CX40Hero Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Okay, im sure this has been asked in the past so if someone could point in the right direction id be much appreciated, but what were the first 6 Wizard Video Games? I have repro's of Halloween & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and have checked the cart scans vs my labels to make sure im not going crazy, but there listed as No.007 & No.008 respectivly, did Wizard Video make 6 other games prior to these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Nope. Only Flesh Gordon, but that one was never released. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX40Hero Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Nope. Only Flesh Gordon, but that one was never released. That sucks, it does beg the question however, was Flesh Gordon No.009 or one of the first 6? I'm not saying I have OCD.... but 1-6! What the hell! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I think Flesh Gordon (together with TCM V1) was an earlier release then Halloween. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Moss Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I'm not saying I have OCD.... but 1-6! What the hell! Just speculation but perhaps they numbered all their output sequentially regardless of the system it came out on, or they numbered them in development and 1-6 were never completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Anything is possible. In my research, Ive found all kinds of bizarre order to product numbering. And in my case, its in my nature to find & keep organization. I mean, look at Konamis 3 Atari 2600 games. For years I couldnt understand it. Then one day, it hit me, the product numbers were assigned using binary code. In this particular case, sometimes companies purposely dont start at zero or one. As some marketing people feel that looks better in the public eye as the perception that the company is bigger and better & has history. I dont think any soldier in the history of the armed forces was ever assigned 000,000,001 on there dog tag. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 People do the same thing for checking account checks because some places don't take checks under 500 or whatever. I don't remember what my first check number was, but it was 500 or something higher. That was like 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I don't think any soldier in the history of the armed forces was ever assigned 000,000,001 on there dog tag. Slightly O/T, but I once worked for an organization that (after many years of existence) decided to issue sequentially numbered membership cards. The first 10 (or 15) numbers were "honorary", and issued to people who had previously made significant contributions. Members-at-large were numbered in the order that they completed the paperwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 On 9/10/2018 at 8:28 AM, Supergun said: In this particular case, sometimes companies purposely dont start at zero or one. As some marketing people feel that looks better in the public eye as the perception that the company is bigger and better & has history. That appears to have been the case, or Charles Band was just superstitious. The first Wizard Video release on Betamax/VHS (Ms. Don Juan) was also catalog number 007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 41 minutes ago, PingvinBlueJeans said: That appears to have been the case, or Charles Band was just superstitious. The first Wizard Video release on Betamax/VHS (Ms. Don Juan) was also catalog number 007. Or he really likes James Bond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 11 minutes ago, Shawn said: Or he really likes James Bond You could be right. I mean, who doesn't? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 9/9/2018 at 4:52 PM, Rom Hunter said: Nope. Only Flesh Gordon, but that one was never released. Wasn't that a rom hack of Flash Gordon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) It's a side scroller, I think you're a sperm, the tunnel goes on forever Edited July 20, 2019 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 15 hours ago, Syzygy1 said: Wasn't that a rom hack of Flash Gordon? No, had nothing to do with Flash Gordon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 19 hours ago, high voltage said: It's a side scroller, I think you're a sperm, the tunnel goes on forever Is this for real? Did a quick search on DigitPress and could find little information. It looks nothing like the description on Tempest's site. Is it a hoax or a programmers interpretation of what they believed it would look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 20 hours ago, high voltage said: It's a side scroller, I think you're a sperm, the tunnel goes on forever It's an inside the body game like Fantastic Voyage and Suicide Mission! Yaaaaaay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Syzygy1 said: It's an inside the body game like Fantastic Voyage and Suicide Mission! Yaaaaaay! So it is real then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygy1 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Foxsolo2000 said: So it is real then? It's a homebrew. The description of the game on the magazine ad is way different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, Syzygy1 said: It's a homebrew. The description of the game on the magazine ad is way different. That was what I was trying to clarify. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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