ColecoVision Restoration: The Cartridges | Getting to Know the 2nd Gen Legend Part 1

[@wpetrey]

Yes, More ColecoVision. I always wanted this system when I was a kid but couldn't afford it. >< Ladybug was one of my favs on the system

[@marccaselle8108]

Ladybug was awesome too, such a great port.

[@shinigami146]

As a kid, Ladybug was surprising. I didn't think I would like it (mom bought it for herself), but it became one of my favs.

[@keithbk]

Colecovision TURBO with the steering wheel and gas pedal was INCREDIBLE!

[@dereketnyre7156]

I remember playing TURBO with wheel and petals back in the day - was a blast.

[@patsfan4life]

Easily the best game on the system with the driving module

[@lawrencemoody738]

That Turbo wheel is annoying.Because half of it doesn't exist.Back of it is empty.It's so cheap that always p***** me off.When we played with it but it did work okay

[@Mika73x2]

Absolutely loved and was amazed of Colecovision early 80’s. We used to rent it home after Atari 2600 from video store. It was first at Arcade at home experience . Donkey Kong feel like arcade game. Loved Smurf rescue game. Graphics were just beautiful. Remember Turbo gaming competition at local supermarket with steering wheel. After year 2000 when start collect those childhood memories back I was just amazed how many games Colecovision had that we never even heard here at 80’s like Spy Hunter, Tapper, Up’n Down. We used to play those with Commodore 64. These days have two Colecovision France units that have RGB scart output. Other modded with F18A with VGA output. Then got Collectorvision Phoenix that outputs HDMI signal. And Colecovision can also be played with many portable systems these days like Analogue Pocket, Anbernic and Powkiddy RGB30. Who could have believed that we still play it 2024❤

[@kwouters]

This was my first console as a kid. My parents bought it for my 10th birthday from KB Toys. I also had the 2600 adapter. I’d love to see more of this series, Jon! 😃

[@wadefaulkner73]

Definitely more ColecoVision, please!!

[@antneed15]

Yes more CV please! CV was an amazing console! Thanks Jon!

[@Johnenoch226]

Jon, I don’t know what’s more soothing watching your restoration videos or watching Bob Ross paint.

[@ag3ntorange164]

I think Bob was more relaxing to watch because he was high.

[@SylveonTrapito]

Oh boy, those cartridges look so beatifull. I can only imagine the way you felt when you opened the package and saw them!

[@patrickgardner845]

Finally some colecovision. One of my favorite systems. Had one growing up. With all the accessories. Just awesome.

[@marccaselle8108]

For 3 years I had a colecovision and it was something else. The games were fun, it looked amazing and the design of the console, looks like it was ripped out of the millennium falcon.

[@paulhanson001]

Atari 2600 was my first love, Atari 8bit was my soulmate and I had a fling with a Colecovision. It will be great to see more of this journey!

[@VolJoe]

Love this series! Putting together a collection of roms by system that you’re doing. Keep doing these please!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks! Will do!

[@d.aardent9382]

Where do you find the roms? I'm just getting into that kinda thing, and know about a couple places due to getting a Gamestation pro atari awhile back, but im still wanting to find other sites that offer all kinds of things before they all get banned or something dumb. Lol

[@jrewing73]

This takes me back to my childhood! My parents bought my sister and I one of those back in day amd we ALL played it together!

[@lweston71]

Love It. 💯👍 It was one of my favorite consoles. My friend had this , I has the Adam computer with ColecoVision built in.

[@RockyP77]

I didn't have a colecovision either when I was a kid.... but I've always wanted one. I also picked one up a few years ago... to me, they are the coolest *looking* of all "retro" consoles

[@marccaselle8108]

The design is so cool and it screams 80s.

[@thomasjoeseph2967]

Coleco was my system. The controllers never bothered me when I was kid. It blows atari away but yet I still love atari

[@disastrousemouse]

Oh, I adored the Colecovision my father got us for Christmas one year. Had the best Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr!

[@matthewbarry4464]

Was a single Airman stationed far away from much to do. Buying the Colecovision and the VCS adapter for all my 2600 games gave me tons to do. After buying the Super Action Controllers with baseball packed in, my roommate and I played many, many innings together. Favorite game: Frenzy. Add one vote for continuing your in depth restore.

