roadrunner Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I was looking though some of my games and i thought i had a bunch of doubles of Frogs And Fliesbut a closer look 3 of them have different labels.1982 USA1982 Philippines1982 KoreaWhy would this game be made in 3 different countries?Has anyone else ever noticed this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Oh yeah, was quite common for Mattel to outsource and use a handful of different manufacturers for their games, boxes, manuals, labels and shells probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Is the Frogs and Flies white label really a R5?I haven't seen any for sale and i don't have one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeguychicago Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 The ones labeled 'Intellivision, Inc.' on the back of the box would more than likely contain a white label cart. Keith Robinson of Intellivision Productions mentioned duing one of his interviews on the Intelliviionaries that they had to change the labels (or cover exiting ones) after Intellivision Inc. obtained the rights to the games (including the M Network ones) after I.I. purchased them from Mattel. They used the white labels because they were the cheapest means to update the carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) If you want to learn more about variations, check out my site. Here is the M Network page. I'll be working on it soon to get more companies in and hope to finish at least all carts/boxes by summertime. Soon thereafter, I'll be adding the manuals and other paperwork. It's a work in progress, but should help you much. Besides countries, there are 9 variations of cartridge mold type, so feel free to click the label and mold variations pages from this M Network master page. http://www.videogamevariations.com/AtariCompanies/mnetwork.htm BTW, if you are looking for the variations of white label games, the boxes they come in have white stripes, not gray ones, and the back of the box background color is white, not gray. If you ever find a white label in a gray box, it's most likely been married and not the original packaging. Phil Edited January 31, 2015 by Philflound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 Cool, thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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