Australian Colecovision Championship - 1982 (The Real King of Kong)

[vcoleiro1]

When I was 14 , I was lucky enough to win a regional Colecovision championship , then the State championship and finally the Australian Colecovision Championship which was televised on a current affair program called Terry Willisee Tonight (TWT).

 

Probably the second most embarrassing video I have been in, at least I didnt come across as bad as the guy who wore a gold cape and claimed to be Australia's first video games Super Hero.

 

Real King of Kong stuff.

 

Apologise for the quality, its off an old VHS tape.

 

Edited July 19, 2011 by vcoleiro1

[Ikrananka]

When I was 14 , I was lucky enough to win a regional Colecovision championship , then the State championship and finally the Australian Colecovision Championship which was televised on a current affair program called Terry Willisee Tonight (TWT).

 

Probably the second most embarrassing video I have been in, at least I didnt come across as bad as the guy who wore a gold cape and claimed to be Australia's first video games Super Hero.

 

Real King of Kong stuff.

 

Apologise for the quality, its off an old VHS tape, also the vid doesnt start until 7 seconds in.

Superb video - thanks for sharing.

Edited July 19, 2011 by Ikrananka

[ColecoDan]

That is awesome!!!! I can't believe they had you guys playing on those tiny tvs. The crowd probably can't even see you guys playing they are just standing back there for nothing

[akator]

That's an awesome video

[Yurkie]

Cool video.

 

The MC announced your score as 214,600.

 

What skill level where you playing?

[vcoleiro1]

Cool video.

 

The MC announced your score as 214,600.

 

What skill level where you playing?

 

 

Cant remember the skill level played, but the score was the aggregate of 3 games which were each played for 8 minutes - Competition rules.

The first game was Donkey Kong then Zaxxon and finally Time Pilot. I remember I top scored on Donkey Kong, bombed a bit on Zaxxon then kicked ass on Time Pilot.

Time Pilot was actually a mystery game which was just released and none off us had practiced it or knew it would be in the comp.

Lucky for me I used to play Time Pilot a lot in the arcades.

[Murph74]

Very cool video! (I still get baffled trying to figure out how some people can even play the way they hold that controller though! lol)

[ColecoDan]

Very cool video! (I still get baffled trying to figure out how some people can even play the way they hold that controller though! lol)

 

 

No kidding, when I saw that one kid with his thumb on the controller knob I couldn't believe he could be any good that way. His thumb must kill him when he is finished.

 

Plus it is always fun to see someone play goofy(lefty for all you non snowboarders out there)

[retroillucid]

Does anyone know if those CBS displays were available at stores in Europe?

[VectorGamer]

That's more awesome than awesome!

[NIAD]

Very cool video! (I still get baffled trying to figure out how some people can even play the way they hold that controller though! lol)

I noticed the same thing about how they were using their thumb to move the controller??? I've heard other people say that this is how they used the controller as well and could never imagine why anyone would ever attempt to use it this way... especially for a competition. To each his own, I guess.

 

I know my first inkling when I got a CV on X-Mas '82 was to hold the controller knob with my right index finger and thumb... as if I was using an arcade ball-knob.

[Ikrananka]

Very cool video! (I still get baffled trying to figure out how some people can even play the way they hold that controller though! lol)

I noticed the same thing about how they were using their thumb to move the controller??? I've heard other people say that this is how they used the controller as well and could never imagine why anyone would ever attempt to use it this way... especially for a competition. To each his own, I guess.

 

I know my first inkling when I got a CV on X-Mas '82 was to hold the controller knob with my right index finger and thumb... as if I was using an arcade ball-knob.

I'm one of those Thumbies, i.e. I hold the controller in the palm of my left hand and place my right thumb on top of the joystick to push it. I would rest the top of the controller in the palm of my right hand. Fire buttons would be pushed using my left thumb (left fire button) and left middle finger (right fire button). This just became the natural way to me to use the controller when I first got it back in '82. I will be the first to admit that I still found it uncomfortable to use in long sessions and my thumb would kill me afterwards. Thank goodness for the ball top mods!!!!!

