did I miss a thread regarding release?Are you subscribed to our mailing list?Maybe that's why you didn't know Edited May 27, 2015 by retroillucid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 This looks absolutely amazing. How much begging is needed in order to see this ported over to the TI-99/4A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yes guys It's a 4-way joystick game (like some commercial CV releases) In example, if you played Mouse Trap, you'll understand the "feel" of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradd1978 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Are you subscribed to our mailing list? Maybe that's why you didn't know No I'm not subsrcibed I will be now. This game looks amazing, hope I'm not too late grabbing a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectorman Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Thank you for the great review Robb! If any of you didn't have a chance to buy it, its not too late! We have about 20 copies left Cheers! Why do these homebrew game carts go out of production so quickly? I understand that you only have so many boxes printed up, but there are many of us who don't care that much about having a boxed copy and would still want a physical cart of the game. It reeks of the desire for creating artificial rarity/artificial demand among collectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleco_master Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 No I'm not subsrcibed I will be now. This game looks amazing, hope I'm not too late grabbing a copy. Its not too late Send me a PM with your email so I can add you to the mailing list . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Why do these homebrew game carts go out of production so quickly? I understand that you only have so many boxes printed up, but there are many of us who don't care that much about having a boxed copy and would still want a physical cart of the game. It reeks of the desire for creating artificial rarity/artificial demand among collectors. It's all about demand to be honest I certainly don't want to sounds rude, but we at CollectorVision don't care much about doing cart only (wich will never happen) Beside, we always release rom files of our games on our website so people can enjoy our games on a Atarimax SD cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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