[@DuckMcKrush]

I was stationed at a remote commo site in Germany. My Atari 2600 kept me from going insane!

[@Atarifan72]

Yes more. Colecovision videos please! I could watch these all day.

[@brianjl7477]

Dude kept those manuals! Nice.

[@davidhaegens]

more Colecovision please Jon... brilliant!

[@ricksigouin846]

Yes more please! Got my Coleco Christmas of '82. Was my first real console as I never had a 2600. Only device I have before that was a Coleco Telstar Alpha from 1977 (Pong clone). Those that had this and grew up on it know that the controller is actually awesome and better than the Atari 2600 controllers. First cartridge I got besides the included Donkey Kong was Mousetrap and was such an underrated game. Still have mine in working condition! You got a real nice selection of carts there. Ladybug, Venture, Mousetrap and Carnival got tons of gameplay. I flipped the score on Ladybug, Mr.Do! and Zaxxon. Some others that were tons of fun were Pepper II, Looping, Donkey Kong Jr., Frontline, Smurf, Time Pilot. Of course I have the Expansion Module 1 and picked up a bunch of Atari carts as well. Still have my Super Action Controllers with a few games for that, but those were poorly designed and the controls were hard to use and I found they failed after time. As a 13 year old, this console was amazing. Neighborhood friends were constantly coming over to play as I was the first around to get this. I miss those days.

[@thereallantesh]

Absolutely please continue this series of videos. I really enjoyed this one. I have a lot of fond memories playing with the Coleco Vision at my cousin's house back in the '80s. They had both the console and the expansion module, along with a bunch of cartridges. It was always a treat when I got to visit with them.

[@Mark-Wester]

I played Colecovision at friends houses growing up, but I never owned one. Like you I had an Atari 2600.😊

[@stewbacca2119]

Of course, MOAR!!!!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Your wish is my command.

[@machfront]

Great vid, brother! Loved seeing you bring those cartridges back to life with such care! My best friend of my childhood lived down the street and he got a ColecoVision the same Christmas I got a ‘Vader’ 2600 (Xmas 1982). I was jealous but, over the next couple of years…he spent more time on my Atari than I ever did on his ColecoVision. I LOVED WarGames….but, he only had about 10 or fewer games. I had, like, 40. Haha! But, hey, at least we both had fun! Oh! And that receipt! That’s so cool! 🙂

[@dustynhawkeye6838]

I got this for Christmas the year it came out. So 81 or 82. I asked for an Atari like my best friend Kevin had. I was happy with this. I had Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Zaxxon, Pilot Wings, Venture, Mouse Trap. Plus a few others I can't remember now. Great times. There were some awesome games on that system.

[@randomwrestlingarchive3937]

Coleco was based in Amsterdam, NY about an hour from my house. In the early 90s our family bought an ADAM computer with a former employee. A beast of a machine that let me experience the ColecoVision

[@lylestirk]

Keep them coming Jon! I didn’t have the Colecovision but watching you fix these things up motivates me to work on some of my stuff!

[@DaleWiese]

Good Stuff Jon, hope to see more. Spidey sense tells me a few "Friday Plays" Coleco sessions could be coming up, or some AvC head to head game comparisions might be in order...

[@briansellers7673]

You probably already know about them, but you can get a much better picture if you get an adapter that goes straight from the RCA type cord to Coax and eliminate the RF adapter. They are really inexpensive too. Great video. I hope it gets enough love to continue these videos.

[@oldmanV17]

I've got a 2600 and cartages in the attic and feel inspired to get it out and start some cleaning. This was very cool.

[@DarinM1967]

Nice job! Looking forward to watching the console and cover restoration. Keep up the great work!

[@Aaron-by3ke]

The ColecoVision is my favorite video game console of all time so I definitely want to see it promoted on your channel. There are many great games on the machine that you must play and many great homebrews to purchase. Once the CV is up and running it's time to get more games alongside the 7 you have. Only a few CV games had a pause feature. Time Pilot is one of them.

