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Influential RPG adventure writer, artist, and video game creator Jennell Jaquays has died.

She was a founder of the Dungeoneer zine before it was sold to Judges Guild. Her D&D adventures Dark Tower and Caverns of Thracia became classics, often studied as examples of adventure design. She also wrote and illustrated for TSR, Metagaming, Steve Jackson Games, and many other publishers. Her video game career included developing many of Coleco's titles in the 1980s and level design for the Quake sequels at id Software in the 90s, and she co-founded the SMU Guildhall video game program.

She recently was hospitalized for symptoms of Guillain-Barré syndrome, and a GoFundMe to cover her medical expenses is still active.

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ColecoVision - 1982

source: 8-Bit Central

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Blinky - Pac-Man (Coleco)

[eightiesfan]

Telstar Arcade (1977)

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Adam Colecovision Family Computer System

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[nintendroid]

There's a retro gaming continuity error in 2000's "Me, Myself and Irene".

During the scene where Charlie and "his kids" are watching TV, we get a quick shot of the items on their entertainment center.

Let's zoom in...

The first item we notice is the Coleco Super Action Controller for the Colecovision. Given the surroundings, and TV, it looks as if this is a time-appropriate controller. So this scene must've took place around 1983/84.

Buuuuuut...

A boxed copy of Donkey Kong Country somehow made it's way back to 1980s Rhode Island. The boys are geniuses in the movie, but I doubt they were smart enough to grasp time travel at this point in their lives.

If I had to guess, the production crew, director or whoever had memories of Donkey Kong on Colecovision and couldn't find a boxed copy of the original so they settled for Donkey Kong Country on Super Nintendo.

You know Donkey Kong 64 was out by this point. Why not just use that? I mean if we're going to break continuity, go hard or go home.

Me and the boys playing Donkey Kong on Colecovision

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1978 Coleco shooting games

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[8bitcentral]

Robotron for #Colecovision!?! Hell yeah! #Coleco #RetroGaming #RetroGamer #Atari https://www.instagram.com/p/CnYI2_EO8gK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Centipede Attack by Dirty Donny

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[scifi4wifi]

Role Playing and Video Game Pioneer Janell Jaquays Passes

Prolific fantasy artist, illustrator, video game designer, role-playing game writer and activist Janell Jaquays has passed away at the age of 67. Her death was due to complications from Guillian-Barré Syndrome  according to her wife, Rebecca Heinemen, herself a veteran video game designer and programmer. In addition to Rebecca, she is survived by two sons from her first marriage. Jennell…

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The Hyve - Sectaurs (Coleco)

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Unscripted Honesty - Classic Pac-Man Commercials 4

We have a new bundle of Pac-Man commercials to look at today! Truly some great selections for this installment. Check it out and tell me what you think: https://youtu.be/0YHForTYTec

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Watch fun YouTube video of this Coleco Pac-Man Mini Arcade Game For Sale