Atari Dogs Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Regarding the fact that Nintendo asked Atari to release the Nintendo system in the US, why did not they ask Coleco? I always wanted a Colecovision when I was a kid, but I already had a 2600 and my parents would not buy another system. Was Coleco already dead when Nintendo asked Atari? Nintendo already had business dealings with Coleco with Donkey Kong. Other games in Coleco's line up were more similar to the Nintendo's than Atari games. It would be cool to play a SuperColecovision, Coleco64, or a Coleco Game Cube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Was Coleco already dead when Nintendo asked Atari? Yes. And that's the end of that story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrldstrman Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 poor colecovision got sandwiched between atari and nintendo...I still like colecovision one of my favorite systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I love my Colecovision too, it's too bad Coleco went under. That and Sega Genesis were 2 systems that just blew my mind at how good the graphics were when I first played them...I actually returned my 5200 for a Colecovision and never regretted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 i enjoyed the coleco then, and i still enjoy it now. but it's speed (slow compared to 2600,) and lack of color never made it a competitor to the 2600 to me. it only performed adequately where 2600 levels of speed weren't needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 At the time, Nintendo saw Atari as the 800 pound gorilla of videogames. They felt that they were not going to be able to compete with Atari so it seemed to make sense to form a partnership. I always wondered if Atari had finally signed on the dotted line to market the NES how it would have turned out given Atari's difficulties when the crash hit. The deal was in process before the crash had occured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Coleco would probably still be around today if not for the Cabbage Patch Kid craze coming to a screeching halt... Colecovision was probably the system that produced the most "arcade like" experience at home. The 2600, not even close. Same with the Inty. I love my 5200, but the CV just had the better arcade ports IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I always wanted a Colecovision when I was a kid, but I already had a 2600 and my parents would not buy another system. I think that pretty much explains what happened to the Colecovision. I wanted one SOOOOOO bad, but there was no way I was going to get another game system, so that was pretty much the end of that ambition. I never got one until earlier this year. In the '80s Atari pretty well owned the video game world. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Apparently 3-4 million parents did buy a Colecovision. It was on its way to taking over the industry before Coleco bailed out to concentrate on the Adam and that idiotic Super upgrade (now that you bought a system for 200, spend another 200 to play REALLY good versions of the games we walready sold you). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I don't think that the Colecovision console was the problem. What hurt Coleco was the releasing of the Adam computer and the computer had a lot of initial problems when it was released. There were so many mistakes made with that model like having the power supply in the printer so that it required that the printer be on even when you were not going to be using it. Have the tape drive mechanism that required specialized tapes that could not be just bought at a regular store also hurt as it took time for tapes to record information a long time before they became available. The Cabbage Patch dolls actually kept Coleco alive when their colecovision line was no longer a seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcrowe Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Remember why they called the thing "Adam?" Because it was supposed to eat "Apples." Piece of shit computer I loved my Colecovision. VENTURE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Well I thought the Adam had a decent keyboard and could have been better with some important changes. First they should have released it with a disk drive, and not a tape drive. Second they should have worked out some of the bugs in the word processing software as I heard that there was some issues with the program. And put the power supply in the base, not in the printer. I heard that they did make some fixes in the second set of machines but by then, no one wanted to go anywhere near it due to the problems associated with the first set of machines. Does anyone know if they still hold Adam conventions? I heard that there was one held a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 The Adam was so godawful there aren't words to describe it. It ended up looking like a bloated Colecovision and it was worse at EVERYTHING than the competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voch Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I thought the ADAM was OK...my friend had one. I was jealous that he could play ColecoVision games, but then I realized how many games I had for my Commodore 64 and got over it. Voch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxglove9 Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I loved my Colecovision so much and when I saw a preview of the Adam in some gaming magazine from back in the days I remember seeing pics of updated versions of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. which at the time looked really close to the arcade version plus they also released Dragon's Lair around the same time which I imagined to being "exactly like the arcade". I begged my parents to get it for me but they got me the Atari 800xl sooner after instead, which was probably the best choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Given all the issues that some of the original owners had with the Adam computer, your parents made a wise choice in getting you an Atari 800XL. It was my first personal computer and I miss the fun that I used to have with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 I lived though those times. The reason for the video game crash was clear. What those gaming companies were trying to sell us was nothing but junk. It wasn't any better at the Arcades either. They had the videodisc arcade game hybrids anyone who seen then on Starcade knows how bad they were. It was bound to happen to matter what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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