Tempest Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 Ok, here's the list of all the tape games put out by Atari that I know of (not including APX titles). Can anyone fill in the gaps? Where would those odd UK titles like Pole Position fit in? CX-4101 Invitation to Programming 1 CX-4102 Kingdom CX-4103 Statistics I CX-4104 Mailing List CX-4105 Blackjack CX-4106 Invitation to Programming 2 CX-4107 Biorhythm CX-4108 Hangman CX-4109 Graph It CX-4110 Touch Typing CX-4111 Space Invaders CX-4112 States and Capitals CX-4113 Pilot Programs For Children CX-4114 European Countries and Capitals CX-4115 Mortgage and Loan Analysis CX-4116 CX-4117 Invitation to Programming 3 CX-4118 Coversational German CX-4119 Coversational French CX-4120 Coversational Spanish CX-4121 Energy Czar CX-4122 Coversational Italian CX-4123 Scram CX-4124 CX-4125 CX-4126 Speed Reading CX-4127 CX-4128 CX-4129 Juggles Rainbow CX-4130 Juggles House Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 I can't be sure, but zooming in on the Pole Position auction, it looks like CX-8034. This would make sense. Carts went from CLX-40xx to RX-80xx, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 24, 2001 Share Posted October 24, 2001 This is good information to know, especially if it's not already in the Atari 8-bit FAQ. Once you've finished your list I'll store it away for use in our 8-bit section when we get that online. I haven't much been into collecting tapes for any of the systems that use 'em (Atari 8-bit, Vic-20, C64, TI 99/4a). They're just not as easy to deal with as carts and it's doubtful that most of them even work these days. Would be interesting to break out a few ancient Atari 8-bit tapes and try them in a 410 or 1010 tape recorder, though. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 24, 2001 Author Share Posted October 24, 2001 Yeah I usually don't bother with tapes, but for some reason I started to collect tapes and disks for the Atari 400/800 that were put out by Atari Inc. I like the boxes, they remind me of my youth. Memories... I have no desire to collect non-Atari tapes and disks, there are just way too many. BTW, someone should really look into the Atari 400/800 cart list. There are a bunch of gaps in the CXL and RX part list. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cx2k Posted October 27, 2001 Share Posted October 27, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: Can anyone fill in the gaps? Where would those odd UK titles like Pole Position fit in? Matt, Here's a couple for you... Pole Position/Atari Demo TX8034 Twilight World TX9042 Sling Shot TX9044 That's all I could find without excavating too much up here. I'll have to dig out Atari's master part number list for you and get you the rest. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted October 27, 2001 Share Posted October 27, 2001 Did a minor search and didn't find any tapes other than the ones listed. One correction: The Italian language tape is CX-4125, not 4122. (Have two Italians sets ,but no French. Trade anyone?). There are other series of Atari tapes. The Dorsett educational tapes, for instance. I forget the number scheme for those. Then there are still others like Joystick Sketchpad are TX90xx or something. The Pole Position tape, in fact, looks like TX8034. Logical since the cart is RX8034. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 Here is the Catalog # for Dorsett Educational Tapes issued by Atari: CX6001 U.S. History CX6002 U.S. Government CX6003 Supervisory Skills CX6004 World History CX6005 Basic Sociology CX6006 Counseling Procedures CX6007 Principles of Accounting CX6008 Physics CX6009 Great Classics CX6010 Business Communications CX6011 Basic Psychology CX6012 Effective Writing CX6014 Principles of Economics CX6015 Spelling CX6016 Basic Electricity CX6017 Basic Algebra Also: TX9032 Joystick Sketchpad Carts? Somebody mention carts And a master list? Here are some unreleased Atari carts that need a CX/RX number: Berzerk Kangaroo Superman III Cloak and Dagger [also Agent X] The Last Starfighter Super Pac-Man Jr. Pac-Man Blast 'Em Animated Puzzle Letter Tutor Bionic Breakthrough [Mindlink] SuperPILOT Tumbelweeds (puffer) Jungle River Cruise (Puffer project) Avalanche Behind Jaggi Lines ( same as ROF?) Stargate Macro Assembler Outlaw/Howitzer Skyfox Xevious Deflektor (by US Gold) Super Huey Any help on these very much appreciated, [ 10-29-2001: Message edited by: Mario's Other Brother ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cx2k Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 Matt, I dug out Atari's Master List but surprisingly there was no list for the early CX model tapes. I'll keep looking because I was sure I saw some paperwork here with those numbers