Pixelboy Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I thought this warranted a post of its own. I know NIAD has put great effort into his CV rarity list, but his list tends to include absolutely everything (which is good, no problem there) and my personal definition of an "official homebrew release" differs slightly. Some of the games listed below may not belong there, or some games may be missing that shouldn't, for various reasons which are debatable, but the point is that we've now reached almost 150 distinct homebrew ColecoVision games, and with the games released this year by Team Pixelboy, CollectorVision and other parties, we'll definately go well over the 150 games mark. 1 421 2 A.E. - Anti-Environment Encounter 3 Amazing Snake 4 Armageddon 5 Astro Invader 6 Astrododge 7 Bank Panic 8 Bankruptcy Builder 9 Battle of Hoth 10 Bejeweled 11 Black Onyx, The 12 Bomb'n Blast 13 Boxxle 14 Buck Rogers Super Game 15 Bugs'n Bots 16 Burn Rubber 17 Buster Bros / Pang 18 BUSTin-Out - Volume #1 19 BUSTin-Out - Volume #2 20 BUSTin-Out - Volume #3 21 Canadian Mini Games 1 22 CAT S.O.S. Game, The 23 Chack'n Pop 24 Chess Challenger 25 Circus Charlie 26 Cix 27 Cocoleco 28 ColecoVision Game Pack #1 29 ColecoVision Game Pack #2 30 Comic Bakery 31 Comic Bakery (homebrew prototype) 32 Computer Space 33 Cosmo Fighter 2 34 Cosmo Fighter 3 35 CVDRUM - Drum Machine 36 Cye - CGE 2K7 Limited Edition 37 DacMan 38 Deflektor Kollection 39 Destructor - Standard Controller Edition 40 Dragon's Lair 41 Dungeon & Trolls 42 Earth Defend 2083 43 Electric Adventures' Classics 44 Elevator Action 45 Exerion (homebrew prototype) 46 Fireman 47 Flapee Byrd 48 Flora and the Ghost Mirror 49 Front Line - Standard Controller Edition 50 Galaga 51 Galaga (homebrew prototype) 52 Gamester81 - The Video Game 53 Ghost 'n Zombies - A Quest for a Rose 54 Ghostblaster 55 Girl's Garden 56 Golgo 13 57 Goonies, The 58 Gulkave 59 HeliFire 60 Insane Pickin' Sticks VIII 61 Jeepers Creepers 62 Jet Pack 63 Jewel Panic 64 Joust 65 Kevtris 66 King's Valley 67 Kobashi 68 Konami's Ping-Pong 69 Lock'n Chase 70 Lode Runner (SG-1000 port, heavily modified for CollectorVision) 71 Lode Runner (SG-1000 port) 72 Lord of the Dungeon 73 Magical Tree 74 Mario Bros 75 Maze Maniac 76 Mecha 8 77 Memotech MTX Series - Games Collection Vol. 1 78 Memotech MTX Series - Games Collection Vol. 2 79 MindWalls 80 Module Man 81 Monster Masher - GamesConsoles.com Version 82 Monster Masher - Good Deal Games Version 83 Moon Patrol 84 Mopiranger 85 Mr Chin 86 Ms. Space Fury 87 Nibbli - Son of Nibbler 88 Ninja Princess 89 Ozma Wars 90 Pac-Man Collection 91 Peek-a-boo 92 Penguin Land 93 Pippols 94 Pitfall II Arcade 95 Pong 96 Pooyan 97 Power Lords 98 Princess Quest 99 Purple Dinosaur Massacre (demo) 100 Puzzli 101 Pyramid Warp / Battleship Clapton II 102 Quest for the Golden Chalice 103 Reversi (+ Diamond Dash) 104 Road Fighter 105 RollerBall 106 Schlange CV - GamesConsoles.com Version 107 Schlange CV - Good Deal Games Version 108 Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels - GamesConsoles.com Version 109 Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels - Good Deal Games Version 110 Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels 2 - GamesConsoles.com Version 111 Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels 2 - Good Deal Games Version 112 Search for the Stolen Crown Jewels 3 113 Shunting Puzzle 114 Side Trak 115 Sky Jaguar 116 Slither - Standard Controller Edition 117 Smurf Challenge 118 Space Invaders Collection 119 Space Invasion 120 Spectar 121 Spunky's Super Car! 122 Squares! 123 Star Force 124 Star Fortress 125 Starcom 126 SteamRoller 127 Strip Poker 128 Subroc Super Game 129 Super Action Soccer 130 Super Mine-Field 131 Tank Challenge 132 Telebunny 133 Terra Attack 134 Thexder 135 Tic Tac Toe 136 Track & Field 137 Track & Field 2 (homebrew prototype) 138 Turbo - Standard Controller Edition 139 TwinBee 140 Victory - Standard Controller Edition 141 Void - Centuri Conflict, The 142 WAR 143 Way of the Exploding Foot, The 144 Wonder Boy 145 Yie Ar Kung-Fu 146 Zaxxon Super Game 147 Zippy Race 148 Zombie Near Pretty cool, if I do say so myself, and I'm proud to be a part of that. