Any way to make the Coleco plug'n'play play original carts?

Saw this on ebay:



A Colecovision Chinese (presume) clone plug'n'play.

Can one of these be modded to use original Coleco game carts? (if so, how).

Anyone got links / details?

 

if it's a coleco on a chip yes you could add a cart slot but you will have to go through wiring hell.

 

So you, uhh. Like the cold ones eh? Not judging here!

 

Probably a variant of NoaC (Nintendo on a Chip) and not a true Colecovision.

Atari Flashback machine for example, only version 2 can be modded with cart slot. Other models (including the current Flashback 4) all do not have true Atari chips and can't support 2600 cart with any kind of hack.

 

From what I knew, this specific Coleco is, indeed, a NOAC. So was the first Atari Flashback, with the 7800-ish controllers.

The Atari Flashback 2, and probably 3, have Atari-similar hardware.

But this Coleco plug-and-play is a NOAC. The Intellivision ones were NOAC as well, I think.

 

NOAC means NES On A Chip. It got it's own name because it was the first console to be cloned like that and they were everywhere, it's wrong to use NOAC to describe a chip that simulates a different console.

All the TV games use ASICs, usually under an epoxy blob instead of an actual chip package. This is true whether it's running old software or newly ported software.

Fitting a cartridge slot to one that doesn't already have one is likely to be impossible (especially for someone who asks on a forum if it's possible).

 

I understand the term. I think they were indeed famiclones, so that's why I called them NOAC. They may be other 8-Bit style "System on a chip" - but I am certain at least the Atari Flashback and the horrible Intellivision 25's were NOAC specifically.

 

I'm sceptical, but a dump of the rom would obviously convince me.

 

I never owned either (I do own the Flashback 2, and I like it a lot. This and the 3 are not NOAC, as far as I know.), but I probably read that NOAC thing right here in the forum, waaaay back when.

Doing a little google will take you to Ben Heck's forums and Atari Age, where they mention that Flashback 1 is, in fact, NOAC. I'm pretty sure I read the same about the Inty 25.

This was years ago, mind you, but from what I recall, I'm right.

Ben Heckendorn even talked about trying to dump the ROM like you say. I know not much more.

 

Wow, someone dug up this old post of mine from over 3 years ago!