PA codes nightmare

[STAR]

Looking for missing games I note the code product by or from Atari. According anyelse official game list we get:

 

PA2020 Blue Lightning (1989)

PA2021 Electrocop (1989)

PA2022 Rampage aka Monster Demolition (1990)

PA2023 Gates of Zendocon (1989)

PA2024 Gauntlet: The Third Encounter (1990)

PA2025 California Games (1989)

PA2026 Xenophobe (1990)

PA2027 ?????????????

PA2028 Chip's Challenge (1989)

PA2029 Todd's Adventure in Slime World (1990)

PA2030 Zarlor Mercenary (1990)

PA2031 Klax (1990)

PA2032 Warbirds (1991)

PA2033 ?????????????

PA2034 Basketbrawl (1992)

PA2035 Robo-Squash (1990)

PA2036 RoadBlasters (1990)

PA2037 World Class Fussball/Soccer (1992)

PA2038 Tournament Cyberball (1991)

PA2039 Ninja Gaiden (1991)

PA2040 ?????????????

PA2041 Paperboy (1990)

PA2042 A.P.B. (1991)

PA2043 Rygar (1990)

PA2044 Hard Drivin' (1991)

PA2045 NFL Football (1992)

PA2046 ?????????????

PA2047 Turbo Sub (1991)

PA2048 Scrapyard Dog (1991)

PA2049 Awesome Golf (1991)

PA2050 Baseball Heroes (1992)

PA2051 ?????????????

PA2052 Hockey (1992)

PA2053 Checkered Flag (1991)

PA2054 Blue Lightning *Demo*

PA2055 Pinball Jam(1992)

PA2056 Block Out (1991)

PA2057 Ms. Pacman (1990)

PA2058 ?????????????

PA2059 Pac-Land (1991)

PA2060 S.T.U.N. Runner (1991)

PA2061 Lynx Casino (1992)

PA2062 Xybots (1991)

PA2063 Shanghai (1990)

PA2064 Viking Child (1991)

PA2065 Ishido: The Way of Stones (1991)

PA2066 Toki (1992)

PA2067 ?????????????

PA2068 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1991)

PA2069 ?????????????

PA2070 Pit-Fighter (1992)

PA2071 ?????????????

PA2072 ?????????????

PA2073 Hydra (1992)

PA2074 ?????????????

PA2075 ?????????????

PA2076 Kung Food (1992)

PA2077 Dirty Larry: Renegade cop (1992)

PA2078 ?????????????

PA2079 ?????????????

PA2080 Lemmings (1993)

PA2081 Shadow of the Beast (1992)

PA2082 ?????????????

PA2083 ?????????????

PA2084 ?????????????

PA2085 Jimmy Connors' Tennis (1993)

PA2086 Malibu Bikini Volleyball (1993)

PA2087 Dracula the Undead (1992)

PA2088 Battlezone 2000 (1995)

PA2089 Dinolympics(1992)

PA2090 ?????????????

PA2091 ?????????????

PA2092 Ninja Gaiden III: Ancient Ship of Doom (1991)

PA2093 Super Asteroids / Missle Command (1995)

PA2094 Switchblade II (1992)

PA2095 ?????????????

PA2096 ?????????????

PA2097 ?????????????

PA2098 ?????????????

PA2099 ?????????????

PA2100 Super Skweek (1991)

PA2101 Batman Returns (1992)

PA2102 Rampart (1992)

PA2103 ?????????????

PA2104 Steel Talons (1992)

PA2105 Crystal Mines II (1992)

PA2106 Gordo 106 (1993)

PA2109 Power Factor(1992)

PA2107 ?????????????

PA2108 ?????????????

 

So the missing titles/codes are:

 

PA2027 PA2033 PA2040 PA2046

PA2051 PA2058 PA2067 PA2069

PA2071 PA2072 PA2074 PA2075

PA2078 PA2079 PA2082 PA2083

PA2084 PA2090 PA2091 PA2095

PA2096 PA2097 PA2098 PA2099

PA2103 PA2107 PA2108

 

Well, looking at catalogues and press previews we can discover some unpublished games already coded:

 

PA2027 ¿GEO DUEL? ¿720?

PA2033 VINDICATORS ****COMING JUNE (1992)

PA2040

PA2046 ¿GEO DUEL? ¿720?

