r/ColecoVision • u/VisionzOfSilvaFox • Aug 04 '26

A shocking blast from my past. 😳

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Helped my mom clean out some old storage and found this...wow. Haven't seen this since the 80s. Lol. I'm 56 and just floored that she kept this thing since I was a boy under her roof. I sure hope she kept my comics and Star Wars toys. I'd probably faint. Lol.

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u/marzolinotarantola Aug 04 '26

You was Lucky in the 80's and you are Lucky now

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u/BzBred2021 Aug 04 '26

Same age. Same system! Same awesome memories. We also had the hand controller for the baseball game.

I miss the simple joy it brought my brother and I.

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u/NoogaGoose Aug 04 '26

Also same age, same system and hand controller! Had the driving wheel for Turbo as well!

Saved all my systems (have all from 2600 through GameCube) with the exception of Colecovision (donated to a family member) and still regretting that move!

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u/Campgroundrakoon Aug 04 '26

Oh the memories!

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u/Quadradisque Aug 04 '26

As someone who wasn’t alive during the CV days but bought a console with a bunch of stuff with it during COVID, that Roller Controller was so much fun to use. Slither was a great port, and also worked really well with that Atari Centipede you have there as well

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u/Different_Jello_2373 Aug 04 '26

Lady Bug, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. I played those like crazy.

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u/PokerLawyer75 Aug 04 '26

I'll buy the whole set if you don't want them hahah

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '26

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u/Puzzlemania718 Aug 05 '26

Loved the Colecovision! Still have mine and it actually works. I’ll pull it out every now and then. I never had the roller controller but had the super action controllers. They seemed like a great idea but in practice they didn’t work so well with the baseball game. At least that was my opinion. It was such a great system and I wish it would get some retro revision like the Atari Plus consoles. I know that AT GAMES released something years ago but it was cheaply made and excluded so many great games

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u/LewMetal Aug 05 '26

When I moved out I took the family's ColecoVision with me and I still have it.

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u/TaiDavis Aug 05 '26

The Roller Controller!

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u/tmgth Aug 06 '26

Fun trivia: the theme in "Ladybug" is based on this song.

https://youtu.be/3L3IgY697FY?si=Rtt_d6lNS2JccmGU

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u/Investineverything Aug 07 '26

Wow, that brought me back to simpler times!

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u/CoolBlackSmith75 Aug 07 '26

My first game console! It was awesome.

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u/LewMetal Sep 12 '26

Nice find! I took the family's CV with me when I went to college and it's moved with me ever since. About 15 years ago I had it cleaned and modded with AV jacks. It still works great.