Classic Game Room HD – COLECOVISION system review part 1
Filed in retro games on Jan.25, 2010
Part 1 of 2. Classic Game Room HD Hardware Review, Watch in High Definition! CGRHD reviews the ColecoVision from Coleco released in 1982. The Colecovision was an amazing game console (and still is) with a catalog of more than 125 video games release between 1982 and 1984. It rivals the NES in many ways and certainly handed the Atari 2600 its own ass with superior arcade conversions and action packed old school video games. For retro gamers today the Colecovision is stil highly enjoyable to …
October 19th, 2009 at 4:12 am
i would love to see u review the intellavision (1 or 2)
October 26th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
how hard can it be to have the console connected to a tv and show us how it works.
a little gameplay would make this reviews even better!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:36 am
If you have an original Atari 2600 model, as opposed to the Atari 2600 Jr (3rd model I believe) as displayed above, you will notice that the games are tilted in such a way that you can indeed read what you are playing when in the system, as you read the top and it faces toward you. As you notice, the Qbert cartridge shown is upside down in the Colecovision, due to the different arrangement. I believe the second Atari 2600 model was designed for similar positioning as well.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I want one xD
November 9th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
save yourself from the atari 5200, the controls dont fucking work, not even third party controls
November 29th, 2009 at 1:56 am
The crash was in 1984 not. ‘83. It started in 1983.
Anyway Colecovision was a great console. It was the “Dreamcast” of it’s day pure and simple and had lots of promise,great hardware and a fully functional controller. Did you know that a Genesis controller will work with it?
December 4th, 2009 at 3:44 am
It has VENTS!
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That is so mother effing awesome!
December 5th, 2009 at 7:25 am
What do you mean the crash in 1983? What is the crash? I want to know about the crash. Please answer my questions. Thank you!
December 5th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
It started in the summer of 1983, but it wasn’t until July 1984 when it was finalized. In ‘84,Coleco went under,most of the major 3rd party publishers except Activision vanished,Mattel sold the Intellvision rights to a patent company called “INTV” who in turn shut down Mattel Electronics.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
i <3 my colecovision…..even though i cant get it work….
December 6th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Great video.
December 13th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
just got mine from ebay yesterday actually. its amazing but one of the controllers is funky
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Many great memories from playing this system back in the day: Subroc, Tarzan, Buck Rogers, Congo Bongo, Zaxxon, Turbo, Jungle Hunt, Donkey Kong Jr., Popeye, Smurf, Cabbage Patch Kids, Venture, Ladybug, Mr. Do’s Castle, Mouse Trap, Crazy Climber, Gyruss, Burger Time.
December 27th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Does anybody know where the power supplies 4 way connector can be bought? Ive had to throw power supplies away in the past because the cable got kinked and broken internally right behind the moulded connector. I think the TI99/4a also uses the same connector.
December 30th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I last played my ColecoVision about a year ago! That thing STILL works! Computers are not made like that anymore — computers that can last more than 3 years, that is. Amazing, and still fun.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:51 am
I fell like CGR cheated us. We were told there was going to be a part two of this video in which he would compare the colecovision to the atari 2600 and Nes. Although he never actually compares consoles, as if not to anger his fans, I think he should have done a bit more than weighed the ac adapters.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:53 am
they produced the intv system 3 b4 hutting down mattel elec. random but i thought u should know…lol
January 6th, 2010 at 2:54 am
ive bumped my colecovision into the wall like 8 times HARD too and it made a dent in the wall literally
January 9th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
the ps3 also was really just too much for this time and age, and without the backwards compatibility, I believe that the ps3 will never recover.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:06 am
i justsaw a commercial that theirs is a adapter for 5200 to play 2600 games. never knew their was such a thing
January 15th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
it bothers me so much but…your puting the them in backwards!….lol thats wut she said
January 17th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
This quality is GREAT. This system seems pretty good too.
January 18th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Fun Fact: The ColecoVision actually contains the same graphics chip and CPU as the MSX and Sega SG-1000/SC-3000.
Also, it shares a sound chip with Sega consoles (including the Sega Master System), making them identical in hardware capabilities. The MSX, however, contains a different sound chip, but it is very similar in capabilities; General Instruments AY-3-8910. Therefore, porting titles between the systems is pretty easy. Can you imagine, Metal Gear on the Colecovision?? It’d be possible!
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:49 pm
1080p looks beautiful.
January 24th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
i saw avgns thing on this and i think it could be ok