Edited July 19, 2011 by Ikrananka

[Zwackery]

What a great piece of history! Glad to see it preserved & shared.

[vcoleiro1]

Forgot to mention that there was meant to be a World Colecovision Championship. I was told it would be in New York and that they would fly me there for it to represent Australia. Was sooo looking forward to it, but then the video game crash happened, and it all fell through.

[NIAD]

Was sooo looking forward to it, but then the video game crash happened, and it all fell through.

I whole-heartedly blame Atari for this dark blight on videogaming history and your not being able to come to the U.S. and represent your country!

[ozma wars]

Does anyone know if those CBS displays were available at stores in Europe?

no in Milan, no in Rome. so, definitively not.

[ten-four]

Does anyone know if those CBS displays were available at stores in Europe?

no in Milan, no in Rome. so, definitively not.

 

Nor in Denmark, but in Holland (Netherlands) it was good enough.

 

I was offered this ColecoVision kiosk a few years ago as seen in this Image below.

 

I bought unfortunately not the CV kiosk, it would be very expensive to send to Denmark.

 

[Knubberrub]

Probably the second most embarrassing video I have been in, at least I didnt come across as bad as the guy who wore a gold cape and claimed to be Australia's first video games Super Hero.

 

lol! and he wasn't 14 either.

 

Thanks for uploading that. It was great to watch.

 

 

Does anyone know if those CBS displays were available at stores in Europe?

 

Off the top of my head, I don't remember coming across them in London, myself, but it was a long time ago.

Edited July 20, 2011 by Knubberrub

[Bartsfam]

Probably the second most embarrassing video I have been in, 

 

What's the first most embarrasing video?

[vcoleiro1]

Probably the second most embarrassing video I have been in, 

 

What's the first most embarrasing video?

 

I have a video from when I went sky diving for the first time. I looked like this huge nerd in it.

[retroillucid]

Does anyone know if those CBS displays were available at stores in Europe?

no in Milan, no in Rome. so, definitively not.

 

Nor in Denmark, but in Holland (Netherlands) it was good enough.

 

I was offered this ColecoVision kiosk a few years ago as seen in this Image below.

 

I bought unfortunately not the CV kiosk, it would be very expensive to send to Denmark.

 

 

Sweet!!

First time I see this CBS Kiosk

 

Thanks alot Ole!

 

+1

[vcoleiro1]

Very cool video! (I still get baffled trying to figure out how some people can even play the way they hold that controller though! lol)

I noticed the same thing about how they were using their thumb to move the controller??? I've heard other people say that this is how they used the controller as well and could never imagine why anyone would ever attempt to use it this way... especially for a competition. To each his own, I guess.

 

I know my first inkling when I got a CV on X-Mas '82 was to hold the controller knob with my right index finger and thumb... as if I was using an arcade ball-knob.

I'm one of those Thumbies, i.e. I hold the controller in the palm of my left hand and place my right thumb on top of the joystick to push it. I would rest the top of the controller in the palm of my right hand. Fire buttons would be pushed using my left thumb (left fire button) and left middle finger (right fire button). This just became the natural way to me to use the controller when I first got it back in '82. I will be the first to admit that I still found it uncomfortable to use in long sessions and my thumb would kill me afterwards. Thank goodness for the ball top mods!!!!!

 

Hmm, I hold the controller in my right hand and grab the joystick with my left index finger and thumb (sometime just the thumb) . Im right handed . I often here people from the US mention they hold the joystick with there right hand, I wonder why that is?

In Australia all arcade machines had the joystick on the left and the buttons on the right. So it would be really alien for me and any Aussie and most others to hold the joystick in the right hand.

[vcoleiro1]

A lot of people over time have asked me about the guy in the gold cape, I have looked him several times and have never found any reference to him unfortunately. I Have no idea what ever happened to him. If anyone knows anything about him I would interested to know.

Edited April 8, 2012 by vcoleiro1