mr.bill Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) I picked this patch up on ebay the other day. Has anyone ever seen one before or have any info to share about it? Here is a pic.. The only other atari arcade game realted patch I have seen is for steel talons. I also have a hard drivin airborne cap.. I also collect atari arcade pins. Most people know about the 12 as seen in this promo package.. 1: dig dug 2: centipede 3: missile command 4: tempest 5: food fight 6: kangaroo 7: xevious 8: space duel 9: millipede 10: gravitar 11: battlezone 12: ateroids deluxe over the years, I have picked up a few that are not on the list. Here is a pic: They are: 1: asteroids 2: liberator 3: quantum 4: pole position 5: star wars If anyone knows of anymore, please let me know. If your interested in selling, I will mae you a fair offer.. Some that I have are: steel talons pin area 51 pin. rush 2049 pin atari olympic pin Edited September 24, 2010 by mr.bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Ah, you got that triangular patch. It was very unusual. It does make me think of Tempest. I didn't see the auction until it was over (I skipped my usual eBay perusal that day - the danger of those one day auctions), otherwise I would have bid. Can you make out the copyright date? I asked the seller and he said he couldn't read it. I have several other Atari patches, including ones for Asteroids, Centipede, and Tempest, as well as the Atarian Certified Game Player patch, several different Fujis, and a Captain Atari Club which is Australian. Also, thanks for posting the pic of those other pins. I've got the original set of 12, plus Asteroids, and I knew I had seen one other on eBay (Pole Position IIRC). I didn't know that Liberator, Quadrun, and Star Wars had pins. Hopefully I'll be able to find those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bill Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Ah, you got that triangular patch. It was very unusual. It does make me think of Tempest. I didn't see the auction until it was over (I skipped my usual eBay perusal that day - the danger of those one day auctions), otherwise I would have bid. Can you make out the copyright date? I asked the seller and he said he couldn't read it. I have several other Atari patches, including ones for Asteroids, Centipede, and Tempest, as well as the Atarian Certified Game Player patch, several different Fujis, and a Captain Atari Club which is Australian. Also, thanks for posting the pic of those other pins. I've got the original set of 12, plus Asteroids, and I knew I had seen one other on eBay (Pole Position IIRC). I didn't know that Liberator, Quantum, and Star Wars had pins. Hopefully I'll be able to find those. I knew about the asteroids(pretty common) so much so I would say it should be considered one of the know 12. The pole position(very rare) and star wars(extremely rare) I knew about, but could not find. Liberator and quantum were a total shock to me. Never seen or heard of them before. One day they popped up on an ebay auction I was lucky enough to win.. I would put them in the extremely rare category. as for the patch, The stitching is really hard to read in that area. I think it says TW or TWI © 1980 or 1981 atari inc. Why someone would do a 1 day auction is beyond me.. It was pure luck I noticed it. Good for me as I would probably had to pay 10x what I did if they gave it more time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bill Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) Ah, you got that triangular patch. It was very unusual. It does make me think of Tempest. I didn't see the auction until it was over (I skipped my usual eBay perusal that day - the danger of those one day auctions), otherwise I would have bid. Can you make out the copyright date? I asked the seller and he said he couldn't read it. I have several other Atari patches, including ones for Asteroids, Centipede, and Tempest, as well as the Atarian Certified Game Player patch, several different Fujis, and a Captain Atari Club which is Australian. Also, thanks for posting the pic of those other pins. I've got the original set of 12, plus Asteroids, and I knew I had seen one other on eBay (Pole Position IIRC). I didn't know that Liberator, Quadrun, and Star Wars had pins. Hopefully I'll be able to find those. I thought I made a mistake a posted the pins as Quadrun. The pin is Quantum. Very rare atari vector. I forgot about those atari tempest, centipede, and asteroids patches. They are pretty common and I have them. I also have some 20th year atari pin and a few others. My main goal is to find out if any other atari arcade game pins are out there. Edited September 24, 2010 by mr.bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I thought I made a mistake a posted the pins as Quadrun. The pin is Quantum. Very rare atari vector. Yikes, I need to read more closely. The fact that it is Quantum probably makes it even rarer than what I thought with it being Quadrun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bill Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 (edited) Here are photos of that airborne hat: here is the steel talons patch: here are the misc atari pins: 1: 20th anniversary pin (the one you can't see) 2: rush 2049 pin 3: atari 84 olympic pin 4: area 51 pin 5: steel talons pin 6: time warner interactive pin here are pics of my area 51 resin alien I was told they only made up 3 or 4 of them: Edited September 25, 2010 by mr.bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustBrianD Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Ah, you got that triangular patch. It was very unusual. It does make me think of Tempest. I didn't see the auction until it was over (I skipped my usual eBay perusal that day - the danger of those one day auctions), otherwise I would have bid. Can you make out the copyright date? I asked the seller and he said he couldn't read it. I have several other Atari patches, including ones for Asteroids, Centipede, and Tempest, as well as the Atarian Certified Game Player patch, several different Fujis, and a Captain Atari Club which is Australian. Also, thanks for posting the pic of those other pins. I've got the original set of 12, plus Asteroids, and I knew I had seen one other on eBay (Pole Position IIRC). I didn't know that Liberator, Quadrun, and Star Wars had pins. Hopefully I'll be able to find those. Its def a Tempest patch, the lettering at the bottom says "TM © 1981 Atari" Tempest came out in the arcade in October of 1981 ;Q http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-80s-Atari-Patch-badge-NOS-/161433673150?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2596325dbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 It's just a patch given out as part of the Discover Atari campaign from 1981, it doesn't have anything to do with Tempest specifically. It's more replicating the colorful light refracting through the prism used throughout the campaign. Someone came into a cache of them and has been selling them on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyy Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 On 9/23/2010 at 11:36 PM, mr.bill said: I picked this patch up on ebay the other day. Has anyone ever seen one before or have any info to share about it? Here is a pic.. The only other atari arcade game realted patch I have seen is for steel talons. I also have a hard drivin airborne cap.. I also collect atari arcade pins. Most people know about the 12 as seen in this promo package.. 1: dig dug 2: centipede 3: missile command 4: tempest 5: food fight 6: kangaroo 7: xevious 8: space duel 9: millipede 10: gravitar 11: battlezone 12: ateroids deluxe over the years, I have picked up a few that are not on the list. Here is a pic: They are: 1: asteroids 2: liberator 3: quantum 4: pole position 5: star wars If anyone knows of anymore, please let me know. If your interested in selling, I will mae you a fair offer.. Some that I have are: steel talons pin area 51 pin. rush 2049 pin atari olympic pin i too am looking for 6 pins... pole position, millepede, quantum, liberator, star wars and crystal castles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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