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 That kicks serious ass, congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: All the way! Anthony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Awesome list Luc! Now I have a check list to fill in the blanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Let the debate begin! I'll have to take a thorough look at it to see if anything is missing or included when it shouldn't because I know you're not at all meticulous and/or anal like me about anything that you do. Nice job putting it together and it truly is amazing to see the number of Homebrew releases that have been made over the years AND that there really aren't too many LEMONS in that lengthy list... if at all. Whoops! Found a couple of issues and it's a dilemna I have faced with my Collector's List and even organizing my collection for display. The issue is that releases like CAT SOS, Fireman, PowerLords, etc. were developed in the 80's, although never commercially released, so should they be included in a list like this? If they are, then all the other prototypes from the 80's that have had a Homebrew release made such as Pac-Man, Dig Dug (releases made by CGE and AtariAge) and numerous others, should be included as well. Lists like this will always get nitpicked due to the "grey areas" involved and the discussion that insues tends to be just as interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Incredible, Congratulations!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tron Unit Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Unbelievable! There's still life left in a 33 year old game console!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Let the debate begin! I'll have to take a thorough look at it to see if anything is missing or included when it shouldn't because I know you're not at all meticulous and/or anal like me about anything that you do. Hee hee! He said "anal". Hee hee! Nice job putting it together and it truly is amazing to see the number of Homebrew releases that have been made over the years AND that there really aren't too many LEMONS in that lengthy list... if at all. Yeah, but there are a lot of ports from other machines in that list, and most of these are of games that people really wanted to see ported. That tends to push the quality measure up in a list like this. Whoops! Found a couple of issues and it's a dilemna I have faced with my Collector's List and even organizing my collection for display. The issue is that releases like CAT SOS, Fireman, PowerLords, etc. were developed in the 80's, although never commercially released, so should they be included in a list like this? If they are, then all the other prototypes from the 80's that have had a Homebrew release made such as Pac-Man, Dig Dug (releases made by CGE and AtariAge) and numerous others, should be included as well. Lists like this will always get nitpicked due to the "grey areas" involved and the discussion that insues tends to be just as interesting. Yeah, but I didn't post the list for nitpicking reasons, I just wanted to demonstrate that we've gone past the number of "official" commercial releases, which by my estimate is about 140. Even if we remove or add games in the list (including games that will be released in 2015) we'll still be over the 140 commercial games mark. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 did i miss boxxle release ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 did i miss boxxle release Oops! Boxxle, Jewel Panic and Front Line SCE are included because it's a sure thing that they will be released this year. There are other upcoming Team Pixelboy releases I would have liked to include in the list as well, but those are for a future announcement... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I'm glad I've made my small effort to contribute 3 games to that list And I pretend to write yet another game, just that myself I'm surprised of how busy I've been. Also I'm surprised by how many games can develop in one year other programmers (greetings!) Hee hee! He said "anal". Hee hee! You have contributed so much to the Colecovision community, that you're now in the annals of Colecovision history. (I hope to have used enough 'n' letters, hehe ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlepaddle Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Impressive! Now, I'm just curious: 1) How many homebrews are readily available NOW? 2) how long will it be before there are more games for the Colecovision than for the NES? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digress Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 On going availability is usually difficult as most games are produced in a set run and once they are gone they might gone FOREVER!!!!!!! Oh well. Some are available just contact the producer and see if they have any still. There are also some available right here at the Atariage store. I just bought one last week (Spectar) . I'm glad to have contributed one game to the above list as well. And 1 more to come. Impressive! Now, I'm just curious: 1) How many homebrews are readily available NOW? 2) how long will it be before there are more games for the Colecovision than for the NES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Thanks for taking this one. Don't know if these make sense to add? Lord of the Dungeon CGE release and Colectorvision release Was steam roller released twice, once at cge and then re-released years later? 