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  4. Posted

    Incredible RGB mod perfect connecting to XRGB Framemeister like you do with NESRGB, modded N64, 1 chip SNES and numerous other RGB ready consoles.

     

    The ColecoVision is now the Arcade quality video game system you have always dreamed of!

     

    I have 4 consoles to sell and will offer more consoles for sale and a mod service in the future. I have been working with a couple friends to make this happen and to tweak out all the bugs to give you all a plug and play solution.

     

    Here are a few screen shots. Screenshots are shit compared to in person. RGB is pixel perfect. I take customer service serious as hell and will not release something unless I believe in it.

     

    My buddy Brain and I played the heck out of the CV with the framemeister and I feel good about selling it for the scaler. I will include a direct 6 foot 8 pin din male to male with each of the units for sale...units include ball knobs and straightened cord, BIOS skip, composite video, and pause and the whole umit is refubished by me like everything I have done in the past.

     

    In any previous offered mods whether it was composite, s-video, component or VGA the white/gray text would be multi colored(rainbow) is all white. text menu is atari max sd multi cart.

     

    SOLD! Where do I sign up???! :)

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    This is what drives me nuts. I'm a moderate collector and pick up loose carts when I have the spare money and dabble in the occasional Homebrew (Golden Chalice for the win!). Would I love a copy of Mario Bros. for my CV? You bet I would. I totally agree that all this does is inflate the costs of other eBay vendors and even some brick and mortar vendors who use it as a reference. Yuck,

     

    Isn't Mario Bros. a relatively recent, CV homebrew release -with 3 or 4 variants produced? Isn't it still fairly easy to acquire at a reasonable price??

  8. Posted

    Yes, i agree in same country you have may not access easly to MSX title. But nowaday thanks to internet if you really want you can. you find MSX computer for the most commun ones at around 20-40 USD , game between 5 and 50 usd. even if you add shipping cost and power adaptator if you need ... i think at the end if will be less expensive than buy all SGM Games and you will have even lot of more choice.

     

    i own lot of machine never sold in my country , that i bought around the world thanks to the net.

    That's what makes collecting SO great, isn't it?! It seems everyone has their own, personal reason or niche. Some folks just like to play the games and don't care how; they're fine with an emulator and a PC. Others like the original console and a handful of used, loose carts will suffice. Then there's those who want the full monty -box, instructions, game, etc. And then there's the SuperCollectors, who want a sealed copy of every variant ever produced and maybe another loose cart just to play. Some love the artwork, others are in it for the gameplay. What a GREAT hobby (or lifestyle)!

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    Rip Cord and Mr. Turtle are in-development.

     

    Horse Racing was started by Else and progressed along pretty far until the project stopped. Search for the thread with some very nice demo rom images.

    Cool! Who's developing Rip Cord and Mr. Turtle? I've always thought Zookeeper would be excellent but can the CV handle that many sprites onscreen at once? There's a lot going on at high speeds. That said, what about Food Fight ?

  10. Posted

    The controller is hardwired to the cartridge, so there is no easy way to make new games/apps for use with the Sketch Pad. Also, these things are so rare and valuable that no one is going to separate the Sketch Pad from the Super Sketch cartridge... that would be roughly a $500 to $1000 mistake depending on if you have one loose or CIB.

     

    The only viable option would be for support to be added to one of the ColecoVision or ADAM emulators and then someone could develop a new game/app for use with it and sell the rom image.

    Ah...there you go -thanks. I know so little about the Super Sketch that I had no idea it was hard wired to the cart. It would be quite an endeavor but I wonder if there's a way to make a new Super Sketch device hardwired to a cart, which could piggyback additional carts onto it -like a cart that plugs onto another cart- to play additional games. The peripheral and drivers would be in the main cart and the separate games would connect through it. I'm CERTAIN it would not be financially feasible but one can dream, can't they?! :)

  11. Posted

    Strange, I've been a supporter of his for years starting with the Space Invaders Collection if I remember. Never had an issue with Opcode. I have to give him the benefit of the doubt because he's always been trustworthy. It must be some serious stuff he's going through but yeah taking at least 5-10 minutes in a day to give people a heads up is do-able at least I'm hoping he's physically ok to do that. Even on a phone, just pick up the phone head to the website and type in "Hey guys, I'm in deep shat, will get back to you asap".

     

    Anyway, divorces and health problems can prevent people from focusing on anything other than the matter at hand, I know I've been there. Personally if something was happening where I can still do something physically I would send people checks and tell them, here's your money back I can't concentrate on anything right now but my life issues.

     

    I'm not trying to make excuses for him, it's just bewildering because he's the last person I would think would be scamming anyone.

    I completely agree. That's the point I was trying to make too. I've supported Eduardo since the beginning and he's always been trustworthy. He may have bitten off more than he could chew -and coupled with personal issues- it became too much to handle. Granted, that's NOT an excuse to go AWOL ...not when you're running a business. I know it was just a home business/side project and not his main source of revenue but if you're (Eduardo) going to take people's money and EVER expect to be taken seriously, then you have to at LEAST be professional enough to take 5 minutes out of your day to update those who've paid you money. Everyone has issues, I understand. But if you take someone's money, then you DO owe them something -even if it's just an explanation. It's not like those people who sent money gave it to Microsoft or Sony. It was to an individual; there WAS a certain level of risk involved. But if nothing else, based on Eduardo's prior reputation, I truly think he'll make good on his promises. He has a LOT of P.R. work to do with his image but I believe he'll follow through...hopefully sooner rather than later.

