Coleco Mini-Arcade - Gaming Historian

Gaming Historian gives a brief overview of the Coleco Mini-Arcade. These little arcade cabinets brought home the arcade and featured Frogger, Donkey Kong, Galaxian, Pac-Man, and more!

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[jtszabo]

I see those in the background of AVGN's videos and wondered what those were. I think the Mogwai were playing them in the first Gremlins 

[Drithe]

I remember when someone brought one of these into school. I was so jealous!!

[PETRIXXXX]

We need to know avgn's opinion on them. They're always sitting in the back waiting for a review.

[sjang]

omg memories!! i had frogger and ms pac man, cousins had regular pac man and donkey kong..still remember the frogger theme like it was yesterday....i want to go back in time :(

[GuerilleroX]

Bought the Donkey kong one for 3$ some years ago on a yard sale... amazing how well built they are.. still working flawless to this day.

[ross-carlson]

I had, or rather my parents had, the entire series of these. I remembered a few nights before Christmas catching them playing with them so they had to give them to us early. At the time we LOVED them!

[LorenHelgeson]

I had the Ms Pac Man one. Would play it on road trips. One of those ‘jewels’ I hope to add into my collection.

[russellj.s.]

I originally had The Pac Man that I got for Christmas when I was four but lost it, however over the years I acquired one through a family friend a few years ago for Christmas, loved it then and still love it today along with the newer versions from My Arcade and Basic Fun

[Debbienezfan]

I still have my Ms. Pacman from back in the day! I always loved that thing...

[mgabrysSF]

I'd love to see a longer form review with the designers explaining how they adapted their titles. That was quite an effort for a VFD display. *don't forget the cheesy commercials.

[fuzzydunlop]

Man I love frogger, played that game so much back in the days.

[Migman]

I had Galaxan as a child, I have no idea what happened to it. It was a blast to play.

[muhanc.a.]

I had the Donkey Kong and it was very fun to play.

[MaximumRD]

Seeing this I remember having it and playing it a LOT! I loved these stand alones.

[jaredmehrlich]

I love your Frogger, so beautiful. I have my original Pac Man and Donkey Kong mini arcades. However Donkey Kong no longer works, and its missing the sticker on top. still looks cool.

[RetroGoodness]

AWESOME! I'd be keeping my eyes open for these babies!

[gabrielgoldwoulfe]

I remember these from Gremlins (Donkey Kong) and also in the back of the car on National Lampoons Vacation (Pac Man).

[jamesanthony]

I've got the "Pac-Man" and "Galaxian" units that I recently dug out of storage. The cabinet on "Galaxian" was broken on the left side (was like that for years) and I was able to finally fix it with Super Glue Gel (which didn't exist at the time it broke). Worked like a charm; much better than regular Super Glue ever could with that type of plastic. It's missing the battery cover, but I noticed someone on ebay selling 3D printed replacements. May try that at some point. Wish I could've found the "Frogger" one years ago; would've definitely grabbed that one for the collection.

I used to have them jury rigged with a 6V calculator adapter but lost that about 30 years ago. I might try making a new one, or throwing a(n) AA or AAA holder together to plug the leads from it onto the contacts since I've got plenty of those around here. (Thanks, HarborFreight Cheap Battery coupons!) =)

[Medikor]

This was a great topic for review. I remember that I used to play these all the time when I would visit my aunt back in the day. God I miss the 80's...

[justylex]

I remember getting Galaxian for Xmas when I was a kid but was disappointed because I had wanted Donkey Kong