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  3. Posted

    4 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said:

    I just think that, in the current year, a segmented LCD screen is just... blah.

    Now is not the time to revel in the past glories of segmented LCDs? I guess I know the answer to that question.

     

    4 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said:

    Who knows?  One day it might pay for his college... dorm room... meal plan... on Sunday ;)

    So, you're an optimist, then?

  4. Posted

    10 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said:

    On eBay, these Pac-Man units are going for average of $100.  Really?  Yes, because apparently this model, as much as I dislike the segmented LCD screen, is rare now.

     

    [...]

     

    The Asteroids unit I think sucks as much the other, is still on the shelf and easily available.

    How do really feel about these mini-arcades, hmmm... ? :)

     

    (I just realized my young son has these. Double-hmmm!)

  6. Posted

    19 hours ago, Swami said:

    Well, the four switches are supposedly the most compatible of the 2600/7800 line with 2600 games/homebrews, but have the worst color. There is disagreement over whether the heavy sixer or jr has the better color. There are very very few games that won't work on one 2600 or another, though. Supposedly, everything works on the EM1, though I need to try some of the new trackball hacks and two light gun games. One of the things on my list of things to do is to find out if the color from the ColecoVision EM1 is better than the heavy sixer or junior, although I imagine it can be subjective, especially visualizing the "expected hues" for comparison.

    I'm going to have to take your word on the above, but it seems right to me. If you ever do get around to evaluating the color output from the EM1 relative to the heavy sixer and junior, please post your findings.

  7. Posted · Edited by mumbai
    italics correction

    17 minutes ago, TPR said:

     If you want to argue semantics, fine, but I think you knew what I meant [...] if you thought I was harsh before, please do not test me as I have even less patience now than I did a couple of years ago.

    There's no argument here. I will reiterate that it was and remains my opinion alone. There is no testing of anyone, at least by me, and that was never the intention of my words.

     

    I have no idea to what you refer in the final sentence. Given it seems to have occurred in the past, it's probably better to leave it there.

     

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  8. Posted

    7 minutes ago, retroillucid said:

    What I meant, is we don't work the same because we're a registered buisness 
    Anyway, I'm not going to argue on this as I don't have time to 
    But if you don't like the shipping fees, contact Toby 

    There's no argument here (at least from me). I simply do not see or understand the suggested connection. As mentioned above, I think this thread is meandering away from any coherent point, so I'm happy to remain oblivious to it.

     

    I'm not in the affected class, so I have no opinion on whatever the shipping fees are, here.

  10. Posted

    8 minutes ago, TPR said:

    [H]ere is what I do not understand...

     

    1. We don't need another SGM clone.

     

    [...]

     

    3. Seriously, we don't need another SGM clone.  In case it wasn't clear already in my first point, I'll make it clear one more time. We don't need another SGM clone. [...] We don't need another SGM clone.

    In my humble opinion, regardless of which side one chooses on any given point, it might serve to undercut the purposeless "drama" that you rightfully point out above were everyone to confine opinionated remarks to their own persons, rather than speak in terms of "we"s.

     

    No disrespect, and please correct me if I am mistaken, but I do not believe any one person here occupies a position to speak for the entire community. I don't have a horse in this race, but I'd like to think I'm part of said community and would prefer this group not be treated as a unitary bloc.

     

     Again, my opinion.

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  11. Posted

    1 minute ago, retroillucid said:

    I have my original ColecoVision for this....  Besides, we've already mentioned we would like to make an adapter for analog tv 

    Sure, and apparently (I guess) so does @christo930. That really just plays to his point in his personal estimation, as I understand it.

  12. Posted

    7 hours ago, AtariBrian said:

    [W]hen I buy games from Pixelboy I get tracked packet for less or the same as what Collectorvision charges and they don't have tracking added.

     

    2 minutes ago, retroillucid said:

    Does Pixelboy is a registered buisness AND pay taxes?

    What does A have to do with B? I see no significant, meaningful relation between shipping packages with tracking and being taxed or licensed as a business.

     

    This whole thread is running off into the thickets.

