Target selling ColecoVision

[@carnivalofsouls2047]

"Kevin, call your mother..." is all Kev heard as he slid downward against the kitchen wall, hands trembling, his eyes scanning the darkened corners of the room. Wiping the sweat from his brow and taking a deep breath, Kev realized that there was a ColecoVison in the den where he retired for the evening to play Lady Bug and all was well.

[@daword915]

can i finance that coleco plus take my atari as trade in! lol

[@TeeroyHammermill]

Damn that game system was expensive,especially for 1983.

[@Ramel34]

$129.99!?!?! My mom would have belly to belly supplexed my ass if I would have asked for this back then.

[@jorgem50]

My dad paid under $300 for this system back in Dec. 1982. Purchased it at Gemco. Man, those were the good old days

[@runforitscooby]

Wow what an awesome commercial, I loved my Coleco, so many days off school playing it, but damn I really want one of those new answering machine thingys, they look hot!

[@joestradamus75]

hey thanks for the heads-up. I'm going to Target this Saturday to pick me up a Colecovision, It's gonna be Killa!!!

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

Target existed in California during the early 1980s? No way! Lol I was born in the 1970s, and we didn't see a Target store on the East Coast until late 2000, early 2001!

[@kizzmac]

I did not even know a Target was open back then. They just began opening in Boston in the 2000s.

[@mikebecker330]

Damn...$169 bucks!!! In 1982 that was a hell of a lot of coin. I guess the Wii at $199 isn't such a bad price. PS3 and X-Box at $400, there's your inflation baby. I had a ColecoVision in 1983 for Christmas. I thought I was the coolest kid on the block. Beat the hell out of the 2600 Atari. I wish I still had it.

[@nuyorican1970]

Didn't know Target was that old!

[@Synthetrix]

I had one of those early Record-a-call units back in the 80s and it had this little remote that produced a unique tone that the unit would recognize when you phoned home to check your messages. There were only so many different tones, so your messages could be hacked by people using war dialers and tone generators.

[@notyoursavior78]

"Kev-vin, call your motherrrr!" lol Yeah I didn't even think there were Targets back then either. The first Target that opened up in my area anyway was like the mid 90's.

[@whattheheck1000]

"Kevin, call your Mother!" LOL

[@cerberus144]

Well, my family wasn't poor, they were just cheap.

[@notyoursavior78]

I'm more surprised they had Targets back then! Targets didn't start openining up in my area until the Playstation one hit stores. That surprised me more than anything. The answering machine was funny too. That must have been cutting edge then!

[@Diskoboy1974]

@southport97 - Not originally - Richway was originally owned by Rich's Department Stores. They were later bought by Federeated Department Stores and changed most of the stores into Gold Circle in 1986, then they were bought by Target's parent company in 1988, and all the remaining Gold Circles became Targets. Rich's Department Stores went out of business in 2005.

[@JEH78]

I never knew how much Coleco cost until now. Of course for the time, $170 and these graphics were pretty groundbreaking but looking back 25+ years $170 is laughable. Ah the 80's, how I miss you so!

[@apachette07]

I was laughing at "tv not included" too. But yeah $129 for an answering maching? Good grief. Thank heaven for voicemail now! lol

[@bababooey2006]

That's a sweet TV. I would've bought it if it was included.

[@philiphanan1493]

I only paid $35.00 for a Colecovision and 2600 module, but that was back in 2010.

[@Zoomer30]

That answering machine was....spooky...so big!

[@sepulchureXmcmlxii]

ALL FUCKING 19 STORES? DAMN MAN, I HOPE THEY OPEN ONE NEAR WHERE I LIVE SOON!

[@Synthetrix]

I had that answering machine at my apartment in the 80s

[@phoenixicarus]

Holy crap, I remember every electronics device was encased in wood during the 80's

[@RetroWaveDave84]

Wonder if Keven ever called mom, or is he still playing his Colecovision?

[@WebVManReturns]

I wonder if I can get one for $99.99 or less on Black Friday at Target.

[@mstngken]

I still have my coleco vision and play it.

[@farmhandfilms]

I've GOT to laugh, when I was like 7, we had BOTH of those things!

[@dcsmooth]

I'm from Massachusetts and we only heard of Target since the 2000's

[@delfmeek]

i love the answering machine... it's the size of the Exxon Valdez ship.

[@Lesrevesdhiver]

Epic responses here! Target has been around God knows how long. And Coleco did beat the crap out of Atari. I had no idea that answering machines were over $100 back then.

[@christo930]

I never even seen or heard of a Target store until around 1998 when the first one opened in south eastern PA. I guess they were a west coast thing back then? My parents bought me a 2600 at clover in around 82 for around 189 or so. Realize that 189 dollars in 82 was a lot more than it is now. It was originally $199 in 77, which is probably close to 500 in todays dollars. The original 77 version had MUCH better joysticks, but you wouldn't know it by looking at it (the insides were better made)

[@christo930]

They are much nicer and have much better stuff than the other discount department stores like Walmart and Kmart.

[@southport97]

Didn't target use to be Richway?

[@Wuss2ns]

Nice sound effect. BBBBBBHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@bogercs]

Doe wii have a voice recorder?

[@74191neto]

169.99 was a lot of cash back then when you consider that minimum wage was like 3 dollars a hour. my parents use to pay 75 bucks a month on rent back then.

[@JungolistMassif]

what?! target came out before walmart???

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

JungolistMassif I'm just as shocked as you are!

[@milincoln]

So Target is a California based store?

[@bowlerdave]

If you check wikipedia (with a grain of salt) they state that Target started in 1902.

