Found some strange Colecovision carts. Anyone have any info?

[jwl]

I got these at the flea market, they play exactly the same as the original game and have the same start up screen but the shape of the cartridge is different and they have different labels. I included the original games in the pictures too, for comparison.
http://tinypic.com/17u9ee http://tinypic.com/17uuk6 http://tinypic.com/17uuu1 http://tinypic.com/17uuyq

[Kamino]

The key is in the ladybug cart. See the words Quebec Canada?
Yah, these are from Canada eh!

[jwl]

But are they official or repros. The Lady Bug's label is black and white and the borders are cut off, and on the back of the cart it doesnt have "COLECO" engraved in it.

[Kamino]

But are they official or repros. The Lady Bug's label is black and white and the borders are cut off, and on the back of the cart it doesnt have "COLECO" engraved in it.
I am 90% sure carts similar to this came up in conversation once in #vbender when wberdan, the resident coleco nut on dp, was present, and i'm almost sure he said they're just normal carts. Will, if i'm wrong, feel free to flame the hell out of me.
Also, if a pirate wasted time reproducing three of the most common coleco carts, they seriously need to have the crap kicked outta them. It'd be like reproducing sonic 2 for genesis.

[christianscott27]

i think those are the "telegames" post crash releases, kinda like generic cereal aint it :)

[sniperCCJVQ]

They are all officials.

The black and white lable was included in the box for the Canada market.

The white come from Telegames rerelease.

[jwl]

Thanks for all the info guys. :)

[ianoid]

The white labels must have been cheap post crash things, as they were packaged in hanging blister pack.

When you are a manufacturer, you probably contract out your games in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands in production numbers. I can only imagine that oodles of carts and boards were out there (overproduced) post-crash and needed to be dumped at minimum cost, those the cheap packaging and labels.

[Charlesaway]

FYI, the cartridge shape is the same as the european released Colecovision games.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Boy you gotta love how cheap companies try to save a penny. Gotta love plain bland cart labels @_@

[Ed Oscuro]

FYI, the cartridge shape is the same as the european released Colecovision games.
Telegames is based in the UK, so that makes sense. Even today they're releasing/selling GBA and PlayStation games, as well as games across all the current major consoles. Hmm, Telegames = like a UK Majesco? :P