Mini ColecoVision hits eBay, finds a special place in our hearts

Call us biased, but we still prefer Ben Heckendorn's portable ColecoVision over this one, but that's not to say we don't deeply respect the immense amount of work that went into the mini ColecoVision. The seller of the unit stripped a ColecoVision PCB from an original casing and got to modding; when all was said and done, the miniaturized version still operated fine and required a lot less floor space. 'Tis a shame the bidding just ended -- now you're stuck with Atarimax's oh-so-similar (but not nearly as satisfying) MulitCart as you embarrassingly attempt to relive the past.


[Via technabob]

[Joshs Red Pants Posted Aug 20th 2008 7:12AM]

bet that guy's pissed it didn't get posted a few days ago

[Kyle Posted Aug 20th 2008 8:49AM]

God, I still have an old ColecoVision...and I still love it!

[firesign Posted Aug 20th 2008 10:33AM]

awww man, i would've bid on it.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 20th 2008 10:13AM]

What's a "MulitCart"?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 20th 2008 11:07AM]

I think it's awesome that he got rid of that 10-12 second Coleco opening title screen before you can launch a Coleco published game. I used to hate that. At least today's game consoles you don't have to wait for any kind of.....oh wait...nevermind.

[tanooki2003 Posted Aug 20th 2008 11:20AM]

I take it that this was the Blue Light Special?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 20th 2008 2:38PM]

My first console! 23 years ago or so? gee. I bought my favorite game for it a few years ago, but still don't have the console.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 20th 2008 8:36PM]

is it a phone? ._.

[DeAthWaGer Posted Aug 22nd 2008 5:20AM]

As cool as the blue LED is, it's a bit too new-school mod for a retro console. I would've gone with the old standard red. Other than that, amazing freakin' job!