It was about 6.15 in the morning at a very popular sale. The sellers had just pulled in out of their car and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. (Let's not talk about the 'ones that got away!'). They wanted £50, just as I had said that, someone picked up the box of carts. I offered £40 for the lot and the deal was done. That was a lot of money spent in one go at a sale then, but it was a particularly good find.
A boxed Colecovision, boxed Expansion #1 (VCS player), four Colecovision games and nine VCS games. As pictured, the Colecovision games were Donkey Kong (the pack-in), Gorf, Mouse Trap and Time Pilot. All the Colecovision games are excellent versions - just see Donkey Kong on the picture below. You only have to do a side by side comparison on the games compared the the VCS to see the vast difference. Time Pilot is also excellent and that didn't come out on the VCS. The controllers however - I'm not a fan. Fortunately you can use any Atari 9pin compatible - just depending on whether the game needs the keypad or not.
However, as you can see by the picture, the original owners had more VCS games - these were more easily available and often cheaper - hence why many bought the expansion add-on and more VCS games.
Since then I've also bought another loose Colecovision as backup and bought a copy of Defender which is another excellent version. I'm also a big fan of Q*Bert - so I've got a copy of that as well. I'll be doing some more in-depth look at some the games later this year once lockdown is over.
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