favorite game?

[imported_Anonymous]

What was your favorite ColecoVision game ever? I loved venture.

[TRiPLE-J]

Venture was damn good, but I'd have to say my favorite was Spy Hunter. Right now though Q*bert, Zaxxon, and Burgertime are my most played.

PS: I have just opened an ColecoVision mailing list on www.egroups.com (http://www.egroups.com) called "ColecoVisionPlayer" you all should join.

Thanks...

TRiPLE-J/JaYTV

[Mobot]

Venture is definitely a great game. I also really like Frenzy, and the ColecoVision version of Super Cobra was brilliant.

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[anittix]

Coleco made some excellent games, but my favorite one by far was of course -- LadyBug!

[imported_Anonymous]

Yeah, those are all great games! It's been a long time now, and I still miss playing those games on ColecoVision. Emulators are great, but not quite the same thing. For some reason, I've been in a Cosmic Avenger and Gorf mood lately. And I still remember how I felt the first time I saw Zaxxon. WOW! (Probably my all time favorite.)

[imported_Anonymous]

I'm partial to venture, but since i dl some emulators and roms on my computer, i'd have to say cabbage patch is pretty cute and burger time is awesome ( i never had those as a kid!)

[imported_Anonymous]

My favorite was Burgertime. No one wrote a program for Colecovision better than Mattel. Too bad there weren't many Burgertime cartridges actually produced.

[Mobot]

I've got Burgertime for Intellivision, which is one of the best games on the system. Never did get it for ColecoVision for some reason.... but if it's as good as you say I'll try and track down a copy.

[Tabac]

Two coleco games have to share the first place in my best coleco games: Jumpman Junior & Miner 2049er.
Those are two games very expensive at the time (80$ each, other games were at maximum 60$) but it was really worth the money!!
I remember almost praying god that Epyx would make the original Jumpman for ColecoVision. The result: I bought a c=64 just to play this game!
Destructor and Tutankham are worth also mentioning.

Steve Bégin

[imported_Anonymous]

C'mon, guys, how about Mr. Do!'s Castle? It wasn't a perfect arcade translation but it was closer than most coin-op conversions on the ColecoVision, including Coleco's own version of Donkey Kong (that game felt like half a translation to me, because most of the gameplay elements just disappeared, and the scoring mechanics were totally raped). The best part of Mr. Do!'s Castle is that you can play it with just about any 9-pin controller, and it plays like an ice cream dream with the six-button pads Sega released for the Genesis back in 1993.
I can't forget about Konami... all of their ColecoVision games were terrific, as you'd expect from the company. Well, OK, Video Hustler was a so-so pool simulation, but it was the only one of its kind on the system, and you have to admit that the scoring mechanics were clever.
What else... oh, yeah! Galaxian was awesome on the ColecoVision, too. You couldn't ask for a better translation.

JR

[imported_Anonymous]

I always thought Ladybug was simplistic but pretty close to perfect.
I also remember liking War Games a lot, back in the day......

[playing]

Hard to name a FAVORITE, but the 6 I like the most are:

Beamrider
Centipede (using roller controller)
Frenzy
Jumpman Junior
Omega Race (using roller controller)
Pepper II

[imported_Anonymous]

BurgerTime - best there is, best there was, and best there ever will be. No doubt about that. Best game ever

[MrDo]

Miner 2049er,jumpman,zaxxon,and centipede w/roller controller would be some of my favorites. Venture was good but the control wasnt so hot!

[imported_Anonymous]

I loved Superaction Baseball, Football, and Rockey, but I thought Venture, Mr. Doo, and a drink-slinging game named Tapper were right up there.

[chriss]

My favorite games include Mr. Do and
Donkey kong(which reguires an old TV set
with a mono output - great music!)

Even my girl-friend likes Mr. Do! Usually she plays Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy games on the PSX.

Wargames is also a great game, even if I
prefer classic Arcade conversions. Overlay for the Wargames? Anyone?