listed. Here's the list that did exist,,, TX9028 Atarimusic 1 TX9031 Atarimusic 2 TX9032 Joystick Sketch Pad TX9033 101 Programming Tips TX9034 TX9035 Mickey in the Great Outdoors TX9036 Captain Hook's Revenge TX9037 Mysteries of Wonderland TX9038 Donald Duck TX9039 Nautilus TX9040 Star Raiders TX9041 Thunderfox TX9042 Twilight World TX9043 (not used due to boo-boo in U.K.) TX9044 Slingshot TX9045 Tiger Attack TX9046 Heartache TX9047 Speedhawk TX9048 Super Soccer TX9049 Black Lamp TX9050 Nucleus ---------------Assign in U.K. from now on TX9051 Cygnus X1 (formerly Moonbase) TX9052 Cavernaut TX9053 Zone Patrol TX9054 Contagion TX9055 Z-Force TX9056 Tube Baddies International Cassettes -------------------------------- TX9501 Frantic/Flip-Flop (German) TX9502 Gulp/Arrow Graphics (German) TX9503 Golf Classic/Compubar (German) TX9504 Skywriter (German) TX9505 Pop 'R Spell (German) TX9506 The Jar Game/Chaos (German) TX9507 TX9508 TX9509 TX9510 Battling Bugs/Concentraction (German) TX9511 Alien Counters/Face Flash (German) TX9512...TX9529 Blank TX9530 Pac-Man (Multi) Intl. Model # TSM9530 TX9531 Galaxian (Multi) TSM9531 TX9532 Pole Position (Multi) TSM9532 TX9533 Ms. Pac-Man (Multi) TSM9533 TX9534 Dig Dug (Multi) TSM9534 TX9535 Moon Patrol (Multi) TSM9535 TX9536 Robotron: 2084 (Multi) TSM9536 TX9537 Crystal Castles (Multi) TSM9537 TX9538 Donkey Kong Jr. (Multi) TSM9538 TX9539 Ms. Pac-Man (Multi) TBM9539 TX9540 Dig Dug (Multi) TBM9540 TX9541 Moon Patrol (Multi) TBM9541 TX9542 Robotron:2084 (Multi) TBM9542 TX9543 Pole Position (Multi) TBM9543 TX9544 Crystal Castles (Multi) TBM9544 TX9545 Donkey Kong Jr. (Multi) TBM9545 TX9546 Track & Field (Multi) TBM9546 TX9547 Track & Field (Multi) TSM9547 Note that the list starts with TX9028. TX9029 & 9030 are not even listed. There are also various blanks, TX9034 and others. Obviously there are more tapes as the Pole Position/Atari Demo I have is TX8034. Someone else pointed out that Pole Position cart is RX8034. But i don't know if we can assume that to always be the case, that the tape counterpart will be the same number with the TX prefix. John [ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: CX2K ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 John, Thanks alot for doing all that typing . Much appreciated. Does "multi" mean that there were two cassettes in a package? For instance, DKJr is TX9538 Donkey Kong Jr. (Multi) TSM9538 TX9545 Donkey Kong Jr. (Multi) TBM9545 If so, its kind of strange they are not consecutive. Thanks again, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 Hmm, "B" and "S". One of them is German. The other is French? Spanish? Another possibility is that two versions are on a cassette (one on the flip side). How about B-bilingual S-Single language? I know a German collector and will see if he knows anything about tapes. rewinding, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cx2k Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Mario's Other Brother: Does "multi" mean that there were two cassettes in a package? For instance, DKJr is TX9538 Donkey Kong Jr. (Multi) TSM9538 TX9545 Donkey Kong Jr. (Multi) TBM9545 If so, its kind of strange they are not consecutive. Actually "multi" is referring to the language. Note that the first few international tapes say German. Towards the end most of the games were duplicated as you mentioned above. The only difference was the International part number TSM vs. TBM. The TxM prefix probably stands for Tape 'x' Multi. I don't know what the 'B' or 'S' would be though. Maybe a country or something. Sorry I can't help more with that. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Got a message from our European correspondent Actually I need to get him signed on here. Here is what he says about tapes: "The official Atari releases of cassette type were labeled in Germany TXG" I did not know that . I asked about the "multi" cassettes. "Never seen or heard of (even old vendor catalogues and magazines never announced)." So perhaps the TX95xx multi series were unreleased? This the list of German releases he owns: TXG4110 Programmieren leich gemacht (programming made easy) TXG4114 Europäische Städte und Länder (european states and capitals) TXG4115 Zinsen und Tilgung (interests and repayment) TXG4123 Scram TXG9510 Aufgepasst/Streit der Käfer TXG9514 Fehler ABC Deutsch-Englisch (spelling trainer german-english) TXG9517 Graph it TXG55007 Noch mehr Basic (even more Basic, programming course) TXN4121 Atari Energie The last one, TXN, is Dutch . The N is for Netherlands. Well, now I am more confused than when the thread started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 Do Atari 8-bit emulators support tapes yet like VICE does for the Vic-20? It would be great if they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 I was just digging through the archives looking to see if we ever got a definitive list for all the tapes Atari put out. Dare I ask about all the official Atari disk software? