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Post by toei on Dec 14, 2018 11:00:29 GMT -5
Interesting. There's an old magazine article on that page saying that Sega was going to distribute the ColecoVision in Japan starting in 1983. Instead, they ended up releasing their own console, the SG-1000, with similar hardware. Of course, 1983 is also the year of the crash in America. Did they give up on the ColecoVision plans in a hurry because things were looking bad, and made a similar console of their own, or was that decision taken for other reasons?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 12:47:42 GMT -5
I read an interview with one of the Coleco guys in High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games where Nintendo apparently approached them as well, wanting to license their technology. Coleco wanted a cut of the profits though and Nintendo decided to make their own hardware instead as well.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Dec 14, 2018 19:34:42 GMT -5
To connect back to the Japanese scene, the MSX1 is also part of that ColecoVision / SG-1000 hardware family. Hence why we're also seeing MSX games being ported to the ColecoVision via the homebrew scene, and why there are emulators that will run these related systems (for instance, MEKA is a SG-1000, SMS, Game Gear, and ColecoVision emulator).
Speaking of which, go to AtariAge and check out the homebrew games available to purchase for second gen systems. Absolutely insane.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 23:46:59 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm always impressed by the 2nd gen homebrew scene. They come up with a lot of cool shit.
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