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[Yurkie]

I don't know how this will go over, but the ColecoVision forums have been kind of dead lately.

I am just drinking some Budweisers and refurbishing some ADAM controllers. I thought it would be nice to start a general thread in the ColecoVision subforum.

Edited by Yurkie, Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:00 PM.

[rmaerz]

Why didn't Coleco release paddle controllers?

[Yurkie]

My guess is that Coleco industries would have released a paddle or spinner hand controller had they not went bankrupt.

The steering wheel is basically a giant spinner.

[retroillucid]

rmaerz, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:51 PM, said:

Why didn't Coleco release paddle controllers?

Because a real Arcade Spinner Knob is best

[retroillucid]

Yurkie, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:56 PM, said:

My guess is that Coleco industries would have released a paddle or spinner hand controller had they not went bankrupt.

Not really, ... from what I learned over the years, Coleco did stop production of ALL Colecovision related stuff since the very same peoples had to work (rush) the ADAM Computer

Eric Bromley said, If Coleco hadn't given up on videogames, crash or not, it would have been here today instead of Nintendo

[rmaerz]

Why won't someone hack Time Pilot for use with the Atari Driving Controller?

[Yurkie]

retroillucid, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:02 PM, said:

Yurkie, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:56 PM, said:

My guess is that Coleco industries would have released a paddle or spinner hand controller had they not went bankrupt.

Not really, ... from what I learned over the years, Coleco did stop production of ALL Colecovision related stuff since the very same peoples had to work (rush) the ADAM Computer

Eric Bromley said, If Coleco hadn't given up on videogames, crash or not, it would have been here today instead of Nintendo

Your quote contridicts your post buddy

[boxpressed]

Thanks for your offer of fielding questions. The Colecovision I had as a kid is still in my parent's house, so I can't get at it right now. But the last time I tested it, something seemed to be wrong with the controller input. The player one controller seemed to be stuck so that it inputted only left, regardless of which controller I plugged in, including Super Action controllers. So I couldn't get poor Mario to move right toward any ladders. I think that all of the pins were still there. Is this a common problem and an easy fix?

[retroillucid]

Yurkie, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:10 PM, said:

Your quote contridicts your post buddy

No, I'm just saying that real arcade spinner is better than simple paddles

[Yurkie]

boxpressed, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:14 PM, said:

Thanks for your offer of fielding questions. The Colecovision I had as a kid is still in my parent's house, so I can't get at it right now. But the last time I tested it, something seemed to be wrong with the controller input. The player one controller seemed to be stuck so that it inputted only left, regardless of which controller I plugged in, including Super Action controllers. So I couldn't get poor Mario to move right toward any ladders. I think that all of the pins were still there. Is this a common problem and an easy fix?

Probably octal buffer IC. I will replace for $20 or $10 if combined my ColecoVision mods or services.

If you go the DIY method please exercise extreme caution that you don't ruin the PCB traces... It is really easy to wreck the traces . Perhaps a few people can weigh in on how easy it is to wreak traces.

[Yurkie]

I was really saying this could be a coleco off topic forum for ColecoVision forum fans


Listening to Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell

Edited by Yurkie, Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:10 PM.

[retroillucid]

Planet Caravan is my favorite Black Sabbath song


Edit: Listening Epitaph from King Crimson

Edited by retroillucid, Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:20 PM.

[Yurkie]

If I am going old school metal, I prefer The late great Ronnie James Dio

Holy Diver or Rainbow in the Dark to the late great RJD

Edited by Yurkie, Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:26 PM.

[NIAD]

Yurkie, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:25 PM, said:

If I am going old school metal, I prefer The late great Ronnie James Dio

Holy Diver or Rainbow in the Dark to the late great RJD

[retroillucid]

Let's post some of our favorites bands

- Harmonium (from Quebec, old progressive rock, they made the first part of Supertramp in 70s)

- Led Zep
- Pink Floyd
- Deep Purple
- King Crimson

- Johnny Cash


- Black Sabbath
- Iron Maiden
- Metallica (4 first albums)


Ok, I'm stoping here

[Yurkie]

I like how you went back.