[imported_Anonymous]

how sadis this... i liked pitfall. hey - i was only like 4 or 5 years old... but i loved it!

[Eagle]

Pepper II and frenzy !!

I remember playing Pepper II for hours until
the game crash because of the heat or maybe i had to much points... i don't know http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

[imported_Anonymous]

I can't believe I'm writing this, but I had become nostalgic about my youthful days of playing Colecovision. I would have to say my favorite games were definitely Beamrider, B C
Quest for Tires, Q-Bert and does anyone remember the game, now don't quote me on this one, but Dig Dug? That was a game about a space dude that had to kill all the aliens by digging holes and watching them fall to there death and he only had a certain amount of oxygen to complete the task? Well, if anyone recalls this game send a relpy. Colecovision continues to live on in the hearts of those who embrace the true spirit of the 80's.

[imported_Anonymous]

I can't believe I'm writing this, but I had become nostalgic about my youthful days of playing Colecovision. I would have to say my favorite games were definitely Beamrider, B C
Quest for Tires, Q-Bert and does anyone remember the game, now don't quote me on this one, but Dig Dug? That was a game about a space dude that had to kill all the aliens by digging holes and watching them fall to there death and he only had a certain amount of oxygen to complete the task? Well, if anyone recalls this game send a relpy. Colecovision continues to live on in the hearts of those who embrace the true spirit of the 80's.

[Mobot]

Yeah dude, that game was called Space Panic and is a true classic!

[imported_Anonymous]

I would agree that venture is one of the best games, However Time Pilot will always be at the top of the list. That's right, TIME PILOT.

[imported_Anonymous]

Antarctic Adventure.

Absolutely my favorite. Got it on sale at Kay Bee Toy & Hobby for next to nothing (along with the 2010 ADAM Digital Data Pack game)...

papasmurf.org

[BLADERUNNER21131]

ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE'S COOL, BUT I NEVER CLOCKED IT!!

[imported_Anonymous]

I was really little when we had Colecovision but i did remember htis one game i loved and i could remember hte name til my dad told me the other day Burgertime is the bestever made!

[VenturePro]

Yes Venture Rocks. I don't own a Coleco console now, but I am going to buy one with a Venture cassette. I also like qbert and Dkong was fun as h*ll. I'm sure everyone noticed that if you played Venture long enough, you could figure out the pattern to defeat the computer and win every time as long as you followed closely to the pattern? That was why I saw this post and chose my handle as venturepro.

[TAG]

I would have to put 2 lists of my faves together http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif one for top original favorites and one for the ones I play the most today.

#1 Fave Coleco Cart: Epyx's Gateway to Apshai

(it was hard to find cart but top notch RPG)

Original Top 15 Faves

Gateway to Apshai
Gyruss
Tutankaman
Montezuma's Revenge
Miner 2049er
Jumpman Jr
Venture
Zaxxon
Smurf Rescue
Star Trek
Star Wars
Pitfall
Spy Hunter
Frenzy

Slither with Rollercontroller

Top Most Played (Now)

Ladybug
Mr. Do
Gyruss
Pepper II
Q-Bert
Time Pilot
Centipede
Gateway to Apshai
Burgertime

Honorable Mention - Game that's highly addictive and played it endlessly yet somehow it is also annoying http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

Carnival.

Most Anticipated Game that was never Made

Tunnels and Trolls

(they did make a demo that we saw downtown Montreal and which I managed to get ahold of for the Emulator, annoyingly it has great graphics! but it's only a demo of a dragon flying under the logo set to repeat itself instead of loading up a game selection screen http://forums.atari.net/ubb/frown.gif


Anyway, hard to pick just a couple, but those are my top picks. http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

-- TAG
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Earth, Sometimes.

[newcoleco]

My TOP 15
Antartic Adventure
Congo Bongo
Destructor
Donkey Kong & Donkey Kong Jr
Ken Uston Blackjack / Poker
Pepper II
Popeye
Q*Bert
Root Beer Tapper
Smurf
Space Fury
Space Panic
Venture
Zaxxon

Now, I'm very busy. I have no time to play with my ColecoVision... but I use VirtualColeco with Rocky to see some boxing!

