MaximumRD Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 IMHO THIS video sums up the whole Retro VGS mess very well. https://youtu.be/IujP9GDcp-Y Lost Dragon, Justin, The Professor and 1 other 4 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 IMHO THIS video sums up the whole Retro VGS mess very well. https://youtu.be/IujP9GDcp-Y That is a VERY good video! MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Retro VGS is dead its now The COLECO Chameleon http://www.retrovgs.com/f.a.q..html The Professor and StormSurge 2 Quote AVC Online:atari-video.club VGS website: http://videogamesummit.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Wait, what? What's going on? I wish these guys all the best. MaximumRD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Methinks there be a Kickstarter starting soon..... Arenafoot, The Professor and Justin 3 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 That's the next phase of the RetroVGS! The Professor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 They need to just give up on this. Unless it's something that can play intellivision, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, and colecovision I'm not interested. They can't get new programmers to develop what the RetroVGS, it's all but dead in my opinion. StormSurge and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 was thinking the same Quote AVC Online:atari-video.club VGS website: http://videogamesummit.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 was thinking the same Now there's no confusing Retro VGS with your Video Game Summit StormSurge, Rowsdower70 and Dan Iacovelli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 didn't matter to me about the name Rowsdower70 and Justin 2 Quote AVC Online:atari-video.club VGS website: http://videogamesummit.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 This is now trending on Facebook: Lost Dragon, MaximumRD and Arenafoot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Wasn't whatever remains of Coleco supposed to have remakes of the classic tabletops on the market by now? Doesn't instill much confidence in me. Arenafoot and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 With the RetroVGS "Team" behind it...what could go wrong? Power goes in............ I will believe it when I see it, so far all we got from Mike and the RetroVGS Team is promises, renders, lot's of hype. To be clear Uhm, there is no "involvement" from Coleco, it is just a name now licensed out to the RetroVGS guys lol. They made a deal with River West Brands (a brand acquisition and enterprise development company ) to use the name. It literally is just the name and branding. They acquire and hold IP's for the primary purpose of licensing them, everything else is left up to the licensee. Coming off as if "COLECO" is behind them when in fact there is no Coleco other than an IP and a name does not seem to be starting off on the right foot with me, whatever, we'll see I guess. I would love to be proven wrong and see something actually come of this BUT I suspect a repeat of the RetroVGS fiasco StormSurge, Rowsdower70 and Lost Dragon 3 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leolinden Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Seriously?! This is the best way they could have revived this! "As of now our only glimpse at the new hardware comes in the form of product renders, but Coleco will be showing off the console for the first time at the New York Toy Fair in February." - The Verge Will this new Coleco be the one to bring back the retro cartridge market? MaximumRD and Lost Dragon 2 Quote Retro obsessed dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Seriously?! This is the best way they could have revived this! "As of now our only glimpse at the new hardware comes in the form of product renders, but Coleco will be showing off the console for the first time at the New York Toy Fair in February." - The Verge Will this new Coleco be the one to bring back the retro cartridge market? Sadly this "NEW COLECO" is nothing more than a name. The brand / IP has been licensed by the RetroVGS Team. In other words don't get too excited yet Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leolinden Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Sadly this "NEW COLECO" is nothing more than a name. The brand / IP has been licensed by the RetroVGS Team. In other words don't get too excited yet I know, I'm excited to see the console, but it seems with "Kickstarter" and "NYC Toy Fair" on the pic, I'm guessing they have a working prototype and maybe some investor who would help them get to a point for a Kickstarter (explains how they got the name and made a prototype quickly) Quote Retro obsessed dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormSurge Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 The Twitter conversation I had with Coleco Holdings awhile ago that I was referring to: Arenafoot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 I think retrovgs should follow zeinth's tv old slogan before announcing the product: The Quality goes in before the Name goes on. this is what maxrd is saying in general since they only have the name before the actual quality went in MaximumRD 1 Quote AVC Online:atari-video.club VGS website: http://videogamesummit.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 With the RetroVGS "Team" behind it...what could go wrong? Power goes in............ I will believe it when I see it, so far all we got from Mike and the RetroVGS Team is promises, renders, lot's of hype. To be clear Uhm, there is no "involvement" from Coleco, it is just a name now licensed out to the RetroVGS guys lol. They made a deal with River West Brands (a brand acquisition and enterprise development company ) to use the name. It literally is just the name and branding. They acquire and hold IP's for the primary purpose of licensing them, everything else is left up to the licensee. Coming off as if "COLECO" is behind them when in fact there is no Coleco other than an IP and a name does not seem to be starting off on the right foot with me, whatever, we'll see I guess. I would love to be proven wrong and see something actually come of this BUT I suspect a repeat of the RetroVGS fiasco I wish I could disagree with you, but I feel the same way. It's almost like they just grabbed whatever name they could get their hands on that had some retro market relevance and slapped the name on it. Lost Dragon and MaximumRD 2 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 It's almost like they just grabbed whatever name they could get their hands on that had some retro market relevance and slapped the name on it. THAT would be a lot closer to reality than what many are already being fooled into thinking............... In the end I would LOVE to be proven totally wrong but I have eyes and ears all over and from my experience if I were a betting man I would NOT be putting any money on the odds of anything substantial coming of this. :mellow: I think retrovgs should follow zeinth's tv old slogan before announcing the product: The Quality goes in before the Name goes on. this is what maxrd is saying in general since they only have the name before the actual quality went in Well put. People who are gobbling this up have no understanding of what these guys have done prior (or are missing much of the story) you we hear much hype, a lot of talk and discussion but in the end well...........wake me up when it can be purchased with some games and real support....... Rowsdower70 1 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 MaximumRD, Lost Dragon, Rowsdower70 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 I seen some reviews of the changes already, and many are not happy about it. They ditched the 9pin controller ports for USB ports, can you find adaptators, yes, but that ruins the nostalgia a bit. They have this WIIU clone controller with it, um how is that retro? now the name, when I think Coleco and video games, I think of colecovision, so they better be able to play those games. Otherwise the cabbage patch kids will rise from the dump and we will have an apocalypse that would make the gremlins look like the smurfs. Seriously, this thing needs to knock it out of the park at the New York toy show, or these clowns need to change their name to Buffalo Bob and Clarabell. This is quickly moving to the snake oil vaporware. If I'm out of line, I am sorry. The Professor, StormSurge, Lost Dragon and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumRD Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Here is a great article that I am sharing to clear up some of the Coleco / RetroVGS etc confusion ! Good to see someone covering the truth. COLECO CHAMELEON, COLECO HOLDINGS AND THE REAL COLECO http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2015/12/17/coleco-chameleon-coleco-holdings-and-the-real-coleco/ The Professor, Lost Dragon and AlamoAtari 3 Quote I am Rob aka MaximumRD aka OldSchoolRetroGamer and THIS is my world http://about.me/maximumrd "For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday." - M. Bison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Wasn't whatever remains of Coleco supposed to have remakes of the classic tabletops on the market by now? Doesn't instill much confidence in me. https://twitter.com/ColecoVision_/status/495400119982768128?lang=en I'm still waiting too............... StormSurge 1 Quote Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Not sure what song should be their theme song... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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