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RE: Rainbow Brite New Coleco Mini Arcade Gameplay
This may be Rainbow Brite's first and last video game from the looks of it. For Coleco's comeback (and after the Colceo Chameleon disaster) they should have went with something a bit more blue chip.
To their credit, they did get out of the Chameleon fiasco after putting Mike Kennedy's feet to the fire over the prototype (which he could not produce).
I spent over a year covering that vaporware lie, long before it was known as the Coleco Chameleon - had friends that knew dude telling me he was just waiting to sue me. Lol. The problem was, everything was sourced on his own statements in interviews and such so to sue me would mean admitting he lied.
I even interviewed Mike and his "team" after Hell surely froze over because up to this point, I had spent the last 8 months or so not writing anything nice about them.
http://retrogamingmagazine.com/?s=mike+kennedy&x=0&y=0
Full disclosure, I know the owners of Coleco. I interviewed one of the members here - https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=VN3s1ogBm80
That does not mean I am on the "inside" of their operations. I keep my distance as a journalist when it comes to professional matters.
The choice of Rainbow Brite, I think is a good one actually. It is not an existing game, it is all brand new so the only way to play it is here. Also, I figure Hallmark has some kind of retail option on these. I understand that the character and story are not exactly ideal for older male gamers but for families and younger girls? It could be a hit.
They have already hit their Kickstarter goal and are going for the stretch goal now - less than 12 hours into the campaign.
That speaks volumes for fans wanting these things.