PA2051

PA2058 Rolling Thunder by Namco

PA2067 CABAL ***COMING APRIL (1992)

PA2069

PA2071

PA2072

PA2074

PA2075

PA2078

PA2079

PA2082

PA2083

PA2084

PA2090 DAEMONSGATE

PA2091

PA2095 Eye of the Beholder by Tengen (1993)

PA2096

PA2097 HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER

PA2098 FULL COURT PRESS BASKETBALL

PA2099

PA2103 Road Riot 4WD

PA2107

PA2108

 

WOW! PA2027 and PA2051 must be for 720º and/or GeoDuel because they were announced in stores advertisements, Atari catalogues and others. Same for Vindicators, Cabal, Daemon's Gate and the rest. Don't move, some known titles appears on these papers:

 

PA2040 LEXIS (according Goatari)

PA2051 HYPERDROME

PA2069

PA2071

PA2072

PA2074

PA2075

PA2078 RAIDEN ****COMING JUNE (1992)

PA2079

PA2082 ROBOTRON

PA2083

PA2084

PA2091 NINJA NERD

PA2096

PA2099

PA2107

PA2108

 

Lexis will become CF2003 from Songbird Productions, Hyperdrome LX950 from Telegames, Raiden is LX935 by Telegames, Robotron will be PT5003 into the Atari listings and Ninja Nerd is Fat Bobby coded LX836 by Telegames again.

 

The code list become small for twelve codes:

 

PA2069 PA2071 PA2072 PA2074

PA2075 PA2079 PA2083 PA2084

PA2096 PA2099 PA2107 PA2108

 

For that twelve codes we have Strider II and Space War like totally missed games but if Robotron was announced like PA2082 and Fat Bobby like PA2091 my questions are:

 

- If Robotron was in the lists, is it possible that Joust and BattleWheels were PA2XXX coded games from Atari listings too?

 

- The same for some Telegames titles, if FatBobby, Hyperdrome and Raiden were there, what about Fidelity Chess, Qix, Krazy Ace Golf, R.C. Destruction Derby and The Guardians? I like to note that the unseen Operation Desert Storm (doesn't have PA2XXX code) would become Desert Strike LX071.

 

- In some places Relief Pitcher was announced as PA2111 and Euro Soccer/Football Challenge as PA2113 (real LX106), so the list grows for PA2110 and PA2112.

 

For a total FAKE list we may talk for:

 

PA2027 ¿GEO DUEL? ¿720?

PA2033 VINDICATORS ****COMING JUNE (1992)

PA2040 **LEXIS

PA2046 ¿GEO DUEL? ¿720?

PA2051 HYPERDROME

PA2058 Rolling Thunder by Namco

PA2067 CABAL ***COMING APRIL (1992)

PA2069 ********FIDELITY ULTIMATE CHESS CHALLENGE

PA2071 ********QIX

PA2072 ********DESERT STRIKE

PA2074 ********DOUBLE DRAGON

PA2075 ********SUPER OFF-ROAD

PA2078 RAIDEN ****COMING JUNE (1992)

PA2079 ********BUBBLE TROUBLE

PA2082 **ROBOTRON

PA2083 ********JOUST

PA2084 ********BATTLEWHEELS

PA2090 DAEMONSGATE

PA2091 **FAT BOBBY

PA2095 Eye of the Beholder by Tengen (1993)

PA2096 ********SPACE WAR

PA2097 HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER

PA2098 FULL COURT PRESS BASKETBALL

PA2099 ********STRIDER II

PA2103 Road Riot 4WD

PA2107 ********KRAZY ACE MINIATURE GOLF

PA2108 ********R.C. DESTRUCTION DERBY

PA2110 ********THE GUARDIANS: STORM OVER DORIA

PA2111 RELIEF PITCHER

PA2112 ?????????????????

PA2113 EURO SOCCER/FOOTBALL CHALLENGE

 

Would be PA2112 for Poker and/or Aliens vs Predator??? Because I never see code references for AvP. Maybe I miss some unreleased title too, any help and comment will be welcome.

 

By the way I know that some games had in-work names: Bad Boy Tennis = Jimmy Connors' Tennis, Dino Quest = Dinolympics, Prophecy = Viking Child, Manchester United Europe = European Soccer = Euro Soccer/Football Challenge... and they "don't are" unpublished games.

 

Thanks for reading! ^c^¡

[+karri]

The PA-codes is a nice approach for mapping the unreleased carts.

 

Nice detective work.

[4ever2600]

I think 2112 is about as good a guess we are going to get from AVP. How about Hot Dog? That's another proto turned up.

[STAR]

I think 2112 is about as good a guess we are going to get from AVP. How about Hot Dog? That's another proto turned up.

The same for Loopz, ain't? We hear for Poker, AvP, Hotdog and Loopz but not like pre-coded titles, advices or official notifications I believe, maybe just Poker was wrote in some notes. I.e. Road Riot 4WD PA2103 is an unreleased but known and complete game, AvP and Hotdog are known games but not previosly listed, Loopz was a complete game -like it's Lexis- but never listed too, and Poker are a listed and now complete game. So could be PA2112 Poker and PA2114 Loopz?