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 I never knew my official part numbers - Atari UK wouldn't say - thank you for posting the info sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 Thank John Hardie, he's the guy with all the lists (Master of Lists perhaps?). So which games did you do? Can you confirm which of those games came out and which didn't? Johnjust pulled a master part list from an old Atari doucment, it doesn't nessicarily mean they were released. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 TX9051 onwards were not released... Contagion and Z-force - were my titles and both did not ship - nor did Tubebaddies (Ivan Macintosh and Richard Munns)... I have a copy of the unfinished version of Moonbase (I never knew it as Cygnus X1 - how strange) - it was never released... As to the other titles - I've not heard of Cavernaut or Zone Patrol, but I have heard of Cavernia and Plastron released by other publishers - could they be the same games maybe?? I'm still working on a website - I have gotten copyright release . But getting so little time its too slow for words - I would love to put up all these titles and more - with information, contracts, info on who coded what etc and actual 8bit demos... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Wow! Thanks for the info. I don't suppose you could make me a copy of the tapes for your games could you? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 I have a tape maker master disc of Plastron only... The others only exist as disc files - I could plop them onto cassette I guess, its a trivial task. My trusty XC11 was the mastering unit for several games - maybe it still works We never went to tape except at the last minute for submission and media testing... If I can find a way of accelerating getting all this stuff live on the web I'd love to share it all with everyone sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Hmm.. Interesting. So were these also planned as disk releases or onyl tape? I suppose working with disks would be alot easier than tapes. BTW what games did you write? I never knew you wrote games for Atari itself. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 Contagion and Z-force - were planned as tape releases only - Atari did not produce any disc products at that time in the XE's lifecycle... All games were developed thru to submission as disc titles even though final media was casette - one would not develop a game using a cassette system The finished titles were then dropped onto casette, written out as a binary file with a simple cassette boot loader added, then tested and sent for duplication from a series of master casettes... Plastron was both a disc and cassette game - we mastered both versions (I have a cassette copy somewhere) - essentialy the same game with a graphical cassette loading screen added... Project Xanthien, Shadow of the Beast and Menace were disc based as they never got far enough to drop onto cassette for any tests - although both were designed as a single cassette load each... Zero War was released as a cassette from Byte Back in the UK I think... sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyranthraxus Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I haven't much been into collecting tapes for any of the systems that use 'em (Atari 8-bit, Vic-20, C64, TI 99/4a). They're just not as easy to deal with as carts and it's doubtful that most of them even work these days. Would be interesting to break out a few ancient Atari 8-bit tapes and try them in a 410 or 1010 tape recorder, though. ..Al While I don't have a tape player to test them on. I'd debate whether they are a sturdy medium or not. I have a number of old 80s tapes some of which have been battered around in my car for years and they still work. If a tape can withstand the extreme temperatures that a car can experience then a few computer tapes stored in a closet for 20 years have a good shot at working. I'm not really one for collecting them either. I am more intersted in carts and disks since those are what I used as a kid. Though I recently stumbled upon a cache of boxed Atari tapes some still sealed. There are some good titles too like Zaxxon and a Temple of Apshai sequel that I'd like to try but I have no tape player! Ironically a few weeks ago I saw one at a thrift and passed it up because I never thought I would find any tapes! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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