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A new Kickstarter project concerning something very dear to my heart has just surfaced. The same group that released the excellent
Vectrex Regeneration last year has taken on the task of bringing the retrospectacular ColecoVision console to the mobile gaming community and they need your help. For those of you who need a refresher, the ColecoVision was introduced in August of
1982 as the ultimate Atari and Intellivision-killer -- and it almost succeeded until the Great Video Game Crash of
1983 made short work of the entire industry. At the time of its release, the system was way ahead of its competitors offering near-arcade quality graphics, arcade-style super-controllers and, via a seperate expansion unit, cross-platform compatibility with its greatest nemesis, the Atari 2600. The party was short-lived, however, and the system was discontinued in
1985, just three years before Coleco would file for bankruptcy and right around the same time that a little Japanese company, called Nintendo, decided to reinvent the home gaming market for a new generation with something they called the
NES. But thanks to the folks at
RantMedia Games, who happen to be huge ColecoVision fans, it looks like you'll soon be able to relive those totally
tubular memories right in the palm of your hand. For more info check out the video and the link. (Special thanks to Cheryl for tipping me off on this awesome project!)
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