+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 ------------- CBS cartridges in Canada would be unusual since CBS distribution rights were outside north america. It's possible coleco bought some stock from CBS. Or these cartridges found there way to canada after coleco got out of the video game business around 1985. Agreed, I would say that is the more likely scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 The cart you have is a French CBS cart, not a French Canadian Coleco cart. Notice in my Turbo cart pic how it mentions Coleco Canada and has a Montreal address. We still have never seen a French Canadian DK Jr. I still hold out hope that it exists but its pretty strange that it was the only one that doesnt appear to have been made. But I find it very interesting that the french box and cart mentions Sears. A brand that was never introduced to Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Don't the other french cbs boxes mention super video arcade. The mouse trap box says it twice. That canadian turbo box says not for use with intellivision ii. That cartridge does work with intellivision ii, does it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Don't the other french cbs boxes mention super video arcade. The mouse trap box says it twice. That canadian turbo box says not for use with intellivision ii. That cartridge does work with intellivision ii, does it not? I only own DK jr as french version. Maybe one of our French collector friends can help here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 You can google them. Intvfunhouse has a few french cbs boxes. I haven't seen one that doesn't mention the super video arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Pics in a few minutes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Here's all three versions. Interesting that only the French one mentions Sears SVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I just checked all the other games (other than Turbo which doesn't have the three different UK, French and German CBS boxes) and on all of them the French one is the only one that mention the Sears SVA. Interesting. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Don't the other french cbs boxes mention super video arcade. The mouse trap box says it twice. That canadian turbo box says not for use with intellivision ii. That cartridge does work with intellivision ii, does it not? Hmmm...I'm not sure to be honest. I rarely use my Inty 2 and it's even rarer for me to use my Turbo carts. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I just checked all the other games (other than Turbo which doesn't have the three different UK, French and German CBS boxes) and on all of them the French one is the only one that mention the Sears SVA. Interesting. Hm, it's really strange. For a real Canadian release it supposed to be French and English. Is there a place where only French is spoken but also the Sears was released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Hm, it's really strange. For a real Canadian release it supposed to be French and English. Is there a place where only French is spoken but also the Sears was released? Just to be clear it's not a French Canadian release. That's the French as in France version. The French Canadian releases were Coleco. Now some CBS ones may have been sold here but they're not the same as the 7 other games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Just to be clear it's not a French Canadian release. That's the French as in France version. The French Canadian releases were Coleco. Now some CBS ones may have been sold here but they're not the same as the 7 other games Yes, I'm totally with you! But why is Sears mentioned on the French release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Hm, it's really strange. For a real Canadian release it supposed to be French and English. Is there a place where only French is spoken but also the Sears was released? Sears catalog shopping shipped worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Sears catalog shopping shipped worldwide. That may be theoretical be true but in reality not worth mentioning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Yes, I'm totally with you! But why is Sears mentioned on the French release? Absolutely no idea. Lol. I know the SVA was mentioned on the Coleco US boxes but it really doesn't make sense why it would be on the French but not German and UK boxes. Stranger still is that it's not mentioned on the Coleco Canada French Canadian boxes. Weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 That may be theoretical be true but in reality not worth mentioning. How about this. Sears Canada didn't carry the Super Video Arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 How about this. Sears Canada didn't carry the Super Video Arcade. So, it's even stranger... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Absolutely no idea. Lol. I know the SVA was mentioned on the Coleco US boxes but it really doesn't make sense why it would be on the French but not German and UK boxes. Stranger still is that it's not mentioned on the Coleco Canada French Canadian boxes. Weird. I only could imagine that Sears was active in some French overseas possessions like Guadeloupe or Martinique so they printed that on the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I only could imagine that Sears was active in some French overseas possessions like Guadeloupe or Martinique so they printed that on the box. Definitely a mystery....where's Inspector Rev when you need him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I only could imagine that Sears was active in some French overseas possessions like Guadeloupe or Martinique so they printed that on the box. But Guadeloupe and Martinique used secam television. Do you think mattel made secam super video arcades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I only could imagine that Sears was active in some French overseas possessions like Guadeloupe or Martinique so they printed that on the box. Or they could have just translated the US box entirely without regard to whether it was appropriate or not..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I wonder if they just copied verbiage off of the Coleco boxes without really bothering to understand what they were translating? Edit: apparently Steve and I were thinking the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 I agree with Steve and cmart: it must be a simple case of mindless translation of the English text on Coleco boxes into French. Moreover, I've never come across a sign of Sears in Italy nor in other European countries where I've been. In cases like this inspector Rev uses to say: once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. Or was it someone else who said that? EIDT: I forgot to thank you guys for finding this anomaly. I think it has never been reported before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 But Guadeloupe and Martinique used secam television. Do you think mattel made secam super video arcades. I just found out recently that PAL INTV III's were made. So, I would not be surprised. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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