Coleco Gemini, what is it, and is it rare?

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Saw an ad on Omaha Craigslist. Personally I had never heard of it. The ad claimed it to be a rare find (1977?) due to a lawsuit by Atari, and that the Gemini was basically an Atari 2600. Anybody have one and were there any decent games for it?
 
Saw an ad on Omaha Craigslist. Personally I had never heard of it. The ad claimed it to be a rare find (1977?) due to a lawsuit by Atari, and that the Gemini was basically an Atari 2600. Anybody have one and were there any decent games for it?

You don't see them everyday but I wouldn't say they are really that rare.

Atari tried to sue Coleco but they lost since the units were built with off the shelf parts. They also had a kinda neat controller that combined the paddle and joystick but the stick was kinda weak.

Here is some more info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Gemini
 
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I had one as a kid...that was my "Atari." ...my parents must have found it on clearance or something...hehe. It might actually still be in my parents basement. I remember chucking it into the closet when the controller stopped working (bent pins in controller port 1 or something).
 
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