BassGuitari Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Just noticed this last night when I was rifling through some cartridges. "Football" is an interesting enough label variation of Realsports Soccer (presumably changed to broaden international appeal?), but I never noticed before that there's a line at the bottom that reads: "* Trademark of Taito of America Corp."My best guess is the Taito stuff came from the Space Invaders label and it somehow got mixed up and put onto "Football." (There's no * anywhere to reference, anyway! ) Taito obviously had nothing to do with Realsports Soccer (right?) and Atari never licensed any other Taito arcade games for the 2600, to my knowledge.Gotta love Atari Corp. Edited July 13, 2017 by BassGuitari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 (edited) Just noticed this last night when I was rifling through some cartridges. "Football" is an interesting enough label variation of Realsports Soccer (presumably changed to broaden international appeal?), but I never noticed before that there's a line at the bottom that reads: "* Trademark of Taito of America Corp." My best guess is the Taito stuff came from the Space Invaders label and it somehow got mixed up and put onto "Football." (There's no * anywhere to reference, anyway! ) Taito obviously had nothing to do with Realsports Soccer (right?) and Atari never licensed any other Taito arcade games for the 2600, to my knowledge. Gotta love Atari Corp. Yes, that must be a misprint. Jungle Hunt was Taito, btw. (Zoo Keeper and Elevator Action too) Edited July 13, 2017 by Rom Hunter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Jungle Hunt was Taito, btw. (Zoo Keeper and Elevator Action too) Ah, yes, you're right. I forgot about Jungle King Hunt. (I don't count prototypes and repros though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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