From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!hou5a!hou5d!houxz!hocda!tjt Newsgroups: net.games.video Title: Coleco vs. Atari Article-I.D.: hocda.244 Posted: Mon Mar 21 16:33:42 1983 Received: Wed Mar 23 06:58:16 1983 I have a Coleco, with 9 cartidges (everything so far except Zaxxon and Space Panic -- Zaxxon is too expensive (so far, but I want it), and Space Panic is very BOORing (at least in the 3 minutes I tried it).) I too agree that Coleco is so far very agressive and progressive about their marketing. I was at first very pessimistic about them; they were very slow about releasing their first few games. However, compared to the games for the Atari 5200, Coleco is releasing theirs at a record pace. At a local video store, they have a catalog that shows a rather impressive array of future releases. At least they're trying to hook people, Atari is only relying on their name... I can't believe Atari is going to sit by and let others pass them by. If I had to bet, I would bet on Atari in the long run. In the short run, though, I wanted a state-of-the-art game, and so far I'm more than happy with the Colecovision. Since the Coleco is about the same resolution (if not better!) as the 5200, I don't think Atari has any technical advantages. ===Tim Thompson===Holmdel/BTL===hocda!tjt===