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Looks like an Odyssey 500 pong type machine. Released in '76 I dont see anything in the ad implying it was built in to the TV.

Hmmm, I have never had that failure rate with Atari carts. In fact my experience is that it is very rare to not be able to coax some life from an Atari cart. And despite knowing there are better alternatives, I always use rubbing alcohol only and a Qtip. You can always Ebay them "untested" like others do.... Just kidding, dont do that.

ColecoVision FAQ 4.1.zip

Hey, like those XONOX boxed games, very HTF. I did one on Colecovision controllers, again my first effort. http://www.youtube.com/user/yyzonian?feature=mhw5#p/a/u/1/1XLmwgvfoJ4

Looking for not so expensive MSX1 carts. Boxes great, loose just fine. Purchase or trade. My trade bait includes extensive Colecovision collection, some Atari 2600, a few odds and ends.

Ever cleaned a PC ball mouse? Same kind of thing except on a larger scale. I usually disassemble them and attempt to clean off the rollers that get gunk built up, blow compressed air around and that is a lo-tech option to try.

I have played around a bit but just wound up using a 5-pin din cable for sound only and the separate rca monitor jack for video on a Commodore 1702. But what about S-Video? Tempest Ok, all I was saying is that you dont get s-video out of the DIN plug. One guy did an attempt at the mod on a CV, and basically an ADAM is a CV+, this one sounds incomplete/not 100%. http://www94.pair.com/jsoper/cv_svideo.html As already stated, Doubledown would know but he's MIA. Another HW guru is 5-11under, he'll likely contribute when he sees the thread.

I have played around a bit but just wound up using a 5-pin din cable for sound only and the separate rca monitor jack for video on a Commodore 1702.

Ummm, Ok....

Somebody set us up the bomb.

Cant see it but doesnt look like any label I have seen. OMG an unknown prototype game !! But what about the diaper??

I have pulled the best copies of each and all are in very good condition, no torn labels, etc. Dam Busters is new unused in a sealed bag with photocopied instructions. However Gateway to Apshai turns out to be one of those generic white labels. I'd drop the price to $3 on that. I showed 3 copies in my spreadsheet but the other 2 are label variations which I collect so this one is the only spare I have. 5 carts in a box weighs half a kilo so that is $8 for ground shipping - 1 to 2 weeks standard delivery, $9.50 for air - about a week. 4 carts would be the same, it goes up a bit for 6 to 7 carts. David

In response to a want list, I have posted these.

Loose unless otherwise noted. Alcazar - CIB new $80 Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris - $50 Beamrider - CIB new shrinkwrapped - $16 Brainstrainers - $11 Chuck Norris Super Kicks - $15 Congo Bongo - $5 Cosmic Avenger $2 Cosmic Crisis - Telegames CIB - $25 Dambusters - $7 Defender - $3 Dig Dug - new $55 Face Maker - $8 Gateway to Apshai - $7 Gorf - $3 Gyruss - $5 Illusions - $11 Kevtris (homebrew) - $250 Looping - $2 Moonsweeper $7.50 Motorcross Racer - Telegames CIB $25 Mountain King CIB new $55 Nova Blast - $9 Omega Race $3 One on One - Telegames new in clamshell case $29 Pitstop - $6 Robin Hood - $32 Roc n' Rope - $4 Rock n' Bolt - CIB new $35 Slither- $3 Slurpy - $40 Smurf Paint and Play - CIB new $34 Space Fury - $3 Star Trek - $13 Strike It - CIB new Telegames $30 Super Action Baseball - $2 " Football - $2 Super Cobra - $9 Super Crossforce - CBI sealed new $45 Tank Wars - CIB new Telegames $50 Telly Turtle - $7 Threshold - $25 Tournament Tennis - CIB new Telegames $26 Tutankham - $12 Venture - $3 Victory - $3 War Room - $7 Wing War - $15 Zenji - CIB new sealed $43

From what I read last week, the movie is still supposed to be a GO for 2011 starring Leo

Oh, I know man. I live in a freakin apartment. My better half is this close to wanting some stuff gone, but so far so good, she is pretty flexible. But the place is starting to look like something out of a "Hoarders" episode... Except none of it is garbage, right??

Yeah, there are at least 3 computers or consoles that made colecovision adaptors that I know of. I'm sure there was probably more for even more obscure consoles or computers. This one, then one for the Creativision console(exists as a prototype at least, never seen a real one), and one for the Hanimex Pencil II computer. (also aka Soundic Pencil) The adaptor for the Hanimex is different. The computer itself has a cart slot that is cart compatible with CV meaning it has the exact same cartridge profile. The games themselves are not ROM compatible. But the adaptor does not have a cart slot. You plug in the adaptor, then you can play the CV game right in the Hanimex slot. I show the Pencil II and the Creativision in Daniel Bienvenu's Youtube of last year's ADAMCon where I did a little presentation on hardware that was very close to the Coleco ADAM, i.e. Z80, TI video, similar architecture. Different!

Ok Ok the auction is over and I won. Many wont be impressed because it is a bit of a niche collecting line but I am very happy to get this. For $300USD, I get two boxed Spectravideo computers, software (she has much more than shown apparently), boxed tape drives, and the items that I have been seeking like FOREVER, the expansion box containing 3 expansion modules, 2 disk drives and the Colecovision adapter. Last Colecovision adapter on Ebay that I saw went for $300 alone. Ignore the huge shipping charge shown in the listing, I convinced the seller put some arbitrarily high amount and there is a note at the bottom of the listing and I have email exchanges to show that she will charge actual shipping only. Very nice seller, great to work with. Yay

ROTFL!

Ummm, its not as though I dont trust people but I kinda want to negotiate this delivery first. BTW, I said its my holy grail item, others I am sure will shrug and say "Who cares", its only a blank Sorry....

Yes, thanks for the heads up. This lot is indeed PAL and I knew that going in. But thanks for keepin an eye on my back.

OOOhhh, she may be open to shipping after all, I pleaded my case, lets see....

Ive had a similar experience with Ecoleco. Dont think the parts availability is accurate on the web site. Stuff I wanted turned out unavailable too.

I knew it would happen one day, that item I'd been searching high and low for, would finally show up on Ebay. It did, and as I reached for the mouse to bid, there were those words in all their horrendous glory "Pick up only in Queensland, Australia". I wish I'd never seen it now. Sigh........

As someone who normally only ships CONUS, let me say this... To get any kind of seller protection, you need at a minimum, delivery confirmation, and to be truly safe, signature confirmation. Those services are prohibitively expensive, and in some cases, unavailable, outside the US. For a small item, I might take a chance. But there's no way I'm sending a high ticket item to an unknown individual with no protections whatsoever. It's not that sellers think they are "3rd world countries", it is simply that we don't want to get screwed over. Note for all US sellers who seek delivery confirmation when shipping to Canada. If you send by Int'l Priority Post, and whether or not you purchase delivery confirmation, which I have been told you CANT (someone confirm this) for international shipments, we MUST sign for it anyway because our equivalent to Priority Post is something called Express Post and it comes with delivery confirmation FREE. Something to keep in mind and maybe give you that level of confidence you seek.