Posted Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:16 PM

So today some new hotness came in the mail to the tune of FIVE new ColecoVision games from CollectorVision! Yup, FIVE! I've been slacking on doing reviews lately, and trust me, I have a LOT I need to get done, but here's a quick look at the five games and even some video of three of them!

Here they are in all their glory! Fairly wide selection of games, too. We've got a hard core shooter, platform game, platform/shooting game, racing, etc. Love the packaging from classic ColecoVision box fronts to CBS games to some new original artwork!

And gotta love the wide variety of cart colors! Star Soldier is sort of a silver/grey, Hang On is multi-colored red & black, Jumpland is yellow, SASA is all red, and Drol is...well.... "classic" black! lol

I've only managed to play three of them so far (check out the video at the end), but I'll give you a short run down of all five....

Star Soldier is a great shooter! This game comes from Hudson Soft which is famous for loads of Nintendo NES games! And playing Star Soldier with an F18a ColecoVision almost makes your CV feel more like the visual quality of an NES combined with the additional sound of the SGM makes this game awesome! Fast paced shooter and something that I'm glad the ColecoVision has quite a few of now as it was sorely lacking in this department in the 80s.

As you can see from the manual, there is plenty of stuff to shoot at in Star Soldier!

I love the multi-colored cart! Super cool!

I have not had a chance to play this version of the game yet, but I'm familiar with the arcade and if you're a racing fan, this is most certainly a game you'll need to pick up!

EDIT: Got a chance to play it! Ok, it's pretty hard, BUT once I was able to learn that I need to stay at top speed for most of the time and then figure out when to apply acceleration & brake at just the right time, I made it trough a good portion of the game after only just a couple of tries.

Jump Land is another one I haven't had the chance to play yet. But the game looks simple enough with quite a few levels!

EDIT: Played a bit today. While it's not my favorite game, it's a cute, quirky little game that really does remind me of the platform sections of Zoo Keeper. A little difficult to control, but some decent variety in there.



SASA is a hard game! I gotta be honest, the first couple of times I played it, I wasn't a fan because I felt like I just kept dying. But once you figure out the fairly wacky controls of the character (you have to shoot in the opposite direction of where you want your character to move to get him to thrust around the screen) and then also figure out what to do on each level (destroying the door on level 1 wasn't the most intuitive thing right off the bat), this game has lots of different variety to it and can offer some good fun!

Drol is a game I used to play all the time on the Commodore 64 and it's sort of a quirky platform/shooter game that sort of reminds me of games like Keystone Kapers or The Heist. The graphics are colorful and the sprites look good. Music is also very good if not a little repetitive. It's a fun little shooter and it's actually really nice to see another classic Broderbund game ported to the ColecoVision!

Here's a short video of three of the games:

EDIT: Was able to play the other two today. Here's some video:

And if you'd like to order any of these, contact coleco_master or visit THIS thread!