Christophero Sly Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) I have a Concentration text label with a "17 2 R" date code stamped into the end label. As I understand it, that means the cart was made in May 1982, well after Atari had switched to picture labels. It the only text label I own with a date code stamped into the end label, but I found another reference here on AA to a Human Cannonball text label with a date code stamp of 04 2. Does anyone else own any text labels with date codes stamped into the end labels? _______________________________________________________ List of confirmed text labels with date stamps on end labels: Basic Programming 341R Blackjack 512R, 492R Bowling (Red) 331R Circus Atari 331R Concentration 062, 172, 172R, 292 Football 331R Fun with Numbers 072, 492R Human Cannonball 042 Maze Craze 331R Video Olympics 321 Edited July 30, 2006 by Christophero Sly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) Just taking a guess here, but any cart that never had a picture label prior to 1986 would be a strong possibility. I don't have many text labels to begin with as I don't collect them. But assuming they didn't go out of print, any cart that was sold between 81-85 or so until the pic labels came out, that never existed as a pic is game.. Concentration Flag Capture Black jack Fun with Numbers Any others?? Maybe even some pal versions of text labels with the stamped dates too. Just due to marketing & when they changed over from text to pic. I wouldn't know, but there may be some here too.. edit to add, I have two copies of Human Cannonball pic label out right now, and one has no stamp, the other is 521 so Dec 1981 last week of the year. Surprising to see a 172 on a text label,, where they all manufacturered in one plant, or several? Where labels printed in bulk, or printed at more than one locale? Maybe the stamp was the last step in assembly before they sealed the boxes, and there were stacks of the older text labels found after the stamping process started? Maybe they were being sent to Canada?? Many questions I guess, no real way to know the truth. But 17 weeks is a a long minute. Edited November 3, 2005 by video game addict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 Just taking a guess here, but any cart that never had a picture label prior to 1986 would be a strong possibility. I don't have many text labels to begin with as I don't collect them. But assuming they didn't go out of print, any cart that was sold between 81-85 or so until the pic labels came out, that never existed as a pic is game.. Concentration Flag Capture Black jack Fun with Numbers Any others?? Maybe the discontinued games, Slot Machine and Miniature Golf. where they all manufacturered in one plant, or several? Where labels printed in bulk, or printed at more than one locale? Maybe the stamp was the last step in assembly before they sealed the boxes, and there were stacks of the older text labels found after the stamping process started? Maybe they were being sent to Canada?? Many questions I guess, no real way to know the truth. I think the stamp was the last step prior to boxing and that it was added after the cart was assembled and the labels attached. I would also guess that there was more than one printing locale. Yeah, lot's of questions, but maybe if several collectors are able to post additional dates we can make some reasoned guesses. I'm curious just to know what other text label cartridges have date stamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) I dug out my boxed concentration and it has a text label with a date stamp of "062" None of my other text labels had date stamps. edit that 9 should have been a 6 for me. Edited November 3, 2005 by video game addict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Seems to be a pattern here... My text Concentration has the stamp 292 None of my other text carts had stamped end labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) I dug out my boxed concentration and it has a text label with a date stamp of "092"Very interesting. Seems to be a pattern here... My text Concentration has the stamp 292 Wow, that's August of 1982. Indeed there does seem to be a pattern. I also found a copy (maybe two) of blackjack (yellow text) on Atariguide that appears to have a date stamp. I can't exactly tell or make out the numbers though because the cart is in a plastic bag. That's three confirmed titles, so far. *EDIT: Moved the list to the first post of this thread I'll look through rest of Atariguide's inventory and see if I can find some more stamped text labels. Edited November 7, 2005 by Christophero Sly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 3, 2005 Author Share Posted November 3, 2005 (edited) The Concentration cart scanned in the rarity guide has a date stamp also, but I can't quite make it out. EDIT: The yellow text Blackjack in the rarity guide has a date stamp of 51 2 R. Edited November 3, 2005 by Christophero Sly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchysuperman Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Add a Fun With Numbers 492R to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 How do you figure the date, does it go by the Julian dating system? I'll go through my text labels as soon as I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 (edited) How do you figure the date, does it go by the Julian dating system? I'll go through my text labels as soon as I get a chance. 