[@lordtalon69]

The answering machine was larger then the game console... hahah.

[@CFL-TECH]

No excuse to not have an answering machine with a deal like that.

[@RetroWaveDave84]

Back in those days-the early 80s i was around 16 and had my first job. I was making "good money" back then. Well, compared to 1983 salary for teenagers i was. I was making like around 6 bucks a hour while most other teenagers were lucky to make 3 a hour. I believe 3 a hour was minimum wage back then if im right. Anyways, all that money i was making went in on video games-colecovision, atari, and of course weekend trips to the local video game arcades! Wonder how much i blew on that crap?

[@barlog20]

I had no Idea Target was that old.

[@robintst]

This is creepy for me... I currently work at Target and Colecovision was the first console I ever owned.

[@krantzbucks]

The Colecovision was the PS3 of 1981-1983

[@Tornado1994]

The MW was $3.75 until July 1985 when it was increased to $4.74. In 1997, it was again increased to $5.15.

[@Sac077]

An answering machine for $120??? Holy shit, people back then must be shitting themselves after seeing a $15 phone at kmart

[@macgyver6999]

Never knew target 🎯 existed back then

[@gjc82071]

Coleco kinda suffered from lack of games. Same thing that hurt Intellivision, & pretty much every single retro game system, until the original NES/Famicom. At least Coleco could play Atari 2600 games. That kind saved it. So many people had Atari. Graphics don't mean much if there are no games to play.

[@uzi9millimetuh]

@wgamador $169.99 in 1983 was about $382 today.

[@sneakers55]

@mindofmorrison Dayton Hudson did not grow Target by spreading out from the home office (Minneapolis), they deployed by market demographics. One example was they completely skipped Kansas City to open in demographically superior Wichita, KS.

[@Maus5000]

did you ever get around to calling your mother?

[@DrLove0378]

I'd rather have the ColecoVision if it's just $40 more. :P

[@YodatheJedi12]

Wow, picture quality must have been bad back then!

[@Psuedo3D]

Must have been the reopening of the old FedMarts.

[@MrBubBa13]

and knowing is half the battle! :D

[@RetroGameFanatic]

Oh Crap I hope i make there before saturday!!!!!!!! lol

[@ubiased23]

can anybody tell me of what is the difference between collecovision and intellevision? and which one is better

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

Mr.Logic23 For the time, the Colecovision had arcade quality and sound.

[@tdrewman]

169.99 in the early 1980's would be like $999.99 back then.

[@Torch70]

@joestradamus75 Did they have any left in stock? :) I'd hit every Target in my area and buy up each store's entire stock. Keep one for my collection and the rest head to ebay for $350 each!

[@whattheheck1000]

No, he's playing ColecoVision.

[@Tributor123]

Wow, systems were new back then. Now, a freaking Xbox360 is 200 dollars or more!

[@BooperGrandson]

Kevin... Call your mother!

[@slipknot789able]

thats pretty funny tv not included i should hope no one would think that the tv was included with the game system not for 169.99

[@259]

PSP is actually cheaper than these since the money back then was worth more.

[@tdrewman]

@barlog20 the movie Career Opportunities , made Target a house whole name. Never heard of it till I saw that movie in 1991.

[@GeekNArtist]

Video games are getting more expensive nowadays. For a new Xbox 360 game, correct me if I'm wrong, it's a whopping $59.99 Who has that kind of money? $50 was alot of money then, and it's still alot of money now. For about $20 or so, I got this cheap-o-matic game system that has old school NES games on it. It's one of those plug-and-play thingamajiggies. I want a Nintendo Wii and I wonder how much the games are.

[@KartKing4ever]

"TV not included" ... -.-

[@cybersalad]

@Tributor123 Yeah but account for inflation--$170 was about $380 in today's money. So, console costs aren't much different today.

[@cybersalad]

Remember kids....TV NOT INCLUDED!

[@snakes3425]

Kevin Stop playing the Colecovision and call your mother

[@tom11zz884]

This was cheaper than the Playstaion 3 of today..lol

[@MoonsideResident]

$130 for an answering machine?! Fuck.

[@coolboy56574]

TV not included lol

[@AssassinJordi]

Kevin, call your mother!

[@Supersourcrout]

OF COURSE the tv is not included.

[@teclego007]

target is that old

[@GreekGuy9999]

@TheGreatCorneliuski Jeez... I'm out of work. $169 is a lot NOW!!!!

[@whattheheck1000]

1982-1983

[@Slickmickyoyo97]

@wgamador $169.99 in 1983 is close to 4 bills today. I had Olympians for play shoes, but I begged enough and my Mom got me Nike (pronounced NYK with no "e" back then) Burt Bruins (they were like $32.99, a cool $75.00 in todays' money) for school. Then I wore those to play baseball in and ripped the fuckers. I knew for sure at that point an ass whooping was headed my way, and I deserved it. My kid knows not to ask for $75.00 shoes, he is smarter than I was apparently.

[@Crystalkatana44Falco45]

That's psp"s price

[@MrJonnyboy73]

That's expensive , lol, even for now... Ha

[@fabian6514.cr3]

lol tv not included

[@dragongamer123]

tv not included lmao

[@Velgroth]

in the future atari and coleco and intelivision will be rare i will be rich i have 10 of each old game system in mint condition i will be rich!!!!!! ps1 and new game systems will be like atari and etc now

[@quote55]

TV not included, lmfao

[@ivanha1]

I spitted all my cola wen i saw TV Not included

[@BooperGrandson]

0:21

[@chris2011378]

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