Mindfield Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I just got my CIB Gemini today. It appears to be a later release when Coleco was trying to really grab some of Atari's market share as it included not one, but two pack-ins (Donkey Kong and Mouse Trap). On the back of the box, it shows what seems to be Coleco's version of the KidVid "controller" ("Coming Soon") -- basically it's a tape deck that plugs into the VCS (or Gemini of course) and plays KidVid games (and apparently was to be bundled with Bearnstien Bears). Did Coleco ever release this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Bwah? Coleco's version of the KidVid? Isn't that redundant? Considering all the KidVid releases are manufactured by Coleco, I just assumed the KidVvid was backed by or made by Coleco all along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 Well, if you look at the packaging for Bearnstein Bears, it shows a generic cassette player hooked up to a Gemini. The one on the back of the Gemini box is definitely not the same thing. Furthermore, it's not called KidVid; it's called the Sound I module. Here's a scan of that portion of the box: Perhaps, since this is "coming soon" it's just a sort of working name for KidVid? (The "Bearnstein Bears Play 'n Learn" also appears to be different, since the released version is simply called "Bearnstein Bears.") The AA database doesn't have an image for the actual KidVid, so I can't compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 the actual kid vid is visually identical to any of the long rectangular tape decks they had back then w/ all the 'mic/rem/etc' ports on them, except it has a silver kid vid tag on it. it was identical to a panasonic tape deck my parents had bought me a few years ago. probably part of the reason i returned it as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 Hmm... okay, so that puts us back to what happened to the Sound I? The description makes it sound exactly like a KidVid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 If Leonard were here he could tell us for sure, but my guess is that was just a working name and they wanted to promote the product to stir up some interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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