[Kframe]

Wow, a Coleco forum!
I woulda never thunk it!

Anyway, I guess my absolute fav is Zaxxon, but Jungle Hunt, Ladybug, Centipede, Donkey Kong, and Mousetrap are also way up there.

Most played?
Donkey Kong and Zaxxon!

-Kframe (in reference to another hobby, can you guess?)

[Aswald]

Pepper 2, Burgertime, Bump `N Jump, Frenzy, Turbo, Ladybug, and Venture are great arcade-to-home translations and bring back fond memories of the early and mid-1980s.

Super Action Baseball, Nova Blast, Space Panic, Ken Uston's Blackjack/Poker, Mousetrap, Moonsweeper, Boulder Dash, Alcazar, Steamroller (go, go, ColecoVision!), Slither, Escape From the Mindmaster, Rocky Boxing, Looping, Mr. DO!'s Castle, Gateway to Apshai, and others...
LONG LIVE COLECOVISION!

Happy Gaming, Everyone!

[thegamepeddler]

I've had about 40 different titles at one time or another, but have really only played about 10 at length. My top 5 favorites are:

1. Mr. Do!
2. Donkey Kong Jr.
3. Pitstop
4. BurgerTime
5. Gateway to Apshai

honorable mention: Frogger cuz the music is so damn perfect.

[imported_Anonymous]

best game: Donkey kong and Donkey kong JR....on atari 2600 pitfall and pitfall2

[TRiPLE-J]

K-Frame does your nick refer to your hobbie of owning and restoring Chrysler/Dodge/plymouth cars built on the K frame. This would include the ledgenday Dodge Aries and Plymouth Relient (of which I owned a silver 1982 model).

Damn I wish I still had that wonderful, wondeful piece of crap.

Sob, Sob...

GaME OvER?!

TRiPLE-J/JaYTV

[Kframe]

TripleJ, nope, not in reference to the K-Cars.

But, here's a clue.
It does have to do with high-grade machining and precision.

-Kframe

[harold]

My favorite was Buck Rogers in the arcade, but I loved Zaxxon and Q-bert on my Coleco.

[imported_Anonymous]

I'll say Venture, Ladybug, and Super Cobra.

-K

[Pitchman]

Hey gang! What about The Heist??

That's right up there on my list along with Montezuma's Revenge, Miner 2049er, Spy Hunter and Gyruss.

[imported_Anonymous]

TEMPEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For my coleco Slither cause i really liked that trakball thing and Slither was such a great game. I was best at it in my town's arcade and won 10 bucks at a contest the guy running the place had- he'd do that every week with a game, man, he was cool!

[imported_Anonymous]

Snap jack was my favorite. Maybe someone can make it for Colecovision!

[Mobot]

Yeah, I really liked the Roller Controller too. Picked one up for a pittance back in '85 I think. Still looking for a copy of Victory to use it with.

[imported_Anonymous]

Jumpman Junior is not the best ColecoVision game. It is the best video game of all time.

[TAG]

I already listed my picks back on page 1 http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif but..

Elscorcho: re Best videogame of all time, Jumpman Jr.

http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif Well, that's wot I call devoted fanfare.

I agree Jumpman jr is a great game, If we were to be talking

'Favorite Arcade Games'

I'd probably go with "Sinistar" anyone else remember that? (with the voice of evil http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

and since like most people, the games I remember most are the games that crowds would form around me when I played, then I'd have to add almost any racing game - the biggest crowd drawer (when I played in Arcades) was the 3 screen racing game - it was SO bizarre how many people would be lined up watching me stick-shift manouever into 1st place.

ONLY in Arcades, could you be treated like a REAL Formula-1 race car driver, just from acing a video game. http://forums.atari.net/ubb/smile.gif

Other Arcade faves: Star Wars, of course.
Gauntlet, Space-Ace and Vanguard.



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-- TAG /The Avante Guardian / TAG@colecovision.com

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Earth, Sometimes.