[@jasong885]

Kudos John! Like you, I knew the 2600 … but am very interested the the other competing platforms. Please continue the restoration videos!

[@EdwardMitchell-kz4zc]

My all time favorite console! I'm watching everything you choose to make❤❤❤

[@RacerX-]

Cool system. Like you I was an Atari kid up until Computer took over in 83. But I never knew anyone with a Coleco so it is nice to check it out. For sure would like to see the rest of the series. Keep up the good work.

[@Apexflipper]

Jon... love the CV. Bring whatever content you can dish out. Best console. So sad for the crash to shorten its life

[@edlib02169]

Keep the series going! I still have my ColecoVision, though it needs some work. I dragged it out from long-term storage during the lockdown year, hoping to relive my tween glory days… but it needed help. It had the notorious power switch failure condition. Yours looks like it might have milder symptoms of the same thing. I haven’t had the spare budget since to send it off to a restoration place. I’d like to see what you do to get it back to 100%. If you run into issues, there’s several Retro Game and Coleco dedicated Facebook groups that can point you in the right direction.

[@Monitor1CC]

Those GxG refurbished cartridge labels are looking nice and crisp. That’s a great unit you have there, love all the manuals and extras (especially the system organizer, game catalog with pictures of each game’s respective arcade cab and the receipt for the 2600 module). There’s a lot I don’t know about the Colecovision, consider this another vote for more. I’d also love to see some play tests and overviews of the games, I think you have the potential for a lot of great, additional content there. Example: In the future, I’d love to see a side by side comparison between the 2600 and Colecovision ports of Donkey Kong.

[@VortexArcade]

Nice assortment of games. Mouse Trap is a hidden gem! I still have my original ColecoVision but haven't fired it up in years!

[@shinigami146]

I wish I still had mine.

[@ZMAN_420]

I'm personally very interested in some ColecoVision content. I've never had or knew anyone who had ColecoVision. Your ColecoVision with that cabinet that has a place too store games looks COOL! That receipt is Awesome!🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@superangrybrit]

CV had a great packin' game! 😎

[@prof.schreiber8925]

I would totally keep watching this series!

[@smallmj2886]

That is a really good collection of games in the bundle.

[@SkiBumMSP]

I am definitely interested in seeing more of this. I just recently found my ColecoVision with the "Atari Adaptor", a whole stack of games (I need to go through), and the "Super Action" controllers. I will need to bust that thing out and see if it still works. I also found my Intellivision down there as well. Geez, I really need to go through my basement and get that cleaned out!

[@robintst]

This was my first console, those controllers are an experience all their own. I recommend getting a copy of Pepper-II, very fun game that's kind of like Amidar but every level is 5 connected screens of mazes you have to clear.

[@captaincomedian6320]

I was lucky enough to have been able to play ColecoVision semi-regularly as a kid, thanks to two friends who each had one. I remember how amazing we all thought it was that you could use the ColecoVision controllers, especially the large Super Action Controller, on an Atari. It's funny to see all the unnecessary empty space in the case with "controller storage" as the only justification for it!

[@stirlinghall530]

Another great video, looking forward to seeing more Colecovision videos.

[@blankbruno70]

I'd love to see some more Colecovision goodness too. Thanks Jon, love your videos!

[@GenXGrownUp]

More to come! Thank you for watching. 😁

[@briansellers7673]

I got a ColecoVision after it was discontinued around 86' or 87'. I'm not sure how they aquired them but my Dad worked at TRW at the time and they were selling them new for $50. Someone my dad worked with told us they were selling Nintendos for that price. Needless to say I was disappointed. I still had a lot of fun with the system but the games weren't available so I ended up playing Donkey Kong a lot. I think it is a great system and really hope you continue the series.

[@tedadamgreen]

I’ll take all of this you got Jon!! Keep them coming buddy

[@michaellarocca1435]

This is a great new series, Jon! 🎉

[@ButterSpider3]

You got lucky. This is all in incredible shape! Very nice!!!

[@GenXGrownUp]

I think so too!

[@ricardomendez7803]

Great video. I’m looking forward to the next stage.

