Greg2600 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) http://www.digitpres...ad.php?t=150197 Guy's father rescued it from the would-be trash can at Cat dealer. This guy had mentioned he got hold of this game last May, posted a minute picture, and kind of vanished. Has screenshots, which you'll need to be a DP member I think to see, so I'm reposting them. Edited January 3, 2011 by Greg2600 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickO2 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Very Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Sounds like ... er ... fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Makes you wonder what else Nuvatec had developed for the ColecoVision that is stashed away in someone's basement or lost to the ages. I recall they made a Super Action Controller Test cart, but that's about it unless they worked on other CV items without being credited. Great find and everyone should send the guy's father that saved this and the ColecoVision a big +1. Edited January 3, 2011 by NIAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Looks to be about as exciting as a game centered around a presidential campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Wouldn't mind giving this a try... wonder what the background story was on this one. Cat dealers all across North America may have had these... surprising that it took this long for one to surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 If he ever decide to dump the cart, but are afraid to destroy the label .. I would be happy to dump it from the edge of the cart, without removing the label Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm a CAT stock holder, maybe I should demand a copy of the game from the company's archives. lol Like that would work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Awesome find! I really hope the owner dumps the rom. I would love to add this game to my multi-cart and play it. It is so cool that an unknown game is found after all these years. Thanks and +1 to the Greg2600 for starting this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Makes you wonder what else Nuvatec had developed for the ColecoVision that is stashed away in someone's basement or lost to the ages. I recall they made a Super Action Controller Test cart, but that's about it unless they worked on other CV items without being credited. Great find and everyone should send the guy's father that saved this and the ColecoVision a big +1. Nuvatek was based in Illinois, they contributed well in the CV system development They also made some games for CV (without being credited) Actually, they made the 1st ever game for ColecoVision: Cosmic Avenger Cosmic Avenger was a "test" hardware software They also made Looping, Turbo, Slither, Gorf, Front Line and a few more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) Makes you wonder what else Nuvatec had developed for the ColecoVision that is stashed away in someone's basement or lost to the ages. I recall they made a Super Action Controller Test cart, but that's about it unless they worked on other CV items without being credited. Great find and everyone should send the guy's father that saved this and the ColecoVision a big +1. Nuvatek was based in Illinois, they contributed well in the CV system development They also made some games for CV (without being credited) Actually, they made the 1st ever game for ColecoVision: Cosmic Avenger Cosmic Avenger was a "test" hardware software They also made Looping, Turbo, Slither, Gorf, Front Line and a few more Finding out all this great information way too late that there were a number of companies developing ColecoVision and ADAM products in my own backyard... like Nuvatec, MicroFun/Labs and Action Graphics (they did some CV ports for Activision and Xonox). If I had known all this stuff years ago, I would have been doing some dumpster diving in hopes of finding a lot of goodies! Edited January 5, 2011 by NIAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Makes you wonder what else Nuvatec had developed for the ColecoVision that is stashed away in someone's basement or lost to the ages. I recall they made a Super Action Controller Test cart, but that's about it unless they worked on other CV items without being credited. Great find and everyone should send the guy's father that saved this and the ColecoVision a big +1. Nuvatek was based in Illinois, they contributed well in the CV system development They also made some games for CV (without being credited) Actually, they made the 1st ever game for ColecoVision: Cosmic Avenger Cosmic Avenger was a "test" hardware software They also made Looping, Turbo, Slither, Gorf, Front Line and a few more Finding out all this great information way too late that there were a number of companies developing ColecoVision and ADAM products in my own backyard... like Nuvatec, MicroFun/Labs and Action Graphics (they did some CV ports for Activision and Xonox). If I had known all this stuff years ago, I would have been doing some dumpster diving in hopes of finding a lot of goodies! And I'm dead sure you would have find alot of great goodies in those dumpsters.... and maybe you would have find my dear sweet Unreleased Tac/Scan Man! Tac/Scan is such an awesome game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Speaking of back yards... Xonox had a Canadian distribution centre here in Winnipeg back then. I remember looking at the 'warranty card' or whatever they were and noticed it was on Inkster Blvd in Winnipeg. I was impressed... I never did go there because I saw the card when I picked up all my Xonox games for 99 cents each at a pawn shop. Xonox dumped their inventory at various Pawn shops across the city and the word got out and we hit one of the shops and cleaned them out of tons of double enders for the 2600, Vic 20 and of course the Colecovision. All the games were brand new and it was like Christmas... just in the summer time! lol I don't think I ever did find a single ender from Xonox in those days... perhaps the Canadian depot only had the double enders and was one of the first places to close their doors. I wonder if any other Winnipeggers remembers this from the 80's? That was a fun summer... new games for a dollar. It occurred to me at this point that the place on Inkster had likely closed up shop... anyone have a card with the address on it? I should go and see if the building is still there and snap a picture... just for fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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