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Thanks! I was about to ask about the homebrews too...I'll check those out. Two homebrews I've really enjoyed are Space Treat and Climber 5.

I was thinking of getting a Kroc cart and loading Garfield into it so I can play it on my 2600

Thanks! Thist list should keep me playing for hours! My faves so far are the Activision ones, Enduro and River Raid. I like the others as well, but there's something about Activision titles that always grab me, just like Pitfall and Pitfall II were my 2 fave 2600 games growing up.

I just read the Garfield page on Atari Protos, wow! That is a great label. Even in its unfinished state Garfield is fun to play, and one can only imagine what Steve would've been able to do with it had Atari allowed him to finish. Too bad it woulda been a great platformer on the 2600.

I've been on this forum for a while and in the meantime I've been testing out various Atari games using Stella but since they're so many games, I'm having a hard time sifting the good stuff from the crap. So could anyone give me a list of the hottest Atari games that every true fan must play? Thanks. :-)

That looks good! Makes me want to get a Coleco also.

Oh that makes sense

Has anyone played this proto? I think it's a lot of fun and the graphics are done very nicely. I like the scene variety and the game is addictive. I wish it had been completed and released, I think Atari could've done some interesting things with this one. One stage I assume wasn't completed was the one with the multiple Odies and double Garfields what was that about?

Hey, platformers are my favorite genre, and I was wondering what are some good platformers on the 2600? I've played a couple that I've enjoyed: Pitfall, Pitfall II, Smurfs, Bobby is Going Home, Mario Bros., and Road Runnner. What are some others?

I'm 21 and enjoy Atari. My first system was actually the NES, then SNES, Genesis, and then when Radio Shack started getting rid of their Atari stock and started offering the games for in-store mail order I finally by my sister's 2600 to good use, so that's when I discovered the system. This was somepoint in the mid 90s. I was able to pick up games like Jr. Pacman, Pitfall II, Mouse Trap, Space Invaders, Pole Position, and a few others. Then I got a 7800, then after that I became a huge Atari fan and got a Jaguar. Then my last system became the N64 before I lost interest in video games. This summer for some strange reason I re-dug up my sis's 2600 and got a few games online, hope to be getting some of the homebrews soon. :-)

Yeah, that was my initial reaction, that the signature and the book would be enough for me. If I don't come up with anything interesting, I'll probably just stick to the signature. I'm looking forward to the book too, it's great that Ralph Baer is still with us and that he's goign to share his experience with this valuable piece of technological history. :-)

Hey everyone, I'm curious what sort of inscriptions are people getting on their signed copies of Videogames: In the Beginning? I'd like to get one but I'm stumped, thought maybe I could get some inspiration.

I've tried a few more Colecovision ROMS since i originally started this post, and I have definitely enjoyed the games that i've tried. So far I've played Smurfs, BC, Miner2049, Tarzan, and Jumpan Jr. Smurfs and BC I played a while back and I found them to be faithful adaptations of the cartoons that spawned them. Also, I enjoy platformers so those were no-brainers. I found Miner2049 to be simple in graphical design yet highly addictive. Also, Tarzan is a very good looking game with nice music, and very challenging gameplay. Jumpan was the last one I tried but I couldn't get the hang out it, must be cuz I'm tired, but so far I'm enjoying the CV.

Thanks for the list! Pitfall II was also released for Colecovision? Are there any differences from the 2600 version? Improved graphics?

I have to admit since I first started playing games on the NES I am conditioned to play games really only for the ending. That is why I was really disappointed when I reached the end of the arcade version of Mario Bros which was also out on the NES, and after beating the 100 levels, the game just started over again! It was so disappointing, but I think it depends on which generation of video games you grew up with. Those from the pre-NES era play for the high score. I was surprised when I found out that some 2600 games did have endings. The first one I noticed was Pitfall II, and Smurfs as well. I'm curious which CV games have an ending? I know Smurfs does, any others?

cimerians, I checked out your site and it was pretty informative. I look forward to testing out the games on your lists before I make my eventual purchase decision. :-) I'm not completely jaded though since I did have a 2600 growing up as well, but my first consoles were the NES, SNES, Genesis, and then when I became nostalgic, the 2600 and 7800 but the interest didn't last too long...although as you can tell from my presence on the board, I'm back on my nostalgic mode so we'll see what happens :-)

Wow opcode those are impressive! I think your titles to come are definitely going to push me over the brink and drive me to purchase a CV. These titles look great! Also, you've actually tried running Super Mario Bros on a CV? WOW! Even I didn't think it was possible...

