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There was, it was originally called the DINA.

Luc just got my games and the packaging and assembly is top notch, quite possibly the best Coleco homebrew stuff I have seen. Will try to squeeze in some playtime Friday but from what people have posted they should play as nice as they look. Congrats on your first releases, very well done!

Resident Evil, agreed. Especially the only un-cut version for the PC. Creeped me out back in the day, and the series itself still does. Have to give it up for Dead Space on the 360 for the modern consoles, I literally stopped playing it from being too spooked at times (that, and dying all the time). I must be getting old. Picked it up months later just to prove I could beat it on the hardest setting. The sequel seems to be just as bad, and my Wife won't let me play it in front of the kids.

You the man Mike! Can't wait to fire this one up when its ready, even more so than when I was waiting for War!

I'll take the Neo Geo AES then for my vote.

Neo Geo was 1990 actually, so we have a winner then...

It was, and you could not have picked a better game to show off its capabilities. Its a great system to pick up, if you can find one that works, that is.

What changes were made to the Xbox video? It was always an nVidia chipset as far as I know. And as far as backwards compatability issues go, the 360 uses a different CPU and GPU platform than the Xbox (IBM/ATI vs Intel/nVidia) hence the reason for "emulation". But back on topic, I know the Neo Geo AES had a few motherboard revisions, some with daughter cards for the video. Different versions/revisions produce different video quality, from the stock output to modded consoles & vga. Neo-geo.com has more information on this.

His last activity here was "Sep 8 2007 2:37 AM" and it seems his site has not been updated in years... Protector is my favorite game for the system.

Confirmed on the Bally Alley Yahoo! group as being sold out as of 10/29. Total of 20 complete copies made, 1 loose copy and one complete package less cart (box, inset & manual).

You can post a message on the Yahoo! "ballyalley" group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ballyalley/?yguid=142265928 There were only 20 carts made, and I am not sure if they were all sold as of yet.

Thought I would post some pics from Bally Alley to help stir up some interest:

Damn, Luc, now I really need to land a new job! Great work on these and I can't wait to see them in action.

Dude, you were in ROSLYN, what did you expect?

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I'm not so sure thats the case, although it would be great if J-F responded on this one. I'm hoping its just the "classic" packaging that won't be released, and not the revised game. Remember there was also to be a "green" box version of Mario Bros. as well (I had requested all three copies when it was first announced). So what exactly is the story J-F? Will the revised Mario make an appearance on cartridge, in whatever type of packaging?

It may be outdated, but if you are looking for Atari stuff its where you want to be. Pick up the catalog for a few bucks and just download the updates. You can find what you want. And yes email is the way to go, they will respond back with what they have and the current prices. When I got my first 5200 four port it died within a few minutes. One phone call to them got me the help I needed in the form or a replacement motherboard. Picked up some controller rebuild parts while I was at it. Very knowledgeable over the phone, so don’t let the "retro" themed web site put you off from ordering from them. Just be glad it’s not the 80's where you had to write to people by hand from an ad they posted in the back of a gaming magazine to see if they had what you wanted, and then pay by check! On a side note I have to agree with Luc the eColeco site is even worse (unless of course you want scooter parts, which as far as I know Best doesn't sell...)

Actually, it was in their original promo material sent out that spring and summer of '82. Including the material handed out at that Summer CES. So was the speech synthesizer module. The speech module is news to me, and I just don't remember the 2600 adapter being pushed by Atari at all. I will take your word for it though. I do think Coleco did a much better job on their adapter though, as far as advertising it. It's one of the things I remember the most, that and the fact that Donkey Kong was the pack in game.

Well, I was around when the 5200 came out, I had an extensive 2600 collection and yet I bought a ColecoVision instead of the 5200. Know what one of the reasons was? The crappy controllers on the 5200 not self centering. And I'm sure I wasn't the only one who didn't like them. So I sold my 2600 lot and started playing Donkey Kong on an almost as crappy controller (but at least it self-centered!). Again, that's just my opinion, but who is to say it's not the reason the 5200 didn't sell well? I also think the fact that Atari didn't advertise a 2600 adapter for the 5200 (at least not right away, not from what I remember) and Coleco did was a factor as well. How many kids had more than one game system back then, or more importantly, what parent was going to buy their kids another one? (OK, mine did, but I was special). Coleco marketed their console better in my opinion, and I believe it outsold the 5200, did it not? So you could say that the reason it did not sell as well or was not embraced as much as the other second generation systems was due to a number of factors, one of which may have been what was perceived as a poor design of the controllers with their lack of self centering, blah blah blah... (don't quote me on the blah's)

If you noticed I didn't reply to you directly, I was mearly making a statement about ROM asking in general. Hence my joke about using "Google" to search for them. But I do think it would be a good idea to have a post listing the ones that are available and links to them. We're all friends here, at least I hope most of us are!

It's generally frowned upon to ask about ROMS in an open public forum, unless of course you mean "what ROMS have been released to the public domain?" (which is a better question to ask). Asking about ROMS is like asking "where are the bootlegs" in a DVD or other media type forum. (Besides, you can always find what you are looking for if you are FRoogle, if you get my meaning. Maybe a good topic would be just what Coleco ROMS are public domain and pinning it to the top of the forum?

So it sounds like I should have kept my sealed copy of Gremlins sealed, huh? Nah, where would the fun be in that? Nice that you scored a copy, I've gone to DP a fee times (I work over in Lodi) but never really found anything on my "must have" list. Cool store though, although not what I expected.

Sold my Atarimax ColecoVision 128-in-1 Flash MultiCart to him, Pixelboy is the man!