Alex Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 We're listing some new stuff tonight, and we're not sure how to list these. The Bit Corp games that we recently auctioned: Auction with pictures From doing a bit of research, I've gathered that these titles were originally released by Bit Corp. But these particular games may have been released later by Telegames, with unique labels and manuals. Do you European collectors consider them to be Telegames, or Bit Corp (Telegames version), or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 Hi Alex, These particular releases are usually described as Puzzy. According to a Dutch book on the 2600 days, Puzzy was a company from the far east that carried brands like Dimax, Bit, and Funvision. The games in your pictures are brandless, thus I feel "Puzzy" is a good manufacturer classification for them. The "real" Bit Corp games come in different boxes (they have two circles on the side, and carry the PGPXXX serial numbers along with the name Bit Corp. Hope this helps. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 AFAIK, the book is not available on line. It's like a Digital Press Guide of the eighties, without rarity and monetary values. It contains about 400 short reviews of (now) classic videogames. The book is called "Videospellen - Koopgids '83-'84" (Videogames Buyguide) and was written by Anthony Verhulst, a journalist who had a column on videogames in one of the national newspapers overhere. cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 21, 2001 Author Share Posted November 21, 2001 One other thing - do most Europeans refer to these by their German name or English name? i.e. "Bobby Geht Heim" or "Bobby is Going Home". The cart labels and manuals are bi-lingual, but the boxes are German only. I think listing them by the German name would be more accurate, but what is the standard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 I guess it depends on your location but I think it's fair to say that continental Europeans usually refer to the Puzzy games by their German names. The Bit Corp games go by their English titles. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted November 21, 2001 Share Posted November 21, 2001 In case you're wondering about rarity: Puzzy games are quite common Bit Corp games are very rare, especially boxed Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 22, 2001 Author Share Posted November 22, 2001 Thank you for the help, Marco. Here is our first stab at Puzzy: Puzzy at AtariAge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 22, 2001 Author Share Posted November 22, 2001 A Dutch book on the 2600 days? Can you give me any more info about that? Is it available online anywhere? Anyway, that helps. We'll list them as Puzzy, I should get them ready tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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