Retro Finds - Colecovision and Commodore 16

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Some retro finds at my parents place from the 80s. Kinda cool I still had this. I grew up using a VIC-20. Also, had a Sega Mastersystem, and Genesis. Remember buying a Playstation the first week it came out. I remember having major Tekken battle tourneys with my sister. Fun stuff.

Now what to do with this stuff. :)
 

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It still is. That stick looks killer. Never tried one of those.
 
Some retro finds at my parents place from the 80s. Kinda cool I still had this. I grew up using a VIC-20. Also, had a Sega Mastersystem, and Genesis. Remember buying a Playstation the first week it came out. I remember having major Tekken battle tourneys with my sister. Fun stuff.

Now what to do with this stuff. :)

Stick it on a shelf and look at it in another decade, like I do LOL
 
Zaxxon was my fav on a Coleco
Zaxxon was so much better on Coleco than in the arcade. Lady Bug (for me) was the same.

I've got a Colecovision Phoenix (FPGA) on order and am pretty excited for it to come in. We sold my Colecovision not long after I got it to help fund an Atari 800 purchase and I've always missed it.
 
We all have our fav era!! Although the 80s was the best!! :cool:
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I grew up with ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and a VCS2600. Fun times, made the real arcade games feel really special as they were far better than the home computers (in games).
 
OH!! TRS-80 Model 1. I've never seen one in real. LOL! I do recall in high school taking computer class with a roomful of Model 3's. In Jr. High we had VIC-20's.
The Model 1 was my first computer, 1977. 4K RAM, Realistic cassette deck for software.

Afterwards I became an Atari computer guy, as such I was the natural enemy of the Vic-20.
 
I bought the C-16 when it first came out. Returned it 2 days later because it
was so limited for games. I don't know what Commodore was thinking
with that one.
 
The Model 1 was my first computer, 1977. 4K RAM, Realistic cassette deck for software.

Afterwards I became an Atari computer guy, as such I was the natural enemy of the Vic-20.
Brand loyalty was pretty fierce, downright immature most of the times, but what else would it be with hormone raging teenage boys. lol. No doubt its the same today, but I wouldn't know. I like Atari, but Sega does what Nintendon't!! ;)
 
I bought the C-16 when it first came out. Returned it 2 days later because it
was so limited for games. I don't know what Commodore was thinking
with that one.
Oh it was so disappointing!! I loved my VIC-20, my cousin had a C64, I thought the C16 was going to be the next best in-between. I still have many VIC-20 data tapes, but nothing for the 16. There really never was anything. The only people that want them are the ones completing their collection. They are somewhat rare now.
 
If you haven't visited the Video Game museum in Dallas, you really sure. They have loads of these various systems. If you see the TRS-80 Model 4, it came from someone I know.

Scott C.
 
Brand loyalty was pretty fierce, downright immature most of the times, but what else would it be with hormone raging teenage boys. lol. No doubt its the same today, but I wouldn't know. I like Atari, but Sega does what Nintendon't!! ;)

well it was different back then. back then most of us were dirt broke low-middle class folk begging our parents to drop $500-1000 for stupid computer.

Nowadays, all these child-brat privies have to own every single system (Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Xbox, Steam) and 100's of $59.99 stupid games.

That's cuz most household incomes now go beyond the $200-300k/yr threshold without even blinking. What's a $500 console system mean to them? Absolutely chump change.
 
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