+nanochess Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 (edited) Hi everyone.A little more than a year ago I've started collecting Colecovision loose cartridges, just for fun, in fact I started with the better games (I think) and then added one, other one, another one and without warning I started a collection that finally I've completed in May/15/2013 (obviously not including the S.O.S cartridge, given that only one or two exists)Some items were pure luck, like the Super-Sketch (Sketch Master) that I don't even intended to get.The Wizard of Id Wizmath and Q*bert Qubes were other two very difficult to obtain.Besides I've got five Q*bert before getting one with good label and in the process I got one with a silver label (not here because I think it doesn't fit along the other Parker Brothers)It took me one hour to unpack, fifteen minutes for the pictures and another hour to pack again So enjoy it![bTW, I have some duplicate Colecovision homebrews, but with one is enough to show ]Added Jun/07/2013Now my Colecovision cartridges duplicates, most are in not so good state, primary cause of having to order more cartridges. This picture includes the rare Q*bert with silver label. Also the Facemaker and Smurf's Paint and Play Workshop cartridges doesn't work. Also included three Atari cartridges that doesn't work.My collection of homebrews (part 1), including the Zombie Near game I wrote (I've four of this one )My collection of homebrews (part 2), including the Princess Quest game I wrote (I've two of this one )And here is my very small Atari Collection.Update Jun/11/2013:My small MSX collection, including the games I've wrote.Update Jun/26/2013:A recent addition to my Atari collection, plus all the other platform cartridges in my collection.BTW, someone used a permanent marker in the Total Recall cartridge . For being my first two NES games, I choosed the most unplayable games I like very much the colorful label of the Atlantis cartridge for Intellivision Update Aug/25/2013: Recent additions to my Sega Master System collection . Only Out Run 3D has the manual, so technically it is the only CIB. Update Mar/06/2014: Just taken pictures of all my homebrew collection without duplicates: Update Jun/21/2014: Edited June 22, 2014 by nanochess 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 Very nice! Thanks, Luc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoau2002 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Looks great. I am trying to accomplish that myself. The boxed super sketch is really cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Wow nice collection! I can't see clearly if you have them (I'm on my mobile phone) but do you know there are a bunch of colecovision v-case cartridges out there, somewhere. I've come across them in my search for 2600 vcases 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 I could probably track them down if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I could probably track them down if you are interested. Thanks. I'll take it in account for the future if I become a more serious collector. Currently I have a serious trouble with space (part of the reason why I don't have collected CIB games) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Great collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen2471 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Very impressive collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 (edited) I've added pictures of my duplicated cartridges and my collection of homebrews. Edited June 7, 2013 by nanochess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Sweet collection! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WispFollower Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Very nice loot you have there! How did you find the Super Sketch? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Very nice loot you have there! How did you find the Super Sketch? I was talking through Internet with someone about the difficulties I had when getting the last two cartridges (Q*Bert Qubes and Wizmath) for my collection and unexpectedly this person said "Would you like to get a Super Sketch?", I didn't think twice, I got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Just added my small Atari collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovethevectrex Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 thats a very nice collection! also some good homebrews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 Added MSX cartridges, Too few because them are pretty expensive to get from Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Just added my small Atari collection Interesting label on Pigs in Space.. where did you get it? And is the publisher Atari? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Interesting label on Pigs in Space.. where did you get it? And is the publisher Atari? It was the only one in two big bags of cartridges I checked. It looks like Taiwanese, also has missing the top label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I do really enjoy looking at other's collection Thanks for showing your collection updated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 (edited) Would love to own the Sword Quest series. The concept is mind blowing!! And I'm a ColecoVision fanboy who doesn't own ANY Atari2600 stuff beside some Coleco A2600 games Edited June 14, 2013 by retroillucid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 I do really enjoy looking at other's collection Thanks for showing your collection updated. Thanks you! In fact now I've noted I forgot completely to show my Atarimax Colecovision Ultimate SD Cartridge Still remains to show 7 Intellivision loose cartridges, 2 NES cartridges and 1 SMS cartridge. And just I've added Halo 2600 Would love to own the Sword Quest series. The concept is mind blowing!! And I'm a ColecoVision fanboy who doesn't own ANY Atari2600 stuff beside some Coleco A2600 games I'm pretty surprised (and proud) of having it . I got Waterworld just because the offer was good (it included comic, manual and guide), the guy included Earthworld and then when I was updating my list I discovered already I had Fireworld 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
san-d-2000 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Cool collection! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I got Waterworld just because the offer was good (it included comic, manual and guide), the guy included Earthworld and then when I was updating my list I discovered already I had Fireworld That's funny, I'm also a fan of SwordQuest. The games themselves are admittedly terrible, but there's something weirdly magical and magnetic about them, which I can't really explain. Maybe it's the in-game mechanic of discovering items in secret rooms, picking them up and dropping them off in other rooms to get some kind of reward. A crude mechanic, but unique in its own way. Today, I'm in the mood to let you all in on a little secret: I've been thinking of remaking the SwordQuest series on the ColecoVision for several years. It's like a little holy grail for me, much like doing Zelda on ColecoVision is a holy grail of J-F. I envision these SwordQuest remakes as isometric games which draw more inspiration from the SwordQuest comics than the actual Atari games. Below are some VERY old mockups I did, according to an old, obsolete vision I once had of the remakes. If I were to do the SwordQuest remakes today, they would be very different. They would still use isometric graphics, but the rooms would have a LOT more content, and the end result woud look something like a simplified version of the NES game "Solstice". I may never get around to actually doing these proposed SwordQuest remakes on ColecoVision, but the desire to do them is definately there. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 (edited) That's funny, I'm also a fan of SwordQuest. The games themselves are admittedly terrible, but there's something weirdly magical and magnetic about them, which I can't really explain. Maybe it's the in-game mechanic of discovering items in secret rooms, picking them up and dropping them off in other rooms to get some kind of reward. A crude mechanic, but unique in its own way. Today, I'm in the mood to let you all in on a little secret: I've been thinking of remaking the SwordQuest series on the ColecoVision for several years. It's like a little holy grail for me, much like doing Zelda on ColecoVision is a holy grail of J-F. I envision these SwordQuest remakes as isometric games which draw more inspiration from the SwordQuest comics than the actual Atari games. Below are some VERY old mockups I did, according to an old, obsolete vision I once had of the remakes. If I were to do the SwordQuest remakes today, they would be very different. They would still use isometric graphics, but the rooms would have a LOT more content, and the end result woud look something like a simplified version of the NES game "Solstice". I may never get around to actually doing these proposed SwordQuest remakes on ColecoVision, but the desire to do them is definately there. Very nice graphics! Although I'm not really a fan of SwordQuest games, I got this complete series just by accident . Besides with the graphics you have you can do a very nice original game Edited June 18, 2013 by nanochess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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