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    It is exactly what Happens with SGM Game now. All SGM games produced up to today are direct port from MSX, SG1000 or ADAM.

     

    Yes, except the SGM titles all play on the original Colecovision via an expansion module, not a complete, separate console. To exclude those would be like excluding any arcade ports (including the pack-in game, Donkey Kong!) because they are just ports from arcade originals. Similarly, all ADAM games would have to be excluded then too, since they can be played via the ADAM expansion. I think that as games can be played using the original console -either directly or by way of some sort of expansion (SGM, ADAM, Super Action Controllers, etc.), then they should be considered "original." Once the core hardware is completely eliminated from the equation, then you're no longer playing the original console.

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    Well, personally, the problem I have with this is that I paid for mine early in the first run and received it fairly quickly. If others hadn't waited to order, they'd probably have theirs too. I agree that it is taking entirely too long, but it's not like he's a big company with massive production facilities and a hundred employees. He's only one person who is probably overwhelmed with other things in his life that are more important to him right now.

     

     

     

    Some people paid for theirs over 2 years ago and he still hasn't made good on delivery. How much more slack do you want to cut him?

     

    That's a bummer. I see both sides. Very frustrating for those who paid and were promised a product. It's not good business to do that to your otherwise very loyal fanbase. That said, however, he has always made good on his word and it wouldn't make sense for him to go through so much R&D and other efforts just to scam a few thousand dollars. If no one's heard anything, maybe things are worse for him than we can understand. At the worst, some people are out MONEY -and that sucks. But there's nothing that can be done about that. Just give him time (I know, the question is how much time) and I'm sure he'll resurface and make things right. He's always been good for that.

  14. Posted

    It's nice to dream about a Colecovision II console but in reality it just doesn't make sense to build one. The games would all be converted Sega Master System and NES so whats the point?

     

    I'd rather see people push the boundaries of the original Colecovision to play those type of games just to see what could have been. Like Ed's pac-man collection one of the greatest games made for the Colecovision so far.

     

    GREAT point, Jordiway; I agree completely. At that point, all the CV2 would be is an emulator. It would play original CV games but wouldn't be the original CV. And it could play versions of games from similar consoles. I don't know of any Atari fans buying a Colecovision, so they can play 2600 games. They just buy a 2600.

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    I hate to feed the trolls, so to speak, but I've been out of the loop for awhile. What happened to/with Opcode? I get that he hasn't filled the orders and that lots of people are upset -I see LOTs of posts about that- but was there a reason given? Is there a health issue? Work related? Was any reason given? I'm not trying to pile on, I just want to know if anyone's truly heard an explanation. ?

  19. Posted

    I think these boxes are gorgeous! My problem is... do I buy another set of games to put in these boxes? I want them all!

    What are your plans for the inside of the box? I've noticed some people have used foam, some just made empty boxes and some created tabs to hold the games, like the originals.

  20. Posted

    I've created an EXCEL version of the Colecovision Games Checklist. In this format, it seem much cleaner and easier to sort/edit/add/delete data and fields, as necessary. Now *I KNOW* it is far from complete but that's why I made it for the public domain. Hopefully others can help fill in the blanks. The clunky Word version floating around seems to be the most thorough, though it's far outdated. I put in games I knew about though I'm SURE there are many super-collectors out there with knowledge of several more games or variants, which I'd gladly welcome to the list.

     

    But...how do I UPLOAD it to the forum? The 'My Media' button only lets me search and download -not upload..?

  22. Posted

    Is there a template(s) for the Colecovision boxes? I'd like to create some boxes for some of my homebrew games and would prefer not to start from scratch, if there is a template available. I don't want to step on any toes, in term of copyrights or "feelings." I love the 3 basic versions of the boxes that Collectorvision creates and I'd like to make some designs for the loose carts in my personal collection.

  23. Posted

    Sorry if there's another thread for this but I haven't found an updated one.

    I'm looking for a complete, up-to-date list of ALL known Colecovision games -original, homebrews, demos, variants (i.e. boxes, software [Victory, Destructor], etc.). I've got my personal list in Excel format but is there an "official" list or one most CV collectors rely on? Thanks! ;-)

  25. Posted

    Just received my SGM and for anyone still waiting for it, simply... it's everything you never thought it could be! It IS - really! From the packaging right down to the very last detail. In fact, it's the details that should put this in the 'Homebrew Hall of Fame'. Kudos, Eduardo!

     

    But speaking of packaging... upon arrival, I noticed the box had been damaged due to shipping. I totally understand how this could happen and don't hold Eduardo accountable. What I was wondering is, Eduardo, can you make additional SGM boxes FOR SALE separately? It would be a win-win for everyone. They've already been created, so just another run would need to be produced. It could generate a decent amount of additional revenue for Opcode, because I bet people other than me would like to have one. Whether to replace one damaged during shipment or to give your already well-used SGM a like-new look, they could be packaged and shipped inexpensively, FLAT, and assembled more easily at home. And since it's for an item currently in production, it wouldn't degrade the original, like, say, a repro game box, because it WOULD BE an original box from the original producer. Anyone else on board with this idea? Boxes for us = cash for Eduardo!

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