MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Not sure if I must have this or if I want to run screaming from it...

> I still have my Genesis that I bought in 1989 for $189 and a dozen or so games.
> Stilll fire it up once in a while. Would like to pick up a Colecovision at some
> point. Had one when it first came out but later sold it for some reason of which I
> can't remember.

I was amazed to find my NES, Advantage, Zapper, and all my games intact in my mom's basement a couple of years ago. I was sure it had all been tossed or given away. I replaced the cartridge connector, cleaned the games, and got it all working. It was kind of a fun project, but I haven't used it a whole lot since. It's a lot easier to just fire up an emulator for the most part.

My grandmother, oddly enough, had a pimped out Colecovision system when we were kids. I think my uncle had bought it for my cousins when it was new. After the world moved on, he sold or gave it to her for the rest of us kids to play with. As I recall, it had the Atari 2600 adapter, the driving controller, and at least one Super Action controller in addition to the base unit and a bunch of games. My aunt got the house and most of the contents when my grandparents passed, I should see if it's still buried in a closet somewhere.