Humblejack Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 If you look at the second pic on that other Checkers auction, it has a lot of damage at the top which the cart was hiding in the first photo. Yours is in much better condition. It looks like I'll need to get my copy up on the Bay soon if they are getting that much interest. The more the merrier. Ready for another box of goodies? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 What is an MTE-201 Test Cartridge? eBay Auction -- Item Number: 372373476403 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 The more the merrier. Ready for another box of goodies? Keep em coming! Hoping to add some missing pieces to my collection while benefiting your PayPal account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 What is an MTE-201 Test Cartridge? eBay Auction -- Item Number: 372373476403 It's a special cartridge made for Mattel Electronics repair technicians to test the console. It has various modes to test graphics, memory, ROM functionality, hand-controller input, etc. It's rare because it wasn't released to the public, only to authorized repair centers. I've seen some in gatefold boxes as well. -dZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 It's a special cartridge made for Mattel Electronics repair technicians to test the console. It has various modes to test graphics, memory, ROM functionality, hand-controller input, etc. It's rare because it wasn't released to the public, only to authorized repair centers. I've seen some in gatefold boxes as well. -dZ. Are you sure about the gatefold boxes? The various demo carts have gatefold boxes but I think the MTE-201 only had the fan-made top-flap box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Are you sure about the gatefold boxes? The various demo carts have gatefold boxes but I think the MTE-201 only had the fan-made top-flap box. Oh, yeah, you may be right. I think I confused it with the "demo" cartridges. Right, sorry. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Wow! $322 for PlayCable box, 45 manuals, and overlays. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805237065 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805226218 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805334948 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Wow! $322 for PlayCable box, 45 manuals, and overlays. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805237065 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805226218 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805334948 Looks like it makes up a complete set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Looks like it makes up a complete set I'll have to see which ones I have and cross reference. I think there are a few with PC-XXXX SNs that I'm still missing. At least I have the box, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I'll have to see which ones I have and cross reference. I think there are a few with PC-XXXX SNs that I'm still missing. At least I have the box, though Looking at Steve's list I discovered I need two. They were in separate auctions. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Looking at Steve's list I discovered I need two. They were in separate auctions. ? I tried my best to nab it but just got to out of control for me. I thought for sure you were going to get it till the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humblejack Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Wow! $322 for PlayCable box, 45 manuals, and overlays. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805237065 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805226218 eBay Auction -- Item Number: 302805334948 Hi, hey do either of you have the PC Astrosmash, Space Armada or Triple Action with the PC number. All mine came with the boxed set but with the usual numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 I tried my best to nab it but just got to out of control for me. I thought for sure you were going to get it till the end. Since I just need those two I wasn't going to go crazy and once someone I suspect from here won the first one I just let them go and it appears they won all three which is cool. ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 (edited) Hi, hey do either of you have the PC Astrosmash, Space Armada or Triple Action with the PC number. All mine came with the boxed set but with the usual numbers. I'll check tomorrow. Actually, I had them stored in a spreadsheet. My set came with all three of those manuals, but none were PC numbered. I've attached a list of all the ones I have with unique PC numbers. My set came with other manuals, but they either had normal part numbers or had no numbers at all (Buzz Bombers, Mission X, and Motocross). Edited July 21, 2018 by JasonlikesINTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Since I just need those two I wasn't going to go crazy and once someone I suspect from here won the first one I just let them go and it appears they won all three which is cool. ?? Agreed. I wasn't sure who the winner was but I knew the eBay ID was familiar and probably someone from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humblejack Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Here is the a list of manuals that came with my box. I added a new pair of overlays with each. 41 Total 3 with standard part number 5 with no number PLAYCABLE - BOXED: ALL PLAYCABLE INSTRUCTIONS HAVE A SET OF OVERLAYS Cable Comes Alive 9.5 Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 10 PC-3410-0920 Armor Battle 10 PC-1121-0920 Astrosmash 10 3605-0920 Auto Racing 10 PC-1113-0920 Backgammon 10 PC-1119-0920 Baseball 10 PC-2614-0920 Basketball 10 PC-2615-0920 Bowling 10 PC-3333-0720 Boxing 10 PC-1819-0920 BurgerTime 10 No Numbers Buzz Bombers 10 No Numbers Checkers 10 PC-1120-0920 Football 10 PC-2610-0920 Football, Playbook 10 PC-2610-0520 Frog Bog 10 PC-5301-0920 Golf 10 PC-1816-0920 Hockey 10 PC-1114-0920 Horse Racing 10 PC-1123-0920 Lock’N’Chase 10 PC-5637-0920 Math Fun 10 PC-2613-0920 Mission X 10 No Numbers Motocross 10 No Numbers