If you could have any prototype...

Rinku

What would it be?

As for me, the answer is easy... Entex Table Top Game Machine!

I'm guessing Rik will say Coleco Star Trek.

Rik · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject:

Ooo, tough call...

Of ones that I know exist (or at least, did exist), probably the original prototypes of the Adventure Vision would be top on my list.

Next would be the Entex Do As I Say prototype (2 working models were produced) or the Table Top Game Machine (displayed at Toy Fair).

A 'suitcase' model of any of the original Mattel sports games would be awesome too. (The suitcase models where the original prototypes- all the electronics were in a large case, and wired to a controller that looked like the final game...)

Whatever prototypes were made for Microvision would also be very high on my list... In fact, those might be at the top... Mr. Green

Rik

MarbleMad · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

MarbleMadness 2 aka MarbleMan
or MissileCommand 2
but they weren't exactly handhelds so I'll shut up now.

Rik · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:50 am Post subject:

elepla · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:57 am Post subject:

don't forget these:

BAMBINO
Horse Racing, Black Jack and Baseball (LCD)

MATTEL
Catastrophe, Jewel Thief

TRONICA
Space War

and a couple of BANDAI games as well.

Rik · Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah, those would be cool too... IF they exist... Mock-ups of the Mattels exist (they are photographed in the catalogs) (and of course Catastrophe was released under a different name). The Bambino games may not have ever made it past artist renderings...

But, if anything was made, I'd love to have it!

Add to that list Mattel Look Alive Basketball and Baseball!
And Ticker Tape Fever, that was supposed to use a spinning LED/mirror type thing sort of like the Adventure Vision display... Not sure if a working one was ever made or not.
Also, the original Coleco Donkey Kong Jr. mock-up photographed in the old catalogs.

I'd also love to find any of the original artwork used for either the pre-production drawings or box art... I hate to think that might have just been thrown away years ago, especially from the companies that no longer exist... Mattel might have an old archive somewhere, but the Bambino and Entex stuff I fear is gone forever (unless it shows up in someone's basement someday...)

Rik

the-topdog · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject:

the-topdog · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:09 pm Post subject:

For handheld prototypes, the Entex Tabletop Game Machine would be my choice or for non-handhelds it would be the Vectrex arcade "Mail Plane" prototype cartridge.

Rinku · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject:

Wait... you have the original model of Donkey Kong Jr.!? The prototype!? Pictures please! Does it work?

Rik · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject:

Rinku · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject:

What site? I wanna see!

Rik · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject:

Here's his site:

http://www.geekvintage.com/

And the DK Jr. mock-up:

http://www.geekvintage.com/coleco-tabletop-donkey-kong-jr.php

And I love this:
http://www.erikschubach.com/vintage/sx-64-paper-model.php

Smile

(That's also his site...)

Rik

the-topdog · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:49 pm Post subject:

LOL! Rik beat me to it. Very Happy

I wish I had more of a back story on the unit. Sorry for the lack of info. But I do know that seeing it in my collection it makes me happy Smile

I do look forward to anyone's comments on the unit or if they have some more info on it I can add to my website.

the-topdog · Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject:

I do want to point out that that box in the picture does not exist, it is just my unit superimposed over the existing marketing shot of the box so that all of my Coleco pages look consistent.

Sanriostar · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject:

I'm kerflappled!

Original Coleco DK Jr. exisits!
So does Berzerk and Omega Race mockups exist?