TI connection to New Colecovision F18A Project

[Airshack]

This past weekend the Valley of the Sun TI Users Group (VAST) gathered all active members to attend the annual Game On Expo - Phoenix.

 

Something interesting was discovered which some of our membership may know more about:

 

 

Collectorvision Games is working on a new Colecovision system with F18A built in and some form of additional expanded capabilities?

 

 

The prototype motherboard can be seen in the bottom right corner of the Colecovision case above. It's hooked to a VGA/HDMI converter.

 

Word is the final project will be HDMI. Makes one wonder when the new TI-99/4A will become a reality?

 

Increased capabilities?

[Tursi]

Nice to see pics!

 

Everything public is here:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/265958-collectorvision-game-system/

[digdugnate]

i was curious, looking at this stuff (plus i follow Colecovision Fan on Facebook now, lol)- is the only common thread between the CV and the TI the TMS9918 chipset?

 

Apologies if this has been discussed ad nauseam before.

[matthew180]

Same sound IC and VDP, everything else is different.

[kl99]

Same sound IC and VDP, everything else is different.

 

actually it is a different VDP, the TMS9928A, which has no composite video out but a component video signal as direct VDP output.