[Coco] Anyone else collect other old computers/game consoles beside the Coco?

[Sean]

I have a pretty sizable collection of game systems, as well as 2
arcades and my prized Jurassic Park pinball machine:


Atari:
2600 - 1 heavy sixer, 1 wood-grain 4-switch.
5200 - 4 port
7800
Jaguar
Jaguar CD
XEGS
Flashback 2

Colecovision
Intellivision
Magnavox Odyssey II

Nintendo:
NES
Gamecube
Wii
Generation NEX (Messiah clone)
Game Boy
Game Boy Advance SP
Virtual Boy
Hyperkin FC-Mobile II
Super Nintendo

Sega:
Genesis 1
Genesis 3
CD Model 1
32x
Power Base Converter (Master system games in Genesis)
Saturn
Dreamcast

Sony:
Playstation 2 fat
Playstation 3 fat
PSP

Tandy Color Computer 2
Tandy Color Computer 3
Texas Instruments TI-99/4a
Vectrex
XBox 1

Arcade/Pinball:
Jurassic Park Pinball
NEO-GEO 2-Slot Arcade
TRON

Used to own/sold:

Sega Nomad
Sega Game Gear
Neo Geo AES
Turbografx-16  - :(  Should never have sold that one.




On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Jeremy Michea <jmichea at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> I thought it might be an interesting discussion. Obviously we all love the

> Coco but what else do you love? Many of you may know that I'm a huge Atari

> fan and have been collecting for the Atari 2600/7800 and 8-bit line of

> computers for about 20 years now, on and off as it was my first console in

> 1980. Through the 80's I also owned the original Nintendo (NES) and

> Turbografx-16 but the only computer I used aside from PC's (late 80's and

> early 90's) was my beloved Coco.

>

> As a side note, I almost didn't get a coco. Brand loyalty at the time lead

> our family to buy an Atari 800XL but my father wasn't interested in buying

> all new software and games for a new system so a friend suggested the coco

> since he had all kinds of software to share with us (well, copied software

> on cassettes but as a 13 year old in 1982 I wasn't aware or concerned about

> piracy so that's another story) so we got a used Coco 1 with the chicklet

> keyboard, a cassette player and a bunch of cassettes with, yes, mostly

> games. I did do some homework but lets be honest, I spent most of my time

> playing some great coco 1 games.

>

> As another side, yet rambling note, what BBS's did any of you use back in

> the day? Here in Southern Ontario, the one I used the most in my area was

> called "Route 66". I believe it was the only coco based BBS in my area where

> it seemed predominately Commodore 64. Also downloaded a lot of software from

> Route 66 as well as a local coco user group that met once a month in a local

> french public school.

>

> I remember being so excited when the Coco 3 was announced. I spent the

> summer prior to its release in the glorious field (literally) of corn

> detasseling to save up the money to buy my brand new Coco 3. I remember

> being in complete awe of the demo in the store and the manager was nice

> enough to make a disk copy that I played a lot at home. :)

>

> Anyway, I've rambled enough. Anyone else have any stories about their other

> retro passions, coco musings, etc? :)

>

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