yodafan Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Hello guys, A Friend suggested me to subscribe this forums as there are lot colecovision expert here. I'm a great fan and huge collector of Star wars stuff including video games. While looking video on youtube, i found that video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6asEANQh3xc&feature=youtu.be But i never saw that version to sell. I have the IntTV and VCS version but i can not find that one. Where could i find that game.? Thanks Yodafan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) This game, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, was never released for the ColecoVision and actually I have never seen any information that Parker Brothers was planning a ColecoVision release. I guess I'll have to revisit some of the Parker Brothers catalogs and ads to see if I missed mention of it. While Coleco did help Parker Brothers with some of their games, it's odd to see the "Your Vision is our Vision... ColecoVision" ending seeing as this is from a Coleco T.V. commercial and I wouldn't expect to see it in a Parker Brothers commercial... but you never know. Edited December 15, 2012 by NIAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6asEANQh3xc&feature=youtu.be I WANT ONE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartsfam Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Maybe I'm just skeptical, but play that commercial with your speakers cranked...it sounds like two different commercials spliced together. The tone, and sound seem different from the beginning and end. Just my opinion...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I just found a different video on YouTube. Where did this come from? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Yeah, most certainly spliced together. You can play it on Colecovision with an Exp#1 and an Atari cart. As I said via eBay $11 shipping to Germany (plus cost of game) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Yeah, most certainly spliced together. You can play it on Colecovision with an Exp#1 and an Atari cart. As I said via eBay $11 shipping to Germany (plus cost of game) But the graphics in this "commercial" are not those of the Atari version, nor the Inty version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 But the graphics in this "commercial" are not those of the Atari version, nor the Inty version. Agreed. Was there an A8 release or proto of ESB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Yes, the strange thing is that the graphics do look like something on Colecovision. Definitely not the 2600 or INTV graphics in that video. So, someone must have programmed at least a working demo on some other system. Maybe there is an unfinished CV proto that will surface some day. Hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Agreed. Was there an A8 release or proto of ESB? The Atari A8 release does not look at all like that one. But seing the video , i found the scrolling seems a little bit too smooth for a coleco, imho. Ok we don't see too much on these videos , but that's strange. Never heard of that version before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crapahute Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 While reading my old magazines, I came across this advert of Micromania, a French store. I noticed that Starwars 2 was in the list of ColecoVision games. It is mentioned that some of the games in the list are not yet available but that they will soon… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 While reading my old magazines, I came across this advert of Micromania, a French store. I noticed that Starwars 2 was in the list of ColecoVision games. It is mentioned that some of the games in the list are not yet available but that they will soon… I was looking for a date but didn't see one on the page. Just wondering since if the magazine is early enough in Colecovision history then it is possible coding started if it is not one of those vapor wares like in their catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yodafan Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 This game, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, was never released for the ColecoVision It explains why i don't find it. Thanks a lot for your answer. But it is strange that this kind of video exists. It is like if the game really existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) It explains why i don't find it. Thanks a lot for your answer. But it is strange that this kind of video exists. It is like if the game really existed. Seeing as Star Wars is a humongous name in and of itself, it is a little odd that Parker Brothers would make a commercial for what would be a hugely popular ColecoVision title and not have any information about it released in catalogs, printed Ads, press releases, etc. A T.V. commercial is a very expensive venture and you would also think that there would be more gameplay video than just the one scene battling the Walker. Fun stuff! Edited December 17, 2012 by NIAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It is like if the game really existed. From everything I see in the posted video, the game does exist, at least in abbreviated form. That is most definitely not the Intellivision or 2600 versions, so what else can it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 The controller the kid was using in the second video link posted by PixelBoy looks like the stock VCS controller, but it is hard to tell completely. So looks like what you see of the game is a non-playabale demo... Coleco was good at this stuff so I'm sure they passed on their magic to Parker Brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+pboland Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Watch the video again guys. That video is made up of three different sources. The clip with the game graphics is to clear to be part of the first section of the video or the last. Can the Colecovision do parallax scrolling? If that is truly a ColecoVision version of the game, then someone is teasing Coleco fans with their homebrew game. Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Someone just make this game for us and then we won't care if it was real or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Someone is working on a CV ESB Star Wars game ,,,,, this could be a teaser 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Watch the video again guys. That video is made up of three different sources. The clip with the game graphics is to clear to be part of the first section of the video or the last. Can the Colecovision do parallax scrolling? If that is truly a ColecoVision version of the game, then someone is teasing Coleco fans with their homebrew game. Just my 2 cents. Indeed, the cut together video does raise a red flag and the thought has crossed my mind already about this being a current Homebrew project... it's just more fun to discuss the possibilities of this being something from the 80's that was never released and could be another one of those "Holy Grails" that has yet to be discovered. If you look at the game being played on the TV (looks like the VCS version), it definetely isn't the same as the close up and clear as day video cut scene. As far as parallax scrolling, all you have to do is look at Moon Patrol and the soon to be released Team PixelBoy/Oscar Toledo Guitierrez game Princess Quest for examples. I guess those would count as parallax scrolling. Edited December 18, 2012 by NIAD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I never said the video was not some spliced together fake, just that the game does exist. That is in no way, shape, or form, the VCS or INTV version shown, and what else does that leave that would provide those graphics? CV? XE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 If you look closely at the second Youtube video (linked by PixelBoy) when the show the kid playing the game, the image on the TV looks like the Atari VCS version and the controller looks like a VCS controller.... that's all. When the video switches to full screen, it definetely is not the same, but vastly improved. As Retroillucid has mentioned, someone is currently working on this game and the cut scenes from the videos are probably just a teaser... and a very good teaser at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 BTW, seems to have a European French flavor to the whole thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUNO FIRST Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I know some french guys working to a new homebrew game for Colecovision. The same guys that times ago released a Colecovision multicart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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