That's interesting that the CV could've potentially had the ability to have a laserdisk or CED add-on, were there any such plans made by Coleco? I think the Colecovision is unique in that it had a lot of possibility for expansion, and I wonder were there other expansion plans by Coleco other than the 2600 and the steering wheel, that were later axed as a result of the crash? It's also interesting to note that the Colecovision was the only major competitor not to make it through the crash, although they were never as popular as before, the 2600 and Intellivision had games being made up until 1990. Imagine if the Colecovision had that long of a lifespan what the games would've looked like, considering the new available technology at the time. Wow, over 100 games? Seems that the CV had a lot of games made for it in a short amount of time. Plus, the games made by Opcode are exceptional, so far I've played Sky Jaguar and it's very impressive. Just curious what's the largest size that a CV cart can be? Also, doubledown, mentioned several controllers, some made by third parties, are any of those available today?

I'm curious since the Colecovision was only around for 2 years, about how many games were released in total? What are some good platformers on the system? So far I've tried Smurfs and BC's Quest, and those are very graphically appealing and fun to play, any others? Also, I read somewhere that if it weren't for the crash that the CV would've emerged as the premiere system of choice among gamers. How do you think the CV would've squared against the NES? For some reason, at least from the emulators that I've played, the Colecovision games seem to bear striking graphical resemblance to NES games, could the CV have handled NES-style games if it had more time? Would the CV have been capable of long and complex games with lots of variety, like Super Mario Bros 3?

I have been looking into getting a Colecovision so my interest was piqued when I saw this link. For some strange reason I just can't get into the retro plug-n-play craze, although I see them as convenient and definitely modern in the sense that they are old technology in a new format (like emulation), I can't see them taking the place of the real or original thing. Although I'm probably part of that young audience they're trying to tap into, I want the full experience, and that means actually playing the games on cartridges on the original hardware with the original controllers/joysticks. I wouldn't mind if they re-released updated and improved versions of the hardware that would include things like A/V outputs, durability, and smaller size. I also love the idea of homebrews because it represents the best of both worlds, new games in a traditional cartridge format. But I think that for their target audience, these plug-n-play devices work, although do young kids really find these games fun with all the new stuff available?

That's funny. I know that late last year I became really interested in the Intellivision based on the games that were available for free download from intellivisionlives.com, but as soon as I got the console and several games, I realized that the hardware experience was vast different than the emulation. But since then I haven't touched an Intellivision ROM since, and I wonder too what makes games exciting at first but then they quickly fade. Right now I'm looking into a Colecovision but I fear because I grew up in the NES era, that I'm too jaded and might expect too much from a classic console... PS. Approx how many games were released for the Colecovision?

Hey, I'm curious, what's the verdict on the Atari 7800? Is it a fave among gamers here? Is it considered a great system that just never got its chance? Or do you just hate it?

What is the difference between the Coleco ADAM and the Coleco ADAM game system? I've seen a beige Coleco Adam System does that play the computer games as well?

I have actually never owned a Colecovision, probably because by the time I was of video game playing age, the hottest thing was the NES. My dad saved my sister's 2600 so that system would spark my interest in the other vintage consoles. And one system that I always heard mentioned from time to time was Colecovision. I used to read Game Informer back in the days when Funcoland had just opened up and the magazine was getting it's start, and they would always refer to the Colecovision, citing it as one of the greatest systems of all time. So my interest has always been piqued. Recently I've been playing some of the games on emulators, and I have to admit that so far I'm very impressed. The games are a lot of fun, they're just as addicting as 2600 games, and best of all the graphics are nicer. I wonder how the system would've stacked against the NES? I'm currently saving up for a console and hope to have one soon, it'll be my first Colecovision. I agree though, there's no way you can compare it to modern consoles, because then you'll be disappointed, but for it's time, I'd say it was a solid system.

Hey Zero, Thanks for the site. I'm going to download the file and install it later. You guessed it I'm actually very new to the emulation scene. The only emulators that I've had experience with are Stella, which has been pretty easy to use thanks to this site, and Koleko which is self-contained so there's nothing to worry about. I'll let you know how it turns out and I look forward to experiencing some of these other classic systems that went out before my time.