[Phatty-Boom-Batty]

Coleco's own, DESTRUCTOR. One of the funnest games ever...Star Trek S.O.S. kicked ass too.

[wicky369]

montezuma's revenge tops off my list honorable mentions: zaxxon, q-bert, ladybug, venture, jumpman, antarctic adventure, and that cobra game, icant think of the title right now but the one w/ the chopper

[fishemon]

Lady Bug is my favorite maze, Mr. Do's Castle the best climber and Centipede is great shoot em up.

[zyfer]

my fav would probably be Gateway to Asphai it was the best RPG they had

[imported_Anonymous]

BurgerTime and Frenzy.

I own them both, but traded with a freind for a few days... that was about 15 years ago :( I'm gonna get them back thou.

Zaxxon and DK Jr. were classics and pretty good too.

[johnlmooney]

:D Zaxxon Supergame for the Coleco Adam, Mr. Do!s Castle, Pepper 2, Congo Bongo, Time Pilot!!!!!!!

Those are my favorites! It is a shame that the Zaxxon Supergame isn't available in cartridge format! :cry:

Pepper 2 is SO MUCH FUN! :D

[opcode]

:D Zaxxon Supergame for the Coleco Adam, Mr. Do!s Castle, Pepper 2, Congo Bongo, Time Pilot!!!!!!!

Those are my favorites! It is a shame that the Zaxxon Supergame isn't available in cartridge format! :cry:

Pepper 2 is SO MUCH FUN! :D

I have never seen Adam's Zaxxon. What are the main differences?

Opcode

[johnlmooney]

:wink: It has new asteroids, new alien fortresses, and new challenges!
Super ColecoVision graphics and sound! It includes Hall Of Fame screen and 8 different skill levels! Only the best players will reach ZAXXON Galactic Headquaters to end the war!

It is one of the finest home translations available! It has extra levels not found in the arcade game! It's also one of the best shooters ever made! I also consider it better than Sega's Zaxxon 3-D and Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 for the Sega Master System and the 32X! It stays true to the original arcade game's spirit than those other titles! A very good game! :wink:

[imported_Anonymous]

Blimey, talk about a hard question! I can't choose one, because they were all good games. I'd say it would have to be one of the following:

Lady Bug
Cosmic Avenger
Smurf
Zaxxon
Donkey Kong Jr.

[imported_Anonymous]

I'm surprised at how many ppl seemed to like Venture. I found it good, but for me it had limited replayability. Tutankham was perhaps one of my favs, along with River Raid. And although they're not Coleco games (although I did play 'em with the Atari expansion module), Adventure and Haunted House were ones I played a hell of a lot too. Gee, I haven't used the Colecovision in bloody years - think I'll have to drag it out and relive some nostalgia before I get rid of it :)

[johnlmooney]

I hope that you enjoy playing the ColecoVision so much after all these years that you decide to keep it! ColecoVision is a great classic gaming system that is very hard to replace once you give it up! :)

You seem to like Atari games more. Cool! Do have any Atari system? We do have an Atari forum! :wink:

[imported_Anonymous]

If I ever get one of my systems up and running, one of the carts I have is Gorf. I used to love to play the arcade version, is the Coleco version faithful to the original?

[imported_Anonymous]

I hope that you enjoy playing the ColecoVision so much after all these years that you decide to keep it! ColecoVision is a great classic gaming system that is very hard to replace once you give it up! :)

You seem to like Atari games more. Cool! Do have any Atari system? We do have an Atari forum! :wink:

Yep, after reading through these forums almost makes me kind of rethink my idea of selling it! But, there's no room in the house and the wife is putting on the pressure lol!

Never had an Atari system, that's why I bought the Coleco expansion module. So I've had no experience with Atari other than that.

[johnlmooney]

Well, you can enjoy ColecoVision emulators on your computer! Try The Virtual ColecoVision and other emulators! You can also enjoy Atari emulators! Look those up on the internet! I hope that is a good alternative!