Colonel Mustard
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At least they got the A and B button placement correct.
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PR: COLECO to release Chameleon, console that focuses on new cartridge games
- Thread starter Tripon
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Yep, it's even worse than Infogrames pretending to be Atari. Coleco's existence ended in 1988.
John Kowalski
Banned
it's very pretty
RomanticHeroX
Member
It's amazing that the sale of some Jaguar molds and the bad ideas that that has sparked has provided far, far more entertainment than the Jaguar itself ever did.
Phoenix Fang
Banned
Are you on drugs? The 360 controller looks nothing like a GC controller.
All they did was switch the placement of the right analog stick with the buttons, not really an entirely different layout. Try harder.
So not only is the console looks like a failed console but it also shares a name of a failed console.
Yeaaaah, this is going to fail since it's aiming at a very niche market.
You are aware that the 360 controller is based on the Xbox controller which itself is just a rip off the Dreamcast controller?
Yeaaaah, this is going to fail since it's aiming at a very niche market.
You are aware that the 360 controller is based on the Xbox controller which itself is just a rip off the Dreamcast controller?
dragonyeuw
Member
Coleco?
AcademicSaucer
Member
:|
(In before 'you can't make that many variations.' I have no issues with this layout, and I understand you can only change so much, haha)
change the d-pad too.
That's because it IS that other kickstarted cartridge console.
Exactly. At last the GC controller was a unique design, the Wii U Pro is just too similar. They're good controllers just not particularly inspired.
um.....
completely different. the xbox 360 controller is an evolution of the S controller
with the same differences being the white and black buttons being converted into LB and RB ala PS2 controlelr.
There's still time for Dreamcast 2 to be announced in 2015.
I saw the thread title and first few sentences and was like "woah coleco is doing this?, this almost sounds like..."
then I read further and saw the pictures.
I think these past GAF threads are probably relevant to this thread's discussion.
New cartridge based non-emulated "Retro" console being kickstarted!
Retro VGS, cartridge-based retro game console now on IndieGoGo
RetroVGS console team pulls campaign from Indiegogo, listening to feedback!
yeah, who exactly owns the Coleco name currently?
then I read further and saw the pictures.
I think these past GAF threads are probably relevant to this thread's discussion.
New cartridge based non-emulated "Retro" console being kickstarted!
Retro VGS, cartridge-based retro game console now on IndieGoGo
RetroVGS console team pulls campaign from Indiegogo, listening to feedback!
yeah, who exactly owns the Coleco name currently?
DarknessTear
Banned
Why is it an SNES controller
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Because it is:
Pretty sweet looking SNES controller. Would be better if the buttons were colored like the SFC one tho.
NDP_Mulcair
Banned
I find it rather creepy how the Retro VGS Kickstarter guys are leveraging a completely dead name and dead brand as if the company still exists today.
Language like "Video-game industry pioneer COLECO re-enters the market" is legitimately deceptive.
"Coleco" is literally nothing more a name owned by the Chicago-based branding company River West Brands LLC who bought the branding in a firesale.
Why not? One of the best controllers out there. Though I hate the mushy feeling of the face buttons, and the triggers.I don't get why Coleco just ripped off a Wii U Pro Controller.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Please, for the love of God, I hope nobody here is duped into giving these guys any money.
Phoenix Fang
Banned
Thanks for saving me the trouble of looking up those pictures and posting them.
Incoming YouTube retro gaming personalities.
I see what you did there.
Steel molds cost a lot of money to make and last a long time. The Retro VGS guys saved money by buying the Jaguar's instead of designing a completely new one.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
This is awesome! I don't know what the future holds, but in an industry where development costs are soaring it makes absolute sense to support the creation of "8/16/32-bit" classics!
And who wouldn't love a Volgarr the Viking or Slain cartridge?!! One can dream.
And who wouldn't love a Volgarr the Viking or Slain cartridge?!! One can dream.
Um. The DC and Xbox controllers you have in those pictures do look pretty similar. Both have d-pads on the left side, and both have colored buttons on the right side. They also both have a pretty similar shape and both have an analog stick on the left side. So no, not completely different.
Ninja Scooter
Member
They bought the molds, so they can create as many as they want, and they somehow think buying the molds to a failed old console is the first step in creating and launching a brand new home video game console. Like, that's all they have. Molds. And everything else will apparently just fall into place.
and 360 ripped its dpad and button layout from a SNES controller
Ah ok, so it's the molds then. Stupid me thinking Atari have been holding the spare plastic shells for 20 years.
DeuceGamer
Member
Would love to own physical versions of indie games. That said, I would rather Sometging like Limited Tun Games become bigger with devs releasing digital games for those like me. Would much rather own the physical games on Vita, Nintendo (NX, 3DS, etc...).
If this were to get some good digital indie releases I'd be interested so I can own them physically.
If this were to get some good digital indie releases I'd be interested so I can own them physically.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
I'm in if its inexpensive and they get a lot of indies on board. I'd buy cartridges for Axiom Verg, Volgar The Viking, and Towerfall.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
They were asking $300 during the first Kickstarter...
If it's anything like the original concept (before Coleco), there wasn't going to be any kind of online patching for games, so I'm willing to bet there won't be any digital titles.
Yeah they have a similar shape. I always felt the progression went:
DC > Xbox > Xbox S > 360 > Wii-U
On-topic, huh? Lol
MrCunningham
Member
Yep.
Hawk269
Member
They should have brought back the Super Action Controller
Those things were bad ass.
Yes they were. I had those when I had my ColecoVision (Which I still own) and they were great. I don't know what happened to my set of those controllers...I still have the System with the original box and about 30+ games for it.
bananafactory
Banned
What year is it
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Uh, no.