2 versions of CAT SOS, maybe that's being picky? MTX 1 was released by the dev and colectorvision Edited February 1, 2015 by evg2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 This is pretty cool! It's great to see the system having such strong support after all these years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Rock on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Lord of the Dungeon CGE release and Colectorvision release I think the CGE and CollectorVision releases use different electronics inside the carts, but they are the same game. Was steam roller released twice, once at cge and then re-released years later? Yes. 2 versions of CAT SOS, maybe that's being picky? True... MTX 1 was released by the dev and colectorvision It was? That's news to me... But it's the same software anyhow, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Impressive! Now, I'm just curious: 1) How many homebrews are readily available NOW? 2) how long will it be before there are more games for the Colecovision than for the NES? http://atariage.com/forums/topic/206287-colecovision-homebrew-availability-list/ Thanks to the efforts of Nanochess and I think it is pretty current. As someone else mentioned, for games that are SOLD OUT, it won't hurt to send the Homebrewer a PM or email to ask about the availability whether it's CIB or Loose. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Awesome guys, congrats!! Playing some CV right now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/206287-colecovision-homebrew-availability-list/ Thanks to the efforts of Nanochess and I think it is pretty current. As someone else mentioned, for games that are SOLD OUT, it won't hurt to send the Homebrewer a PM or email to ask about the availability whether it's CIB or Loose. Yeah, if anyone's looking for certain Team Pixelboy games in particular, perhaps I can be of service. I currently have a few copies of TwinBee left in stock, and I can make some new copies of a few of my older games because I ordered a few too many cartridge PCBs last December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 It was? That's news to me... But it's the same software anyhow, right? yes, I believe same software: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 i dont know mutch about making and selling game but i know you cant print one box you need to order a minimum and its too mutch after the initial release for most if the game can you print the cart lable in a very small quanteties??? cause pcb and shell are for sure not a lost of money if you sell cart only for people who only want to play and dont really collect those homebrew and maybe that can give publisher a better $$$ return on the total of the production cost.... with the new 5-11 pcb you can burn the game when the pcb is fully assembly... so its easy to make one cart at the time when some one want it.... just a tought.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 i dont know mutch about making and selling game but i know you cant print one box you need to order a minimum and its too mutch after the initial release for most if the game can you print the cart lable in a very small quanteties??? cause pcb and shell are for sure not a lost of money if you sell cart only for people who only want to play and dont really collect those homebrew and maybe that can give publisher a better $$$ return on the total of the production cost.... with the new 5-11 pcb you can burn the game when the pcb is fully assembly... so its easy to make one cart at the time when some one want it.... just a tought.... For boxes and labels, it depends on the method. Typically the box has a minimum run, and I'm guessing for most (for me, anyway), that the label can be printed in low quantities. For the PCB, the game is still programmed before assembly, using the 2nd connector... still easy enough to make one at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slab0meat Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I thought I got in on the SOS game early, but maybe I'm forgetting.... but what are the two versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I thought I got in on the SOS game early, but maybe I'm forgetting.... but what are the two versions? There were, I think, 10 gold cartridge made for the people who help get the prototype version. There's the box release version, if I remember, should be the black cartridge version. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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