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    Default 1980s Coleco mini portable arcade games

    Does anyone else have any of these? I bought "Pac-man" at a garage sale a few years ago for just a quarter, but one of the joysticks was broken and missing so i replaced it with a Q-tip and it works, except for occassionally replacing the Q-tip. I've been looking around and saw a few on ebay and they were going for like $30+!

    Here's a sample picture of one: [/img][/url]

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    Oh ya, there's only one man I know who has the motherload of those Coleco Mini-Table tops, his name is "Videogamedaryll".

    Here's a man who just defines "Mint condition" when it comes to those little puppies...
    These cartridges are dirty as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!

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    I think PhosphotDotFossils has a complete set of them too, but I might be wrong....I only have a Pac Man, also bought at a Garage Sale for a quarter.

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    I have the Pac-man machine and the Ms. Pac-man machine. picked them up off ebay a few years about for about $60 each. (almost mint and fully functioning).

    I use them as bookends!

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    I'm selling Zaxxon with the box on ebay this week.

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    I have about five of them.
    A Ms. Pacman and Zaxxon that someone was throwing away that I saved. Another Ms. Pacman that I bought for five. A frogger I bought for ten. A Spaced Invaders I found for fifty cents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghouls N Ghosts
    Oh ya, there's only one man I know who has the motherload of those Coleco Mini-Table tops, his name is "Videogamedaryll".

    Here's a man who just defines "Mint condition" when it comes to those little puppies...
    Hey hey ..Thank you//(feels all warm and fuzzy inside)

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    Quote Originally Posted by CueWarrior
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    Joe is like Barbie, he has everything. :angry: :D
    But his stuff isn't all in pink. :)

    I have the Donkey Kong table top. It could have very likely been the first experience with gaming that I ever had since I'm nearly positive that my family had it since it was brand new. Over the years, I've played the heck out of that thing. It still works quite well, but a couple labels and the battery cover are LONG gone. It's also the oldest item in my entire game collection. I would sure love to have more of them, but I'm too cheap to buy them on eBay and I've yet to ever come across one in the wild.

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    Alas, "Mr. Arcade."

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    There's already at least one thread about these puppies; I found this one.

    As far as finding these in the wild, here's one hint: Crossbow seems to give at least one of these things away, newly refurbished, every year at OVGE as a door prize. Not sure where he gets 'em, but that's one possibility.

    I had my entire collection of Coleco mini-arcades at this year's OVGE, all of 'em full o' batteries and chirping and bleeping away. Everyone seems to love those things.

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    I have the Pac Man one and the Q*bert one. Had em since I was a little kid. The thing I especially like about the Pac Man one is the extra game on it called Eat & Run. Quite fun.

    Q*berts pretty fun too. Back in the day, I used to like it a lot better than the 2600 version... plus I used to be able to take it on car trips


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    I've got Galaxian. To think, I almost sold that off for cheap when I was younger. Glad I held on to it, though as it's fairly sentimental.

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    Ive got the DKJ one and just won a Pacman off eBay...looking at others now too.
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    I'd kill to see those prototype Coleco Berzerk and Omega Race Minis. And the Coleco-produced DK Jr. Not just the licensed Nintendo one.

    Yeah. Let's homebrew some VFD Tabletops (said with tounge n cheek)
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    Were these originally sold in boxes? Could someone give me a picture link???

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    ive got galaxian, zaxxon, and donkey kong...but donkey kongs labels are in french.

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    I have "Alien Attack" by Coleco. It was a Berzerk-type game. Still works.

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