Jean-François Dupuis
"CollectorVision"

 2012

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CollectorVision is based in Canada.

Jean do not make games himself, but outsourcing it to others.
He sets an order to make a given game from the previous MSX or Sega SG-1000 platform, which then ported back to ColecoVision.
But game developers are also contacts J-F to get their games published.

Moreover, he is also involved in the manufacturing of boxes and manuals to the many games on the market.
He folds his own boxes, glue them and puts even the sticker on the game.
Also in 2012 will he be involved in making cartridge shells for ColecoVision, he has made a mold to be used in the manufacture of cartridges in all colors and transperent.
There will probably also involve sales of cartridges to third party.
So making games is a hard work.

Jeans first work on ColecoVision was a hacked version on Mouse trap he called Winky Trap.

Winky Trap title screen... Winky Trap...

Some (Maybe John D.) had in 1997 taken Winky from the Venture, and replaced it with the Mouse in Mouse trap.
All other characters was changed and taken from the game Venture.
The story is that only 5 games were produced and they all sold over 200$ each.
With the profits, decide Jean to start his own publishing label, namely, CollectorVision.

CollectorVision was founded in 2008.
And his first game released under the CollectorVision was Mr. Chin.
 

Mr. Chin... Mario Brothers... Penguin Land...
Some of the games released for ColecoVision via CollectorVision: Mr. Chin, Mario Brothers and Penguin Land.

 

Coleco Rod Hocky...
Coleco Rod Hockey based on NES, and a nice version of Mr. Do's Wild ride.

Mr. Do's Wild Ride should be a joint-venture game between Jean and Luc Miron from Team Pixelboy.
Latest news about Mr. Do's Wildride says Jess Ragan is the programmer for the game.
Cooperation with Luc will possibly also include a later Bubble Bobble.
Both games above is long-term projects, and therefore there is no set time limit yet.
Whether they still are together on these projects is unknown.

CollectorVision is also in closely cooperate with Dvik & Joyrex, and they arrived those for ColecoVision:
 
Zippy Race Pyramid Warp Battle Ship Clapton II.

The 6 newest games from CollectorVision publishing is these:
 

Bomb 'n Blast

Chack 'n Pop

Ozma Wars

Armageddon

A.E.

The Way Of The Exploding Foot


François has also other plans, he has designed a joystick to be able to stand on a table.
The picture below is a computer made prototype.


As you see, it have a Arcade joystick, 2 fire buttons and a keypad.
François would like to extend its joysticks to include a whole Colecovision inside.
This will be a complete solution and a plug and play product.
This is not the final design.

CollectorVision Arcade Controller Board...

This is the newest prototype from CollectorVision showed in 2011.
It will pop up for sale around spring 2012.
But my guess would be a version without the numberpad and a ColecoVision inside.

François do also work on these two games below.
 
Super Turbo Racing by: CollectorVision... The Legend Of Zelda by: Nintendo...
Super Turbo Racing Legend Of Zelda.

Those games are among many long-term projects, and therefore there is no set time limit yet.
Probably for his own WaferCart, and whether they are optimized for the new Super Game Module or even CV 2 is not known.

 
Games released: Games on the way:

Mr. Chin
Mario Brothers
Pyramid Warp & Battleship Clapton II
Zippy Race
Ghost 'n Zombies
Penguin Land
Pooyan
Kobashi
Lord Of The Dungeon
Smurf Challenge
Puzzli
Ozma Wars
Bomb 'n Blast
Chack 'n Pop
A, E. (Anti Evironment)
Armageddon
The Way Of The Exploding Foot

Burn Rubber
Chess Challenger
Side Trak
Zombie Near
Lock 'n Chase
Lode Runner
Helifire
 

And look forward to 2012, among other things:
Chess Challenger - Side Trak - Zombie Near - Donkey Kong 3.

Webpage : CollectorVision.com.
CollectorVision YouTube channel.