959794[/snapback] The code is WWY, where WW is the week and Y is the last digit of the year. If you want to see how the weeks fell, go to Calendar - USA - 1982, or get out your old calendars! (If you don't have a 1982 calendar, the dates and days were the same in 1993 and 1999, though some holidays differ due to being based on the lunar calendar.) The ISO 8601 standard defines week numbers such that Week 01 is the first week, Monday-Sunday in which Thursday falls in the new year (January 4 is therefore always in Week 01). Thus, sometimes January 1, 2, or 3 may fall in Week 52 (or 53!) of the previous year, or December 29, 30 or 31 may fall in Week 01 of the new year. For calendar year 1982, January 1, 2 and 3 were part of 1981 Week 52, and 1982 Week 52 included January 1 and 2 of 1983. Edited February 28, 2006 by A.J. Franzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Add a Fun With Numbers 492R to the list. Great! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 (edited) Just bumping this topic for the weekend crowd. Edited November 6, 2005 by Christophero Sly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggger2 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Add a 49 2 R Blackjack to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Add a 49 2 R Blackjack to the list. 960958[/snapback] Cool! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Went through my carts and found a Circus Atari 331R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 Went through my carts and found a Circus Atari 331R. 961246[/snapback] Thanks for checking your collection. I've added this Circus Atari to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I've also got a concentration with 062. I also have that weird Star Ship cart with the big yellow lettered end label with 452. Not sure if you'd include that as text though. On a side note, a bunch of my rares are all stamped...Crazy Climber, Obelix, Pengo & many other silver labelled carts. I also have a red text Bowling with 33 1 R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 I've also got a concentration with 062. I also have that weird Star Ship cart with the big yellow lettered end label with 452. Not sure if you'd include that as text though. On a side note, a bunch of my rares are all stamped...Crazy Climber, Obelix, Pengo & many other silver labelled carts. I also have a red text Bowling with 33 1 R. Thanks for the submissions. I generally group that Star Ship variant with the picture labels, so I won't list it here. I'm also curious about the Sears picture labels. Many of mine are stamped. I'd be very interested to know over what date ranges those variants were produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I'm checking now on the Sears. I have all the Pic labels except for Superman of course Check this post in about 5 minutes! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Damn! 24 pic labels with a stamp and only 6 text labels with a stamp for my Sears collection. Also the text carts are all the 49 series model #'s with the stamp. None of the other text versions had one. If you want me to list them then give me another 10-15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 Damn! 24 pic labels with a stamp and only 6 text labels with a stamp for my Sears collection. Also the text carts are all the 49 series model #'s with the stamp. None of the other text versions had one. If you want me to list them then give me another 10-15 minutes. 961385[/snapback] I didn't mean for you to go to any trouble. I was just thinking out loud. Nevertheless, thanks for checking on them. I'm going to go check my Sears labels now and see if there is any overlap in dates of production between text and picture labels for the same titles. Maybe I should start another thread and see if anyone else would be willing to list the date stamps on their Sears picture labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Ahh, it's no trouble. I'm kinda bored right now anyway. Here are the 6 text labels: Asteroids 421 Bowling 461 Breakaway IV 481 Soccer 481 Speedway II 501 Warlords 441 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the 5th ghost Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 (Had to make me open up all those Sears boxes... ) Sears text carts with stamps: 49-75163 Asteroids 64 cart - 501 49-75113 Basketball - 481 (I have two of these with the same stamp) 49-75166 Missile Command - 12 (wierd that it is only two digits) 49-75119 Night Driver - 022 49-75104 Pong Sports - 441 49-75127 Warlords - 341 Most of the Sears picture carts also had stamps, a few didn't though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Ahh, it's no trouble. I'm kinda bored right now anyway. Here are the 6 text labels:Asteroids 421 Bowling 461 Breakaway IV 481 Soccer 481 Speedway II 501 Warlords 441 961407[/snapback] Sears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Ahh, it's no trouble. I'm kinda bored right now anyway. Here are the 6 text labels:Asteroids 421 Bowling 461 Breakaway IV 481 Soccer 481 Speedway II 501 Warlords 441 961407[/snapback] Sears? 961427[/snapback] Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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