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Me & Coleco


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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Sep 09 2008 09:39 pm Reply with quote Back to top

So I just found out a cool little fact.

My father's mother's father's brother founded Coleco.



 
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Knyte
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Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
PostPosted: Sep 09 2008 10:23 pm Reply with quote Back to top

So your great great uncle?

Cool.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Sep 10 2008 11:06 am Reply with quote Back to top

I am not sure if there is an actual term, but yes.



 
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
PostPosted: Sep 10 2008 11:23 am Reply with quote Back to top

Knyte wrote:
So your great great uncle?

He's not that great. Razz
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Tyop
Title: Grammar Nazi
Joined: May 04 2008
Location: Sauerkrautland
PostPosted: Sep 10 2008 12:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Here's a scan from the book High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games that covers the early days of Coleco. Has a picture of the original Connecticut Leather Company building, and of its founder Maurice Greenberg (second guy on the right, if you can't read the description):




 
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Sep 10 2008 12:29 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Thats awesome Tyop!



 
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MaximRecoil
Joined: Sep 11 2008
PostPosted: Sep 12 2008 01:14 am Reply with quote Back to top

GPFontaine wrote:
I am not sure if there is an actual term, but yes.


Knyte is correct, he is your great great uncle.

Your father's brother (if he has one) would be your uncle. Your father's mother is your grandmother. Her brother (if she has one) would be your great uncle. Her father would be your great grandfather, and his brother would be your great great uncle. So to simplify it you could either say your great grandfather's brother or your great great uncle.
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wunstar
Title: Mr. I guess??
Joined: Dec 11 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
PostPosted: Dec 16 2008 03:20 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I love Ladybug on the coleco greatest pac-clone!


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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
PostPosted: Dec 16 2008 03:28 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Hook me up with all that Coleco Cash, GP!
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
PostPosted: Dec 17 2008 01:33 am Reply with quote Back to top

I would like a ColecoVision. Im a video game collector and that system is going to run some serious bucks. Thats cool though.


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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
PostPosted: Dec 17 2008 06:55 am Reply with quote Back to top

Paul Simon wrote:
See me and Coleco down by the schoolyard
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
PostPosted: Dec 17 2008 07:04 am Reply with quote Back to top

My dad still has his Coleco, and his old intellivision. They're fun to bust out once in a while and try to figure out how to play the games.
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wunstar
Title: Mr. I guess??
Joined: Dec 11 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
PostPosted: Dec 17 2008 09:41 am Reply with quote Back to top

I have a coleco with the super awesome 2600 adaptor and 15% of the time it works 100%


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