WispFollower Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The results look FANTASTIC on the screen, however I quickly learned that trying to capture CRT with a mobile phone is quite the challenge and I did the best I could. It probably doesn't help that the only CRT screen I have is a little Commodore 1702 monitor, but IMO these monitors are the BEST! All I can say is that looking at it live, the picture looks amazing! Hopefully you can at least get the vibe from these photos and the video. I cannot imagine someone putting this up on their CRT screen and being upset with the quality in any way... I'm no authority on CRTs, but that looks great. Nice work showing the many capabilities the Phoenix has. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 New Launch Core: We will now be launching the CollectorVision Phoenix with the Atari 2600 core available. So the CollectorVision Phoenix will be able to play Atari 2600 games at launch. More information to be released soon. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1408938247/collectorvision-phoenix-an-fpga-colecovision-conso/posts/2321563 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 New Launch Core: We will now be launching the CollectorVision Phoenix with the Atari 2600 core available. So the CollectorVision Phoenix will be able to play Atari 2600 games at launch. More information to be released soon. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1408938247/collectorvision-phoenix-an-fpga-colecovision-conso/posts/2321563 That's awesome news! I'm just hoping I can put together a spare $200 before the kickstarter ends. I need this in my life! I was super-excited about this before the Atari news, but its just got a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyzzle Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Having funded the system, my only pressing question is: Why has the original Colecovision font been changed? I like those dashed zeroes. The alphanumeric characters should look exactly like they are in the original Colecovsion character-rom code. Please give us the option to change to "original ROM" charset vs "Phoenix romset" with which you've apparently replaced in the Phoenix. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Having funded the system, my only pressing question is: Why has the original Colecovision font been changed? I like those dashed zeroes. The alphanumeric characters should look exactly like they are in the original Colecovsion character-rom code. Please give us the option to change to "original ROM" charset vs "Phoenix romset" with which you've apparently replaced in the Phoenix.You have the option to change it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 How about VGA then and RGB.. I have two France Scart/SECAM Colecovision those output RGB scart. Lot better than just composite signal. Also F18A originally output VGA signal but sadly it yet won’t work with European Colecovision like it should. My other Coleco mod with F18A but can’t use it with every game. Man, I love how we show off the console working beautifully on a CRT, your biggest complaint has been addressed, but that is STILL not good enough for you! lol Pixelboy is right. This just isn’t going to be the system for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 New Launch Core: We will now be launching the CollectorVision Phoenix with the Atari 2600 core available. So the CollectorVision Phoenix will be able to play Atari 2600 games at launch. More information to be released soon. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1408938247/collectorvision-phoenix-an-fpga-colecovision-conso/posts/2321563 Is there going to be a 2600 cart slot added to play carts eventually or is this strictly going to be to play roms via SD card? Hoping for the former but even the latter is just awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Nice! I've been missing the 2600 since I sold mine. I hope they have a good showing today as well in Portland. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J727AZ using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Is there going to be a 2600 cart slot added to play carts eventually or is this strictly going to be to play roms via SD card? Hoping for the former but even the latter is just awesome Yeah, they should have mentioned whether or not they intend to produce a cartridge adaptor, eventually. But for the short term, it's probably just running Atari 2600 ROMs from an SD card, like it's done on the jailbroken Analogue NT Mini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 The 2600 core is very interesting. As a big Colecovision dork, but not big enough of one to follow things like replacement chips, I'd like to see more about the F18A. The campaign page kinda takes it as read you know what it does, and yeah, I get it reduces sprite flicker, but beyond "it improves graphics," I don't know a great deal about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddUGA Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Yeah, they should have mentioned whether or not they intend to produce a cartridge adaptor, eventually. But for the short term, it's probably just running Atari 2600 ROMs from an SD card, like it's done on the jailbroken Analogue NT Mini. He talked about it in the other thread... http://atariage.com/forums/topic/265958-collectorvision-game-system/page-38?do=findComment&comment=4115308 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) The 2600 core is very interesting. As a big Colecovision dork, but not big enough of one to follow things like replacement chips, I'd like to see more about the F18A. The campaign page kinda takes it as read you know what it does, and yeah, I get it reduces sprite flicker, but beyond "it improves graphics," I don't know a great deal about it. F18a details here. http://codehackcreate.com/archives/335 http://codehackcreate.com/archives/592 Note that the mk2 update changes the output from analog/vga to digital. Edited October 21, 2018 by mr_me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikrananka Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 New Launch Core: We will now be launching the CollectorVision Phoenix with the Atari 2600 core available. So the CollectorVision Phoenix will be able to play Atari 2600 games at launch. More information to be released soon. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1408938247/collectorvision-phoenix-an-fpga-colecovision-conso/posts/2321563 Wow - that is truly awesome news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 As a big Colecovision dork, but not big enough of one to follow things like replacement chips, I'd like to see more about the F18A. The campaign page kinda takes it as read you know what it does, and yeah, I get it reduces sprite flicker, but beyond "it improves graphics," I don't know a great deal about it. As I understand it, the F18A offers extra graphic modes that brings it closer to the NES (sprites can be multi-color, hardware-based scrolling is supported, that kind of thing) but someone has to make new games that use those new video modes. If you stick with legacy ColecoVision games, you won't see much of a difference visually-speaking, aside from the 4-sprites-per-scanline limit being removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 It is really fantastic news to hear that the 2600 core will be available. I think this will excite a lot of people. I think 99+% of the games, retail and homebrew, that have been made for the Atari 2600 are available as ROMs. Those that are not are mostly so rare that only a few people could own them or are pretty minor homebrews. There may be a couple exceptions, but very few. I know some people just like using carts, so, it would be interesting to a lot of people know the future feasibility of using the expansion port for a 2600 cart adapter that doesn't just dump the rom, like the RetroN77. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I think 99+% of the games, retail and homebrew, that have been made for the Atari 2600 are available as ROMs. Those that are not are mostly so rare that only a few people could own them or are pretty minor homebrews. I know some people just like using carts, so, it would be interesting to a lot of people know the future feasibility of using the expansion port for a 2600 cart adapter that doesn't just dump the rom, like the RetroN77. If a cart adaptor is made, it will likely be plugged into the main cartridge slot, not the Phoenix's expansion port. I wonder which port CollectorVision's Spinner controller will use, by the way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I made a new version of this video: It would be great if as many people could share it as possible to help give the Kickstarter a boost! Heres the version on Facebook. Click the link and share with as many pages and groups as you can: https://www.facebook.com/colecovisionfan/videos/299545637555656/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Posted on Atari 2600 subreddit Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J727AZ using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Posted on Atari 2600 subreddit Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Perhaps this thread can be pinned in the 2600 forum for the duration of the campaign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjchamp3 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 backing but will it fund Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaSnatcher Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 backing but will it fund Maybe the 2600 core announcement will draw new interest. Thats a nice upgrade. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjchamp3 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Maybe the 2600 core announcement will draw new interest. Thats a nice upgrade. that's why I am getting one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SegaSnatcher Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 that's why I am getting one Yeah they have to average about $9.8K a day for the next 17 days, so hopefully PRGE exposure and 2600 core announcement makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 i sure hope that it funds- this looks like a cool system that *actually* exists unlike some others. if I can get 200 scraped together before the KS ends i'm funding for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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