Coleco - The Complete History

A project in Montreal, Canada by Antoine Clerc-Renaud
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A beautiful look back on the amazing journey of a very American company that pioneered in so many ways.
Backers: 275
Average Pledge Per Backer: $66 CAD

Funded: $18,069 CAD of $5,500 CAD
Dates: Oct 31st -> Nov 30th (31 days)
Project By: Antoine Clerc-Renaud
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Latest News

Final hours + ColecoVision design

November 29th - via: kickstarter.com
This is it! We're going to be in the final 24 hours real soon! Thanks to each and everyone of you we got more than three times what we asked for! By the way, for the Video Games Collector backers, here is an early first draft of what the console... (Read More)

Interviews roundup!

November 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! As you know, we want to make this book about people who lived the company as much as the company itself. We've been lucky enough to talk to amazing former employees such as Jennell Jaquays, Michael Katz. But recently, and thanks to... (Read More)

Breaking News about Montreal video games history!

November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday while enjoying the awesome retrogaming party taking place at the Foufounes Electriques in Montreal, I stumble upon a box of cartridges. Inside it were also ColecoVision games. We found the usual suspects such as Donkey Kong, Zaxxon, Space... (Read More)

ColecoVision AV modification

November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

MIGS15 and Badge Design!

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey there! I'm currently at MIGS (Montreal International Game Summit) covering it for my magazine. It's an amazing event, started in 2004, taking place in Montréal obviously with amazing panels and speakers. On an unrelated note I was lucky enough... (Read More)

Foreword by Lorne Lanning !

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys! I have awesome news for you today! I'm proud to announce that the foreword will be written by none other than Lorne Lanning, founder and President of Oddworld Inhabitants! As a teenager, Lorne could play video games at home because, with... (Read More)

Work in progress coming soon!

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Coleco Industries X Ocean Software X U.S. Gold

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
After many comments and messages, we have yet created another perk that includes our book and both of the books from Chris Wilkins And Roger M. Kean!  You were several who wanted to get both of their great history of former developers! You can now... (Read More)

New Perks!

November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey there! Thanks to our wonderful new backers we are now seeing double and can now offer you two new perks for you who enjoy video games history as much as we do! Thanks to the tremendous generosity of Chris Wilkins, you can have a signed copy of... (Read More)

10 000 times thank you!

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you very much everyone! We have gotten so far in less than a week, it's almost unreal! Your support is very much appreciated and we really put effort into this project. As a matter of fact, we just had the privilege to speak to Jennell Jaquays... (Read More)

En français !

November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Grâce à la générosité de nos backers nous pouvons maintenant officialiser la version française de L'Histoire de Coleco Industries ! Cette version française ne sera pas une simple traduction de la version anglophone. En effet, nous... (Read More)

We made it!!! (Stretch Goals incoming)

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
After only 24 hours and 33 minutes, we reached our initial goal of $5,500 CAD thanks to the generosity of 70 backers! Our Coleco book is now officially on the tracks and we will make sure that you'll be as much pleased reading it that we were when... (Read More)

Our first update for our first project!

October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
55% in not even half a day! Thanks to all the people who already backed us and supported us! We're so grateful and we will make the best book possible. Feel free to share the campaign with your friends that could be interested in knowing where Coleco... (Read More)

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