Retrospect 7/8: Gamecube Vs ColecoVision

No intro...gotta problem with that?

OK this time it is the Nintendo Gamecube and the ColecoVision which were released in 2001-2002 and 1982 respectively and discontinued in 2007 and 1984 respectively. The Gamecube saw pretty big success (nowhere near the PS2 which then went onto sell an astonishing 150 million, yes, 150, 000, 000 units) the ColecoVision however surfaced just before the videogame market collapsed and therefore did not sell well at all, plus Coleco had a bit of a bad reputation due to the whole Atari 2600 add-on lawsuit and subsequent release of the Coleco Gemini and other irrelevant things that have nothing to do with this comparison.

Ok what will we be looking at? These: Controllers, Media and Compatibility.

First up controllers; now the Gamecube may have had a D-pad and 2 analogue sticks but it only had 7 buttons whereas the ColecoVision had 14 buttons plus like the Atari 2600, the ColecoVision can use alternative controllers (e.g. Sega Megadrive) for games that don't use the keypad.

I don't need to do this, media is more durable and has no fucking load times!

Now this one is interesting, compatibility, we all know you could play Gameboy/Gameboy Advance games on there, but could it play PS2 games or connect to your PC? Thought not.

Anyway that's all I have really, Flash Game of the Week and Hardware Review tomorrow.
Goodbye.
TheWardy signing off.