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kennyk
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 Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:45 am Post subject: Is there a difference in col and rom? |
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Firstly, thanks go out to FluBBa! Excellent job on the emulator. Secondly, I notice Colecovision roms come in col and rom extensions. Is there a reason for this?
Also, it's been a long time since I owned a Coleco, but I remember owning an Atari expansion port that enabled you to play Atari 2600 games. Did it use hardware or software emulation? Just wondering if there's a possibility of this someday being able to run a26 games. |
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tepples
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As I understand it, the VCS compatibility module was just a VCS clone (same chips even, as the VCS was a pretty much off-the-shelf design) that used the Coleco's inputs and outputs, not much different from a Super Game Boy.
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kennyk
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| You're right, I forgot about that. Didn't Atari take Coleco to court over that device? |
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| yeah, but I forget who won. |
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tepples
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Wikipedia content is not legal advice, but its Coleco Gemini article claims that Coleco won:
| Quote: | | In 1982, Coleco released Expansion Module #1 for its Colecovision video game system using off-the-shelf components. Atari sued Coleco for patent infringement, however a court ruled that since Coleco used off-the-shelf components and not the same components found inside an Atari 2600, the Expansion Module #1 did not infringe on Atari's patents for the 2600. With this ruling, Coleco decided to make a stand-alone Atari 2600 clone and named it the Gemini. |
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