Confusion - Colecovision and Telegames Games

[+RangerG]

I am confused about Colecovision games by Telegames. Looking through the DP Guide, there are 8 games that are listed that were released only by Telegames - Alcazar, Amazing Bumpman, Boulder Dash, Cosmic Crisis, Rock'N Bolt, Skiing, Strike It, and Tak Wars. Were these "exclusive" games always made by Telegames and were they released in the early 80s along with the rest of the Colecovision games? All of these games are still availale from Telegames USA or UK (but for high prices with high shipping). This leaves some games from the DP guide as games also made by other companies but with a Telegames label - Fathom, King-Fu SuperKicks, Motorcross Racer, Tennis. If you as a collector aren't just interested in unique titles, but also want label variations then you would need to get these (I don't believe all are still available from Telegames). Were these label variations available during the 80s? Also, Telegames lists many Colecovision games (and 2600, Intellivision, and many more). What are these games? New old stock copies, games with Telegames labels (if so shouldn't they all be in the DR guide as label variations). Lastly, anyone have a picture of some of some of these Telegames games? I assume the labels are pretty generic looking and do they have manuals?

 

Whew - thanks for the responses!

 

Take care,

RG

[+RangerG]

any help?

 

I know there are Colecovision experts on these boards .

[wberdan]

Ok- Cosmic Crisis, Strike It, and Tank Wars were all originally released by Bit Corp. Unfortunetely, it seems the only place Bit Corp ever got these games out in original form was in the Netherlands… at least that’s where the copies I have seen have come from.

Telegames bought out Bit Corp at some point. I would really like to know when.. it would be interesting to know. Telegames bought out Bit Corp’s Dina 2 in 1 console, and shredded the boxes, relabeled them and sold them as the Telegames Personal Arcade. I have no idea if Telegames ever had any original Bit Corp game stock before they started just started manufacturing them under their label.

 

As far as I know- Boulder Dash has been out of print for at least 2 or 3 years. I have no idea why. I suspect it isn’t because of lack of demand, I think that they lost the rights to sell this game somehow. I also think that Amazing Bumpman is out of print, but I am not 100% on that.

 

Telegames will release anything they own the rights to under their own label.. I have never agreed with putting fathom in the guide- it never made sense to me. If you’re going to put Fathom in there, why not every other stupid game that telegames releases? That doesn’t make sense.

 

Motocross Racer, Tournament Tennis, and Kung Fu Super Kicks are the only Telegames releases that I have seen available in regular colecovision style cardboard boxes. Oddly, Kung Fu SuperKicks even says “Xonox” on the box… I have no idea why Telegames would get the boxes printed with the name Xonox and Telegames on the same box.

 

Alcazar and Rock 'N Bolt come in plastic clamshell cases with color covers and (I think) manuals.

The rest of the games are in plastic clamshell cases, with photocopied manuals and ‘covers’.

 

I try to avoid Telegames in the label variation quest. They are simply too much of a pain in the butt, and not worth pursuing outside of the games mentioned in this post, in my opinion.

 

 

willie

[+RangerG]

Great anwere Willie, thanks! I would like to get the Telegames exclusives, but the label varations don't seem worth the effort at all - I agree with you totally. Do all the Telegames games sold through there website then come with a Telegames label? If so, I understand your questioning why putting Tennis in as a label variation. You might as well put every game in twice. Do Telegames 2600 and Intellivision games come with rebadged labels also?

 

One last question - I assume the Colecovision was PAL in Europe. The DP guide says that the Xonox double enders were only released in Europe and Canada. A) Then why are they listed as U.S. releases and B) If they were NTSC, then why were they released in Europe?

 

Now - about the Splicevision, just kidding .

 

Take care,

RG

[wberdan]

Great answer Willie, thanks! I would like to get the Telegames exclusives, but the label varations don't seem worth the effort at all - I agree with you totally. Do all the Telegames games sold through there website  then come with a Telegames label? If so, I understand your questioning why putting Tennis in as a label variation. You might as well put every game in twice. Do Telegames 2600 and Intellivision games come with rebadged labels also?  

 

One last question - I assume the Colecovision was PAL in Europe. The DP guide says that the Xonox double enders were only released in Europe and Canada. A) Then why are they listed as U.S. releases and B) If they were NTSC, then why were they released in Europe?  

 

Now - about the Splicevision, just kidding  .

 

Take care,

RG

 

 

I don’t know if all games come with a telegames label… I think some of the games, like Montezuma Revenge, for example, come with a printed reproduction label.

I think Telegames *may* stock some of the really common stuff that people never buy anyway… I’m not sure.

 

Tennis isn’t only a label variation, it is also a box variation- so I think it should be in there. It has an ‘official’ cardboard box, so yeah.

 

I have no idea about the 2600 and intelly stuff.

 

The ColecoVision doesn’t have a PAL or NTSC difference for some reason- all games work everywhere.

 

Well, we counted them as a US release since they were North American- they *could* have been released in the US, I’m not 100% on that- but it is doubtful.

Also, as a side note- the xonox double enders from Europe have different labels than the ones from Canada. Plus they are usually in black plastic casings, whereas the Canadian ones are slightly dark grey.

 

 

If you want any information about the Splicevision- just ask. I don’t know a whole bunch about it, but a bit.

 

 

Willie

[Cootster]

AFAIK, there is no difference between NTSC/PAL CV carts, it's in the hardware . . . Any game released anywhere should work on all systems . . .

 

Their 2600 releases come w/ cheap silverish labels . . . Don't know about the INTV ones . . .

 

And are they still making carts at all? Even some of their unique releases like 2600 Universal Chaos (the completion of Targ) aren't on sale anymore . . .

[CincYnoTi]

You missed Skiing as a Telegames release. Both Amazing Bumpman and Skiing are no longer being sold by Telegames, since they sold their last stock several years ago. Skiing was sold either in the clamshell case or in a plastic baggie stapled to a piece of cardboard.

[wberdan]

You missed Skiing as a Telegames release.  Both Amazing Bumpman and Skiing are no longer being sold by Telegames, since they sold their last stock several years ago.  Skiing was sold either in the clamshell case or in a plastic baggie stapled to a piece of cardboard.

 

good observation- i had mentioned that to rangerG in a PM- guess i forgot to post it here... or he mentioned it to me- it was a flub.

good eye!

 

yeah, the plastic baggie trick with telegames is something else..

 

oh i forgot this-

i have a couple telegames games in plastic sealed to a card (like a star wars figure) that had toys r us stickers on em.

like any one at TRU would have bought those by the time telegames started selling them

 

 

willie