  13. Posted

    4 minutes ago, christo930 said:

    [The Phoenix] [...] cannot connect to an NTSC TV. I use my classic game systems exclusively with CRTs when not using computer emulators.  Even if I wanted to play the games on my flat screen, I have a hard time justifying spending 250 dollars[.]

    "NTSC TV", given the context, meaning non-HDMI.

    1 minute ago, retroillucid said:

    Maybe the Phoenix is just not for you, that's it

    Pretty sure that's exactly what @christo930 said in so many words.

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  14. Posted · Edited by mumbai
    wording

    7 minutes ago, Swami said:

    Thanks for the additional info. Searches tend to have threads with the obvious supercharger and lots aalong the line of "I think there were some".

    Indeed. I think that speaks to how much people have actually made use of the expansion module, the content of their Atari 2600 collections, or both. Which is a shame, as I think the expansion module #1 is one of the better efforts Coleco put forth for the system, despite the too-smart-for-its-own-good cartridge port design that's the subject of this thread. :)

  15. Posted

    39 minutes ago, Swami said:

    A few others, possibly Activision, Imagic and Mattel, may not fit so well and need some patience.

    Yes, those can be uncomfortably tight fits at times. Same, too, with later Atari Corp. cartridges (the ones without the plastic guard over the board contacts) ... they fit, but I wouldn't say there's a reasonable amount of leeway between the casing and the port frame.

     

    39 minutes ago, Swami said:

    For all I know, they may have fixed the issue in later runs of the EM1 by expanding the slot.

    They didn't, as far as I've seen. Beyond mainboard revisions, the only significant changes in the NTSC expansion module I've seen relate to the internal metal shielding and the fit with the plastic buttons and sliders.

     

     

  16. Posted · Edited by mumbai
    apostrophe

    32 minutes ago, Ruggers Customs said:

    Thanks guys, that's fascinating!  I did not know this so thanks for educating me. :)

    Honestly, the clearest evidence that there's an issue at all lies with Coleco manufacturing the extender/adapter for the expansion module at all, and not half-assing its construction in the least. Given the build quality, I always assumed it was something that Coleco perhaps intended to market on a broad scale.

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  17. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Ruggers Customs said:

    I'm curious which 2600 carts don't work or "fit" for the Colecovision Expansion module 1?  I've yet to come across any 2600 cart that doesn't fit easily into the Expansion module.

    The Supercharger...

     

    Not sure what is meant by "fit easily", but I used personally track cartridges that would fit, but far too snugly, into the expansion module so as not to be surprised the next time around. I stopped after that list grew past maybe two dozen entries. I don't really play with oddball 2600 releases with which one might expect such an issue.

     

    I guess YMMV, but our experiences don't seem to match up.

  19. Posted

    1 minute ago, Mr. John ColecoVision said:

    sorry bud, sounds like negative whining to me

    There's no call for this sort of remark.

     

    It is not unreasonable to ask for (future) consideration of tracked shipment, especially given the way the request was put by @alortegac.

  21. Posted · Edited by mumbai
    concision

    6 minutes ago, opcode said:

    Avoid clones if you can, as there is no guarantee they will run the games.

     

    2 minutes ago, MrPix said:

    I think this is a nice bit of FUD.

    I believe this may have been made in reference to the "JuiceBox" that was produced a couple years back, which was iffy at best, as I can think of no other extant clones.

  23. Posted

    3 minutes ago, CartridgeStealer said:

    As we're into movies, why didn't flash gordon get any love? Also....why not Knight rider or better yet....the A-team!

    A Flash Gordon derivative was released on the Atari 2600. There's a Knight Rider game for the NES. DuckDuckGo suggests there was an A-Team game for the MSX.

     

    Or did you mean for the ColecoVision? The one word answer is probably: licensing.

  25. Posted

    Crazy. Always nice to see that "eBay’s former director of safety and security" was involved in this misconduct. I wonder what takes place in eBay's "global intelligence center"?

     

    This remark by the US Attorney involved is pretty telling: "I don't think I would characterize the conduct as rogue, because as seen in the complaint, the directive to do something about this goes pretty high up the chain within eBay."

     

    Wow.

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