Got a Colecovision!!!!!

[davegt666]

Well today i went to my local SAVERS and found a colecovision in box with an rf cable and 2 controllers for 25 bucks! there was also an intellevision but decided too go with the CV. just hope it works though since it didn't come with a power adapter. anybody know where i can get one for cheap cause i saw some on ebay but they were about 15 or 20 bucks.

[Yukio]

So, it is this system that had the advertising about arcade quality graphics !!! Sure, any system that could use the same graphics (video processor) or better could deserve this type of title too ... After all, it was not every system that had "near arcade" quality graphics !!!

[newcoleco]

If you are someone who can deal with electronic without burning anything, and you may have some good old power supply for PC (before Pentium time), then you can use one of these AT power supply to use your ColecoVision.

I know there was some people, in the 80s and 90s, who put Coleco Adam computer parts into PC mid-tower cases powered by AT power supplies. And yes, I saw one working just fine. The owner didn't make possible to use Coleco game cartridges with it, but I suppose he didn't need that with all the games he put in floppy disks.

[Pantechnicon]

$15 to $20 is imo a fair price for a CV power supply. If you still think that's too expensive then I might have a spare and would be willing to work a trade out. PM if interested.

[davegt666]

$15 to $20 is imo a fair price for a CV power supply. If you still think that's too expensive then I might have a spare and would be willing to work a trade out. PM if interested.

thats alright if 15 or 20 bucks is the average then i guess thats what i'll pay just wanted check if there was another place cheaper i didnt know about. thanks anyway

[Steve W]

Good luck with that Colecovision working. Hopefully you'll get lucky and have a working one right away. I went through four before I found one that worked decently.

Was there a game included in the box? For some reason whenever I found a boxed machine it had mainly Atari 2600 carts inside. (?) Coleco carts are pretty difficult to source in the wild, unfortunately.

[davegt666]

Good luck with that Colecovision working. Hopefully you'll get lucky and have a working one right away. I went through four before I found one that worked decently.

Was there a game included in the box? For some reason whenever I found a boxed machine it had mainly Atari 2600 carts inside. (?) Coleco carts are pretty difficult to source in the wild, unfortunately.

Unfortunately No there wasn't a game cart in there

[Soviet Conscript]

i just picked up a colecovision loose as a present for a friend of mine. unfortunitly it didn't come with the RF switchbox or cable. i just wish i could pick one up from a store instead of haveing to grab one off ebay or canabalize anouther systems cable.

[MachineGex]

i just picked up a colecovision loose as a present for a friend of mine. unfortunitly it didn't come with the RF switchbox or cable. i just wish i could pick one up from a store instead of haveing to grab one off ebay or canabalize anouther systems cable.

Any rca cord should work. I have a ton of the white and red rca cords laying around(the kind that most stereos use). Just split them apart and you got two cords. You can pick up the RCA to RF adapter thingy for $3 at radio shack.

[Greg2600]

Even if you don't have a Colecovision cartridge, you could test it if you have the 2600 module and a 2600 game. Also, without any carts, when the CV is turned on, you'll get a screen asking you to insert a game. From my experience and reading tons (I mean tons) of other posts on several forums, the failure rate for CV's is higher than any other major (classic) game system I've ever seen. And so I really think it's not worth it to bother with a CV unless you can visibly see it working. That might sound harsh, but the components and manufacturing didn't hold a candle to Atari's.

[davegt666]

Well today i went to my local SAVERS and found a colecovision in box with an rf cable and 2 controllers for 25 bucks! there was also an intellevision but decided too go with the CV. just hope it works though since it didn't come with a power adapter. anybody know where i can get one for cheap cause i saw some on ebay but they were about 15 or 20 bucks.

well I finally got the power supply from amazon and the good news is that the colecovision works though the bad news is that obviously there is a shitty picture. any tips on improving the rf signal or maybe modifying it composite? -thanks

[WizDawg]

I performed a Ben Heck composite mod on my spare Colecovision. It's fairly straight forward. I posted the results in my blog which you can find in my sig.

Good Luck.

Mike