walter_J64bit Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 I've been exploring the intellivision and the ColecoVision thanks to YouTube. Form what I've seen it looks like the 5200 is on par with the other systems other than 5200's Controllers dying too fast and the video game crash. I think it could had held it's own against the other systems. RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 The 5200 has a good game library. In fact, it has some of the best good-to-bad ratio for games. Never mind that 8-bit games can be converted to it. Had Atari released the self-centering controllers, I believe things could have been different, as that was the weak point for the system. Not that the ColecoVision controllers were all that good. The Inty controller is not bad but does take getting used to it. Also, the planned smaller 5200 (5100?) would have been nice. MistaMaddog, sramirez2008, RickR and 1 other 4 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted September 18 Author Report Share Posted September 18 There's no doubt at Coleco botched their games on other console I've seen Donkey Kong for intellivision, I know the intellivision can pull off Donkey Kong and intellivision's Zaxxon looks just the 2600's Zaxxon! 😒 RickR and Justin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 Well, I'd say they didn't want to spend the money to make better versions. That's what happened with DK on the 2600. Garry Kitchen asked for 8K ROM but they told him he was limited to 4K due to cost. With 4K he would have added the two other screens to the game. He's said this at interviews and retro events. Can you imagine if the 2600 version had had all four screens while the ColecoVision and other more advance systems only had three? Justin and RickR 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 2 hours ago, TrekMD said: Well, I'd say they didn't want to spend the money to make better versions. That's what happened with DK on the 2600. Garry Kitchen asked for 8K ROM but they told him he was limited to 4K due to cost. With 4K he would have added the two other screens to the game. He's said this at interviews and retro events. Can you imagine if the 2600 version had had all four screens while the ColecoVision and other more advance systems only had three? Crazy thing is, I believe Atari announced they were going to release a new and improved Donkey Kong and DK Jr for the 2600, when Atari acquired the Coleco 2600 library. When they were asked why they released the same DK and DK Jr for 2600, they said they had given it an Atari cartridge shell and better label 😑 I think @Video 61 may remember more details about this story than I do. RickR and TrekMD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 You know, when I first saw the Atari releases of DK and DK Jr, I thought that that is exactly what they had done. New and improved versions of both games. But, nope. It was the same thing Coleco had released. Justin and RickR 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Ω - Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 This kind of stuff is why I take whatever a spokesperson says with a grain of salt. I've experienced the vaporware phenomena too many times in my life. I've also been burnt being an early adopter. Live and learn. Now in my "golden years", I look back and think, "If I only knew then what I know now." RickR 1 Quote <<< My YouTube Page >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 Here's the thing...Colecovision or 5200 (or both) could have helped Coleco or Atari survive the crash. If they had focused all their efforts on those systems alone. Forget about Adam. Forget about 2600, 7800, XEGS. Buckle down and ride it out. Make a ton of new games. Get as much out of the hardware as possible. Release improved controllers. For Atari - improve the controllers, release the smaller footprint 5200. Release games! I absolutely believe it would have made it with focused management. One of the greatest "what-if's" in the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 (edited) 2 hours ago, RickR said: release the smaller footprint 5200. Little PAM would have been sweet. Brett Weiss shows one here. . Edited September 20 by sramirez2008 Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 1 hour ago, sramirez2008 said: Little PAM would have been sweet. Brett Weiss shows one here. . Did the Heritage Auctions 5100 end up selling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sramirez2008 Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 (edited) 11 hours ago, Justin said: Did the Heritage Auctions 5100 end up selling? Good question. You have to create an account with HA to see and I don’t want to do that. They were asking for offers of $18,000 or more, which is to rich for me. Edited September 21 by sramirez2008 - Ω - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 $18.000?!? No thank you. I'll enjoy pictures and videos of it. For free! 😆 sramirez2008 and - Ω - 2 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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