Night Stalker 10 PC-5305-0920 Poker & Blackjack, Las Vegas 10 PC-2611-0920 Reversi 10 PC-5304-0920 Roulette 10 PC-1118-0920 Royal Dealer 10 PC-5303-0920 Sea Battle 10 PC-1818-0920 Shark Shark 10 No Numbers Sharp Shot 10 PC-5638-0720 Skiing 10 PC-1817-0920 SNAFU 10 PC-3758-0920 Soccer 10 PC-1683-0920 Space Armada 10 3759-0920 Space Battle 10 PC-2612-0920 Space Hawk 10 PC-5136-0920 Star Strike 10 PC-5161-0920 Sub Hunt 10 PC-3408-0820 Tennis 10 PC-1814-0920 Triple Action 10 3760-0920 Utopia 10 PC-5149-0920 Word Fun 10 PC-1122-0920 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spadafermo51 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Since I just need those two I wasn't going to go crazy and once someone I suspect from here won the first one I just let them go and it appears they won all three which is cool. The suspect was real, the set playcable will be in Italy , I hope it is complete with all the booklets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 The suspect was real, the set playcable will be in Italy , I hope it is complete with all the booklets. Excellent news! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) Burgertime, Buzz Bombers, and Mission X are 8k games and were supposed to be too big for playcable. Motocross is under 7k, not sure if it would have worked. Playcables actually have 8k ram, not sure what limits it. The original owner of the playcable instructions set probably bought some of those cartridges and stored the instructions with the others. Other than the PC part number, is there anything in the instructions that mentions playcable. Some of the early instructions mention plugging in the cartridge, did they edit that stuff out? Edited July 22, 2018 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Burgertime, Buzz Bombers, and Mission X are 8k games and were supposed to be too big for playcable. Motocross is under 7k, not sure if it would have worked. Playcables actually have 8k ram, not sure what limits it. The limit was the actual physical RAM on the machine. My understanding is that it only had 4K of RAM. However, I find conflicting information online. Wikipaedia, for example, says 6K, but refers to a page on IntvFunHouse that does not mention it at all. All I know for sure is that the BSR site says that it was unable to download the "larger games (8K or above)," which suggests that it had less than 8K of RAM. Considering it was designed and built during the early days of the Intellivision, I would imagine it stuck to the 4K limit. My guess is that a hardware modification was not considered because by the time it was necessary, the PlayCable was not doing well in the marketplace. A chicken-and-egg problem, I suppose: doesn't support all the games, so it is not as attractive; and there's no point in upgrading it since it was not very popular... -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) Avanced Dungeons & Dragons, Locknchase, and Shark Shark were on playcable, so it had to support at least 6K roms. Someone posted a picture of a playcable circuit board on the intellivisionrevolution forum (it's down right now). I think it had 8k of 16-bit ram. Someone should open up their playcable and post a good picture of the circuit board. edit: Prior to 1983 the only games playcable couldn't support were Mazeatron and the intellivoice games. Something tells me playcable was designed to support 8k games but for whatever reason it couldn't. Maybe the playcable itself had to use some of that ram? Maybe they new about the limitation and is why they resisted making games bigger than 6k. Edited July 22, 2018 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Avanced Dungeons & Dragons, Locknchase, and Shark Shark were on playcable, so it had to support at least 6K roms. Someone posted a picture of a playcable circuit board on the intellivisionrevolution forum (it's down right now). I think it had 8k of 16-bit ram. Someone should open up their playcable and post a good picture of the circuit board. edit: Prior to 1983 the only games playcable couldn't support were Mazeatron and the intellivoice games. Something tells me playcable was designed to support 8k games but for whatever reason it couldn't. Maybe the playcable itself had to use some of that ram? Maybe they new about the limitation and is why they resisted making games bigger than 6k. Probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humblejack Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Burgertime, Buzz Bombers, and Mission X are 8k games and were supposed to be too big for playcable. Motocross is under 7k, not sure if it would have worked. Playcables actually have 8k ram, not sure what limits it. The original owner of the playcable instructions set probably bought some of those cartridges and stored the instructions with the others. Other than the PC part number, is there anything in the instructions that mentions playcable. Some of the early instructions mention plugging in the cartridge, did they edit that stuff out? Nothing in the text refers to the PC and the intro pages are the same. I check 4 of the 5 so don't know about Shark Shark. The only difference during my glance is the lack of a part number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) I think it's worth noting that most copies of Buzz Bombers, Burgertime, and Mission X, and Motocross came with manuals that had part numbers. Multiple PlayCable manual sets included ones without part numbers, so I think it's safe to say they are unique to the PlayCable manual set. Most people's sets also came with a few non-PC numbered manuals a that I believe were also originally included in the set. I say this because they're typically the same ones and the same versions/revisions. Edited July 22, 2018 by JasonlikesINTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I agree there is something to those instructions without the part numbers and playcable. Did someone not know they weren't supported. And Deadly Discs is unusually absent from any playcable list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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