Jordiway73 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) I have had this cart for about 15 years at least I think I got it at a yard sale I really dont remember. I never really thought about it until I saw the new Turbo game. If I remember right it was like the CBS game but wasnt CBS and Coleco one in the same? I dont have anything to play it on so I really cant tell you too much about it. Is there a known prototype of Gorf? Edited January 13, 2011 by Jordiway73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 (edited) Not that I know. That's a white Coleco cart, but Gorf was only released (in many forms) for the VCS by CBS Electronics: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=2&type=G&publisher=2267&search=103.111.114.102.&step=200 Nice. Edited January 13, 2011 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Does it play? Any screenshots? Anyone could have written those words on a label-removed Coleco cart in a hoax effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 CBS Electronics (known as Gabriel Electronics before acquisition by CBS) did distribute the Colecovision outside of the US, so you are remembering a connection. Since the cart has no label, you might want to open it up (being careful of light exposure) and take a picture of the innards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 We need to see two things: the inside of the shell and screenshots. The cart in question is not consistent with the other CBS/Coleco protos that I own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordiway73 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 I cant get the screws out I dont know if they were glued or what, so i am going to have to drill them out but i dont have a drill so I will borrow one hopefully we will see the inside of this cart tomor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ This still does not eliminate screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Koala Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ This still does not eliminate screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 CBS Electronics (known as Gabriel Electronics before acquisition by CBS) did distribute the Colecovision outside of the US, so you are remembering a connection. Well, another important connection to make here is that the ColecoVision version of GORF is by Coleco, so to speak, and it is inside a Coleco style shell (albeit colecoVISION). Does this cartridge play on a 2600? Or could it actually be a colecovision board inside that coleco cart shell? Just count the pins on the edge connector and you will know. Also, don't forget about licensee swaps that happen from time to time. The most common example for instance being Colecovision Popeye. Although released by Parker Brothers, it was originally a Coleco game and would have been released by coleco in a Coleco cart shell. Nintendo was together with Coleco on DK & DK Jr. and Popeye was to be next. Maybe GORF was to be released by Coleco on the 2600, and at the last minute CBS (which was heavily in bed with Bally/Midway and their arcade to home translations) took possession. On the other hand, this could just be some industry person's personal bootleg copy of gorf that he put together while working at coleco, or just some pirate bootleg crap made by someone years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordiway73 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 ^ This still does not eliminate screenshots. Read Paragraph A where it says i have nothing to play it on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordiway73 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Well I agree with the last part "On the other hand, this could just be some industry person's personal bootleg copy of gorf that he put together while working at coleco, or just some pirate bootleg crap made by someone years ago." And yes it did work on my coleco atari module when it worked And there are 12 pins on the cart Was Gorf released on NTSC? I thought it was only released on PAL Does pal work on Coleco's atari 2600 module? Edited January 14, 2011 by Jordiway73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 On the other hand, this could just be some industry person's personal bootleg copy of gorf that he put together while working at coleco, or just some pirate bootleg crap made by someone years ago. Nail -> Head Then someone wrote "PROTO" on it later on, to make it more "attractive". Has anyone every seen a prototype that had the word "PROTO" on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Has anyone every seen a prototype that had the word "PROTO" on it? Nope. Prototype several times, but never proto. I think proto is a slang term made up by collectors, I've never heard an industry person say it. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordiway73 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 My theory is that someone erased the eprom and and reburned it, thats why my first question was "is there and exsiting Gorf prototype"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well, if you've had it for 15 years, I'd say it's likely an or a bootleg copy. If you had only acquired it recently, I'd say it could be possible that the collector before you was familiar with the terminology and wrote 'GORF PROTO' on what might have been just a board that they put in a convenient blank cart, but if you've had it longer than "recently" (in this case meaning perhaps the last 5 years or so?) it's unlikely that this would be the case at all. Open the case and all will be revealed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 AA -> Just open it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animan Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I hope the other Swordquest prizes are inside it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordiway73 Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) here it is dosent look like anything special thats for sure it has some kind of epoxy holding it down Edited January 14, 2011 by Jordiway73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 That's got a production RF shield on it. I can't remember ever seeing a prototype or DIY pirate cart board with that. What does a regular CBS board look like? My guess would be that it's the regular release version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 That is not a proto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 hopefully you did not pay too much for it. looks like a hoax after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordiway73 Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 If anybody wants it they are welcome to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Someone with a VCS could have a look at it to see if it's any different (small chance, though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Someone with a VCS could have a look at it to see if it's any different (small chance, though). Well, it is consistent with a CBS production board. Clearly it looks like a regular rom production release. So if it is Gorf, the question becomes why the heck would someone place it into a coleco cart case? And then writing proto on the outside of the cart shell makes no sense to anyone. After playing around with some extra coleco & CBS cart shells and boards, I can tell you that it makes sense that the owner used all that glue to try and hold the pcb in place. The boards are very similar, but the CBS board does not quite fit snuggly inside the shell and gluing it would provide the hold needed so it would not slip when inserted into a console. Either way, thanks for sharing with us. You just never know with these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) If anybody wants it they are welcome to it If the outside of that cartridge shell is in like-new condition (or can be cleaned up to be), Albert -- the owner of this website -- would like it for one of his current projects. He's selling reproductions of the unreleased Coleco Turbo prototype. White Coleco VCS cart shells are not very easy to obtain in quantity, so he'll take any he can get. The marker in the label area of that shell doesn't matter; it's the rest of it that's important. The glue on the inside shouldn't be a problem as long as there's no damage. Edited January 16, 2011 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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