VectorGamer Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 This makes me wet http://www.retro-commercials.com/2009/10/colecovision-the-arcade-experience-commercial-1982/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyg Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 This makes me wet http://www.retro-com...ommercial-1982/ Although I in no way endorse this company - the Gametraders store site here in Australia has a tv skin continually playing a loop of retro commercials from OZ and around the world starting from the 2600. There is about 45min of pure gold! My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Love the old commercials! The only thing I see odd about that one is... The only actual arcade game I recognize in the background is Vangaurd, a game that never made it to Colecovision! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICH666 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I think it's just funny that video games now look better than those special effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Love the old commercials! The only thing I see odd about that one is... The only actual arcade game I recognize in the background is Vangaurd, a game that never made it to Colecovision! IIRC, Coleco was in talks to get Vanguard and Phoenix, but Atari stole the rights away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 IIRC, Coleco was in talks to get Vanguard and Phoenix, but Atari stole the rights away "stole" as in bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Good memory guys! I forgot about that-- a lil googling and found this in one of the colecovision FAQ's... "Achieving such lofty goals may be difficult. Coleco last year paid only $250,000 for the rights to Donkey Kong, but Atari later had to pay an estimated $21 million to license E.T. for it's coin-operated and home video games. Late last year Coleco reached an agreement with the game maker Centuri for licenses to three arcade games: Phoenix, Vanguard, and Challenger. Then just before the contract was to be signed, Atari won the license by making a higher offer. Parker Brothers also outbid Coleco for the Popeye license. "Coleco's position is still not assured," says Barbara S. Isgur, a security analyst at Paine Webber. "They were helped last year by the phenomenal success of Donkey Kong. What will they do for an encore?" All three could have been good additions to the CV library I think, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Good memory guys! I forgot about that-- a lil googling and found this in one of the colecovision FAQ's... "Achieving such lofty goals may be difficult. Coleco last year paid only $250,000 for the rights to Donkey Kong, but Atari later had to pay an estimated $21 million to license E.T. for it's coin-operated and home video games. Late last year Coleco reached an agreement with the game maker Centuri for licenses to three arcade games: Phoenix, Vanguard, and Challenger. Then just before the contract was to be signed, Atari won the license by making a higher offer. Parker Brothers also outbid Coleco for the Popeye license. "Coleco's position is still not assured," says Barbara S. Isgur, a security analyst at Paine Webber. "They were helped last year by the phenomenal success of Donkey Kong. What will they do for an encore?" All three could have been good additions to the CV library I think, too! Isn't it strange that Atari also got Challenger but never used it? Perhaps they thought the game wasn't worth a port... BTW, I read once that Coleco was so secure that they had got Phoenix and Vanguard that they even produced prototypes. Is that true? Anyone knows anything about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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