[@jayme69]

Great video Jon! Looking forward to the next one :-)

[@deangolliher5560]

love the video , I had a Colecovision I got it for Christmas one year came with the Donkey Kong game, I almost stayed up all night playing, another Christmas I got the expansion pack to play Atari games. please do more videos about the restoration

[@ButterSpider3]

I would love to see more on this restore. 😁👍🏻

[@SidebandSamurai]

Oh I wanna see every minute of this restore!

[@MarcusAlbers]

Please continue! Love to see this classic console come back to life!

[@greyshadow9498]

Yes more please... It's a system I always wanted but never bought. I may still one day.

[@dempseydiscus]

GenX her :-) its great you are giving other systems a chance.

[@CyberKnight1]

I had a ColecoVision with the Atari 2600 "adapter" (which, looking back now, was probably more like a mini 2600 that used the main console's A/V out). Great console, but it's a wonder those controllers didn't give me premature arthritis. WarGames was one of my favorites, made good use of the keypad on the controller. I remember my brother and I would try finishing the game in different states - saving everything, ending at DEFCON 5 or 1, losing all cities and bases (the end game screen actually had different messages if you lost everything). Also had the trackball attachment, which was great for the couple of games that supported it.

[@ChristopherVarney27]

Had this when I was a kid, all we had was Donkey Kong for the longest time and then we Finally got Mouse Trap and Zaxxon and I think I had a copy of Carnival as well, but I am not sure if my parents bought that one or if it was given to me by a friend. Lot's of Good Memories!! And oh yeah I am a "Fourth Listener" you know me as "VeRn"

[@bwilliams463]

I asked my folks for the Colecovision because it had the best Donkey Kong port - I only found out around 10 years ago that it wasn't a licensed version. I had totally forgotten about the display case with the clear plastic lid. I also had the steering wheel and accelerator pedal controller for Turbo. I used to play sitting on my bed, so I just sat on the accelerator pedal. 'Venture' nearly traumatized me, the first time a Hall Monster came flying through the wall with that horrible distorted roar. I think I all of the games in this vid, and I also played a lot of Turbo, Pepper II and Burger Time.

[@CaptainRufus]

Never had one as a kid but knew people with them and it was great. Have one as an adult with a control splitter to use a modern nes knock off dpad controller but still have access to full numpad. And i have the wheel and trackball plus around 50 games. Its a great machine for its time but I'm not sure I can much recommend it to anyone nowadays. The homebrew scene is heavily just ripping off old MSX carts but requiring a hard to get modern ram and audio expansion board and most of the original carts are just compromised versions of arcade games.

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! 😁

[@tron3entertainment]

I had an Atari 2600 which I gave up when I bought a TI-99/4A. My cousin had ColecoVision. I remember him having me come over to see and play ZAXXON. It was not perfect, but there was no better port in town at the time. Great system.

[@PCKid32]

Funny about the colour TV matching sheet. In PAL land it was not really necessary. The joke was that NTSC stood for never the same colour. Great video as usual. Love your attention to detail. Would love to go to the convention but a bit too far from Perth in Australia 😢

[@kevinlawson1746]

I love me some Colecovision , so yes please.

[@PJSmith5]

I am getting a Colecovision modded as you read this, have a bunch of carts ready to try!

[@MMarcoux-66]

Definitely do more on the ColecoVision.

[@triviavesta6899]

I never owned a Colecovision...but I remember seeing ads for Donkey Kong and Smurf Rescue. Seems like Smurf Rescue would be a required game to own for the Colecovision.

[@shinigami146]

This was great. I hope you are also able to tune it for a better picture and get rid of the snow/noise. I look forward to your next vid on this console.

[@nmr345]

Yes, more ColecoVision!!!

[@R4D4_]

Yes, please keep it going!

[@wasakawakawaka2028]

I love the video. I had a friend who had a Coleco and I had the Atari. I preferred the graphic quality of the Coleco over the Atari even though I thought the controller was a bit weird. I would love to see more of this process of cleaning the machine up.

[@bw3230]

My first system. Got the Colecovision that came with Donkey Kong and the Atari 2600 converter. Also got Haunted House that Christmas.

