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[youki]

ozma wars, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:47 PM, said:

In Europe ( Germany, Italy and France for sure ) Colecovision was sold with MOUSE TRAP cart, so to oblige us to buy DK separately.
Max

In France, it was sold with Donkey Kong for sure , not mouse trap.

[ozma wars]

youki, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:04 PM, said:

ozma wars, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:47 PM, said:

In Europe ( Germany, Italy and France for sure ) Colecovision was sold with MOUSE TRAP cart, so to oblige us to buy DK separately.
Max

In France, it was sold with Donkey Kong for sure , not mouse trap.

I ignored it
this was in 1982 or 1983 ? because the cart was also sold separately there.

[youki]

ozma wars, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:01 PM, said:

youki, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:04 PM, said:

ozma wars, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:47 PM, said:

In Europe ( Germany, Italy and France for sure ) Colecovision was sold with MOUSE TRAP cart, so to oblige us to buy DK separately.
Max

In France, it was sold with Donkey Kong for sure , not mouse trap.

I ignored it
this was in 1982 or 1983 ? because the cart was also sold separately there.

1983 , i have never seen Donkey kong sold sperately in France.

[ozma wars]

youki, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:56 PM, said:

ozma wars, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:01 PM, said:

youki, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:04 PM, said:

ozma wars, on Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:47 PM, said:

In Europe ( Germany, Italy and France for sure ) Colecovision was sold with MOUSE TRAP cart, so to oblige us to buy DK separately.
Max

In France, it was sold with Donkey Kong for sure , not mouse trap.

I ignored it
this was in 1982 or 1983 ? because the cart was also sold separately there.

1983 , i have never seen Donkey kong sold sperately in France.

a friend in Mulhouse confirm he bought his CBS Colecovision with Mouse Trap included and he had both DK and DKJ for Christmas. This was December 1983. this just for information. But at that time were a lot of non official importers so everything was possible.
max

[wberdan!]

glad to see people finally respecting the dk box rarity!
that's a tough box, i would say in the lower/middle range of the top ten rare cv boxes.

[65Gamerguy]

There is a US boxed version of Donkey Kong. I purchased one several years ago and still have it. I can only assume that it was made for people that puchased a stand alone ADAM computer, which didn't come with Donkey Kong on cartridge, but instead the Buck Rogers supergame on digital data pack.

[opcode]

Here is a picture of the ColecoVision DK box...

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[65Gamerguy]

opcode, on Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:47 PM, said:

Here is a picture of the ColecoVision DK box...

Yep that is it!

[RelliK111]

wberdan!, on Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:47 PM, said:

glad to see people finally respecting the dk box rarity!
that's a tough box, i would say in the lower/middle range of the top ten rare cv boxes.

I would love to see a top 10 or even a top 20 of rare colecovision boxes

[retroillucid]

Here's my top 25 of the rarest ColecoVision Games (Complete in Box) NOT counting the Xonox Double Ender
IN NO PARTICULIAR ORDER!

- Wizmath
- Tournament Tennis (Imagic)
- Boulder Dash (Telegames)
- Sammy Lightfoot
- Threshold
- Aquattack
- Blockade Runner
- Sector Alpha
- Flipper Slipper
- Q*Bert Qubes
- Jungle Hunt
- Galaxian
- Keystone Kapers
- Donkey Kong
- Word Feud
- Robin Hood
- Motocross Racer (XONOX)
- Slurpy
- Sir Lancelot
- It's Only Rock n Roll
- Up n Down
- DraqonFire
- Fathom
- Memory Manor
- Logic Levels

[Crapahute]

Crapahute, on Sat Dec 4, 2010 1:45 PM, said:

Finally I made it myself:

[Tempest]

I like how it's 'Based' on the real arcade game. Is that like 'based on a true story'?

[Crapahute]

Tempest, on Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:05 PM, said:

I like how it's 'Based' on the real arcade game. Is that like 'based on a true story'?

Usually, I noticed that the CBS boxes had “Based on the real arcade game” for Atari 2600 & Intellivision versions, and “Just like the real arcade game” on the Colecovision version.

I’ve put “Based on…” on this box as it appeared like that on the brochure.

[Tempest]

Crapahute, on Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:09 PM, said:

Tempest, on Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:05 PM, said:

I like how it's 'Based' on the real arcade game. Is that like 'based on a true story'?

Usually, I noticed that the CBS boxes had “Based on the real arcade game” for Atari 2600 & Intellivision versions, and “Just like the real arcade game” on the Colecovision version.

I’ve put “Based on…” on this box as it appeared like that on the brochure.

Must be a UK vs US thing. Neither is incorrect.

[retroillucid]

Awesome box Vince!

[Bartsfam]

I know this is old, but just to clarify.

This:


is common, and not worth much?

[Ikrananka]

Bartsfam, on Fri Dec 9, 2011 8:10 AM, said:

I know this is old, but just to clarify.

This:


is common, and not worth much?

Correct. Relatively easy to pick up from most European eBay sites - however often they are overpriced so patience is needed to get one at the right level.

[Bartsfam]

Ohhh! Because I saw this: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 280787070363

[Ikrananka]

Bartsfam, on Fri Dec 9, 2011 12:10 PM, said:

Ohhh! Because I saw this: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 280787070363

That is the French only version, note that the cart and instructions are solely in French. There is also a general European variant that has the cart and instructions in multiple (five) languages.