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- Nathaniel Tolbert
MaximumRD looks at the ColecoVision Ultimate SD cartridge!
Well here FINALLY my overdue look at the prototype of Steven J Tucker's
Atarimax Colecovision Ultimate SD Cartridge! A limited Edition Pre-order package is now available at the following link:
http://www.atarimax.com/colecosd/documentation/
The Colecovision Ultimate SD Cartridge is a high quality, professionally produced multi-cart for the Colecovision game system.
The kit includes the following:
* Atarimax Colecovision Ultimate SD Cartridge
* 32MB SD Card
* Menu Software (Pre-loaded and ready to use on SD Card)
* Free Firmware Upgrades and Technical Support
* Real Lifetime Warranty
PLUS A Surprise Bonus!
[Collectorvision Mario Brothers!]
Collectorvision!
[Collectorvision Mr. Chin!]
I'm very pleased to announce that in co-operation with Jean-Francois
Dupuis of CollectorVision, I am providing two very special bonus items
to everyone who pre-orders the Ultimate SD Cartridge!
Everyone who orders the Ultimate SD Cartridge will receive full digital editions of:
* Mario Brothers (128K MEGA-CART Game)
* Mr. Chin
These are the same games that are currently selling for over $50 each in boxed cartridge form!
Even if you are a hard core collector and already own these two fantastic games, you can now play your fully
licensed digital editions on your Ultimate SD cartridge, or even in an emulator!
Also check out all of these links for further information, discussion, updates as well
as you can ask your own questions at these great forums!
http://www.atarimax.com/flashcart/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=951
http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/165746-colecovision-ultimate-sd-car...
http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/166442-colecovision-ultimate-sd-car...
Comments
Nice job! I'm looking forward to mine coming as well. I'm particularly interested in finally trying Lord of the Dungeon, though a homebrew cart is coming for it as well...
Nice job, MaximumRD. I'm becoming a fan of the ColecoVision after getting to play Wargames over at Bill's house. :)
Lord of the Dungeon sounds very interesting!
Nice job, MaximumRD. I'm becoming a fan of the ColecoVision after getting to play Wargames over at Bill's house. :)
Lord of the Dungeon sounds very interesting!
Here are some screenshots for Lord of the Dungeon: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/151433-cv-lord-of-the-dungeon-images/ . It's a Wizardry-like RPG for the ColecoVision by Probe 2000, the name that the Magnavox used for its third party gaming operations. They only officially released one game, War Room, which plays a bit like Coleco's Wargames, but is different enough to stand on its own. For a first game, it was of tremendously high quality and showed an unusual mastery of the system. Unfortunately, back in the day, "chip shortages" were blamed on Probe 2000 not releasing any more games (they planned on doing Pink Panther, Power Lords, and more on various systems, though various prototypes do exist and are playable), and then the crash happened and then no one released any more games.
Lord of the Dungeon was apparently all but ready to go, though they still had to track down bugs with saving games via the battery backup, as occasionally (apparently) it would corrupt the save file. Barring that, it would have been the first ever cartridge game with a battery backup by a good number of years. A reproduction was released in limited numbers back in 2000. Finally, a new reproduction is imminent, this one on a super high quality scale like you saw from the other homebrew releases at my house: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/151433-cv-lord-of-the-dungeon-image...
Luckily, until the reproduction is released, we'll be able to play it once our SD cartridges arrive. I'm looking forward to it, though I've been waiting so long to experience it that I'm sure I'll be disappointed to a degree because I've built up so much anticipation.
I think I will just stick to my old 128 in 1 USB colecovision cart for now. But this new cart is excellent. Would't mind one of these carts for the n64 pal, megadrive snes and nes.
I think I will just stick to my old 128 in 1 USB colecovision cart for now. But this new cart is excellent. Would't mind one of these carts for the n64 pal, megadrive snes and nes.
I just sold my 128 in 1. Not surprising for me, I never got around to opening it. Now I just have to wait for this new one to come. I already have the software and everything I want to use on it ready to go, so it should be pretty plug and play, unlike the 128-in-1 series, which requires programming software.
Update from Steve at AtariMax:
Third batch is going out this afternoon. Tracking and confirmations should be all sent out.
This pretty much covers most of the pre-orders. There are a few left to send out and carts are still available for purchase. :-)
Steve