[@BrettBurnell]

My ColecoVision will probaby always be my favorite console. I just wish they had made more games for it!

[@derekjtaylor]

I never had ColecoVision, but this is fascinating. Keep on going! Hope you can locate the adapter for 2600 games.

[@300BaudStudios]

Nice collection John!

[@KristianWontroba]

No one in my neighborhood had the ColecoVision. We all had Atari 2600s plus an Apple IIc (my house), a Tandy IBM PC and an Intellivision (neighbor), a Ti-99 (another neighbor) but no ColecoVision. As such, this video fascinates me. 😊

[@kranibal]

My first gaming love. Very lucky my parents got to buy us one.

[@talesfromthejundlandwastes5498]

Jon has such beautiful model hands!

[@gassie62]

Looks like a nice clean system you got there! (Especially compared to what's usually available on eBay). But you need the Super Action Controllers to complete the set! I'm older, I bought my original system upon release when I was away at school.

[@matthewfusaro2590]

My parents bought me a Colecovision for Christmas back in 1984. I remember how great the graphics looked and the games looked almost like the arcade games. My biggest complaint with Colecovision was the joystick. I don't know why they went with a stubby mushroom style joystick and the keypad seemed kind of pointless. It would have been great had they just stuck with something like the 2600. I only had a few games for Celecovision and I remember them being very expensive. Eventually I got a Atari 2600 add on and I could play all the Atari games. By then, Atari 2600 was really showing it's age and it didn't take long before it got shelved for good.

[@prefeitobear9209]

This video was amazing!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks for the kind words and for watching! 😁

[@waltciii3]

Keep it going. My best friend had a Colecovision, it was much better than Intelevision and the 2600. I had an Atari 800 by then so I still “thought” I was superior.

[@nickpalance3622]

You were. 😊 You had 5200 power in that 800. 😅 But with a keyboard and digital 8-way joysticks. 🎉

[@tomevil6]

Great video!

[@hardkoregamer1981]

Awesome video Jon thanks buddy 👍

[@GenXGrownUp]

Thanks 👍

[@JustinEmlay]

Lionel? Wasn't that a hobby store back in the day? Neat!

[@GenXGrownUp]

Hobby or maybe toy & hobby, but yeah. Makes sense. 😁

[@Mobraks]

More ColecoVision, please. I still have my system and there is still games coming out for the system.I recomend the Super Game Module if you can get your hands on one.

[@ShelbyHaynes-yz2pb]

Excellent video would love to see you continue this series. Does it matter what spray adhesive one uses on the cartridges? I use goof off all the time - great stuff

[@billcook4768]

I freaked out when I saw the cartridges that came with your purchase. My memory isn’t perfect, but those seem like the exact games I had back in the day. Could you somehow have ended up with my old Colecovision? But once you showed the manuals I realize it wasn’t. I would never have kept manuals in that good of shape. And I didn’t have the 2600 expansion module back then (I do now). So not my old unit, just a unit from somebody with excellent taste in games.

[@niveketihw1897]

Wow, I had 6 of those 7 games (only one I didn't have was Ladybug). In total I think I had about 20 Coleco games. I also had the expansion module, which is how I played all the 2600 games that I ever played back then.

[@LockRockRCs]

Please do more on this. I still have my original colecovision and adam computer. Recently I got the steering wheel for turbo.

[@TheAtariCreep]

Colecovision is such a great system, dude, but a victim of poor timing. Looking forward to this series (coleco games on your channel).

[@ajeba98]

Revlon makes a great adhesive remover tool.

[@GaggleofDoozies]

Yes.....I totally want to see the continuation of this restoration.👍 Also....what is the spray adhesive you use....and that cool tool thingy??!!

[@GenXGrownUp]

That's just Super 77. I'll drop a link in the description. 😁

[@ultimatemaitai]

Please continue this series.

[@nathanwallace3337]

Funny thing is most Colecovision games didn't have inserts. I had around a dozen games growing up (a few more now) and only Super Action Baseball had them because they came with the special controllers

[@Scotty-Z70]

i'm in the south-east. Near Myrtle Beach.

[@GenXGrownUp]

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