I am not going to deny

Mr. Johnny Cash

[retroillucid]

Yurkie, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:35 PM, said:

I like how you went back.

I am not going to deny

Mr. Johnny Cash

Yeah, Mr Cash was the best!

I think they made a good movie with Walk the Line


Edit: Ghost Riders in the Sky with Willie Nelson is excellent

Edited by retroillucid, Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:39 PM.

[retroillucid]

How did I forgot CCR and also Neil Young in my list ?!!
I guess there's too many I could name!

[Yurkie]

Anyway anyone that is a ColecoVision fan and board please feel free to post a question

[fiddlepaddle]

Did somebody say MUSIC? I'm now listening to the complete Alan Parsons Project discography, including the five Eric Woolfson albums (over 600 songs/2 solid days).

By the way, I do have a question: why do I get a headache after drinking as little as one Budweiser, but can drink (many) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale's with no problem (well, as long as I don't get stopped)?

PS. I just found out Alan Parsons was the engineer for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

Edited by fiddlepaddle, Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:56 PM.

[retroillucid]

fiddlepaddle, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:55 PM, said:

PS. I just found out Alan Parsons was the engineer for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

Yep, you're right ...
I saw Alan Parsons & ZZ Top in Montreal... amazing!

[NIAD]

retroillucid, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:41 PM, said:

How did I forgot CCR and also Neil Young in my list ?!!
I guess there's too many I could name!

Yeah, a favorites list could get rather long, but you got a great start. How about adding to your list:

Triumph
Rush
Yes (all the incarnations, old and new as well as when the original members got back together and couldn't use the name because it was still in use and had to go by "ABWH")

[retroillucid]

NIAD, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:02 PM, said:

retroillucid, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:41 PM, said:

How did I forgot CCR and also Neil Young in my list ?!!
I guess there's too many I could name!

Yeah, a favorites list could get rather long, but you got a great start. How about adding to your list:

Triumph
Rush
Yes (all the incarnations, old and new as well as when the original members got back together and couldn't use the name because it was still in use and had to go by "ABWH")

Rush is really awesome

As for YES , I saw them in show like 3-4 times in Montreal
And their albums artworks (by Roger Dean) are so %?$?7%? great!

[thegoldenband]

retroillucid, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:31 PM, said:

- Harmonium (from Quebec, old progressive rock, they made the first part of Supertramp in 70s)

I like Harmonium a lot. Their instrumentation is a bit reminiscent of the Violent Femmes (including acoustic bass guitar IIRC) but with a completely different sound and style. I really like the first track on their first album -- the end of it reminds me of the "Celestial Voices" section of Pink Floyd's "A Saucerful of Secrets".

BTW I've always been amused that the name of the band, the first album, and the first song on the first album are all the same. "And that was 'Harmonium', by Harmonium, off their album Harmonium. Next up, "Black Sabbath", by Black Sabbath, off their album...well, you know." I wonder what other bands have done that? The only other one I can think of is Bo Diddley, but that was a single, not an album...

...huh, there's a thread on Straight Dope about it! They don't mention Harmonium, but they do mention Slowdive, which had vaguely registered at the back of my mind. Seems like metal bands do this a lot.

[retroillucid]

thegoldenband, on Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:39 PM, said:

I like Harmonium a lot. Their instrumentation is a bit reminiscent of the Violent Femmes (including acoustic bass guitar IIRC) but with a completely different sound and style. I really like the first track on their first album -- the end of it reminds me of the "Celestial Voices" section of Pink Floyd's "A Saucerful of Secrets".

Wow! I'm so happy that you know about Harmonium!
For a Quebec band, known in USA ... Its so cool!

You should really listen to their 2nd Album wich in my opinion is their BEST album (some will say its their 3rd album is best)
Harmonium have a really interesting story btw

I have a (real) painting of their 2nd album painted by my mother as a gift as she know how much this album mean to me (Mom, I love you, you're the best and you also introduced me to ColecoVision and gaming in general)
I would not be here without her!