Another Colecovision delema

[Emily]

Hey...my Colecovision doesnt work properly....whats new right?
I want to know how you tell what the hell is wrong specifically.Do any of the Colecovisions common problems have any tell-tale symptoms that would help me narrow this down?

All I know for sure is that the Expantion module #1 works, Ive played pitfall 2 on it a couple times. So why wont the thing play Colecovision games?I dont recall it ever playing a Colecovision cart, or even seeing the intro. :bad-words:

Why does the Atari module work but not the console itself?

I never thought there would be another system more frustrating than a toaster-NES :rockets:

[Logicdustbin]

I could be very wrong here, but I thought I read (here on DP) that the Atari module was a full system, it only used the power from the Coleco, nothing else.

If that is the case, this would explain why the Atari works but not the Coleco.

(this doesn't help you fix the Coleco problem, but it might have cleared some things up :| )

[Emily]

I could be very wrong here, but I thought I read (here on DP) that the Atari module was a full system, it only used the power from the Coleco, nothing else.

If that is the case, this would explain why the Atari works but not the Coleco.

(this doesn't help you fix the Coleco problem, but it might have cleared some things up :| )

Oh my God, your right! Fuck!
well I guess Ill use the hunk of burning feces to play my Atari games. Now I know some of my games need to be cleaned a bit at least.
Thanks alot for the reminder!At least the Colecovisions good for Something!

[omnedon]

They can be fixed www.oldschoolgamer.ca and made better than new too.

Try blowing the cart slot out with compressed air. Odds are good the power switch needs to be rebuilt. Most do. =/