Coleco making a new cartridge based console

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this is the former "Retro Video Game System" that underwent much controversy whilst on Kickstarter. huge thread on AtariAge.com here: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/235430 ... retro-vgs/

(and the follow-up thread since the rebranding: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/246855 ... om-coleco/)

(it still has the Atari Jaguar shell!)
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At first, I read this as Costco, then thought "What the heck?"
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Rumpy wrote:At first, I read this as Costco
So did I :)
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I really do not see the point of this at all.
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Think less "cartridge" and more "flash memory".
Coleco claims the Chameleon will be "a versatile new video game system that serves as a modern day take on the classic game console," and is promised to "accurately play classic games." The system will also play new 8-, 16-, and 32-bit games, all in the spirit of the "golden age of gaming."
32-bit is classified as 5th gen. That'll get you into PS1, Dreamcast territory.
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Isgrimnur wrote:Think less "cartridge" and more "flash memory".
Coleco claims the Chameleon will be "a versatile new video game system that serves as a modern day take on the classic game console," and is promised to "accurately play classic games." The system will also play new 8-, 16-, and 32-bit games, all in the spirit of the "golden age of gaming."
32-bit is classified as 5th gen. That'll get you into PS1, Dreamcast territory.
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El Guapo wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:Think less "cartridge" and more "flash memory".
Coleco claims the Chameleon will be "a versatile new video game system that serves as a modern day take on the classic game console," and is promised to "accurately play classic games." The system will also play new 8-, 16-, and 32-bit games, all in the spirit of the "golden age of gaming."
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in case you haven't been keeping up with some of the truly head-scratching decisions by Mike Kennedy :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Ch ... troversies
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/crowdf ... -is-a-mess
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Coleco officially removed its name from the product after the makers were unable to prove that the product could function... that it actually exists. The RetroVGS website and Facebook page have been deleted, and apparently production plans have ended.

I'm not sure what they were hoping to achieve here, but I hope they know how lucky they are that the Kickstarter never happened.
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