Alex

Octopussy was a proposed game from Parker Brothers, you can see it in their catalog here.

Maybe he means Ebivision Pac-Man. Unfortunately you can't buy or download this game anywhere. They programmed it as a project, but didn't want to sell or distribute it for fear of angering Namco.

quote: Originally posted by StanJr: Alex! You played the 2600 versions of AD&D? How were they? And why can't somebody give up the ROMS? Yes, Intellivision Productions had the proto carts at the show and they were allowing people to play them. They were actually very good, and quite complete. I should have taken more screenshots though! The ROMs are owned by Intellivision Productions and I doubt they will ever release them due to licensing issues with Wizards of the Coast (TSR). It's a little different issue for them to release something like that since they're a profit company and they could get in trouble. Since they've released several other games, I bet they would like to do it but can't. But if they can't sell them, I wish there were some way to release them freely. Unfortunately, when you mention the word "free" most companies suddenly become busy with other things. Hopefully they'll have them at next year's CGE, and we'll see if we can get permission to temporarily dump them so that we can get some clean screen shots (with all the stages) through an emulator. But unless more copies turn up, don't hold your breath for an actual ROM release.

Oh yeah, I forgot about those. They were in fact pulled off on the 2600, just not released. I was able to play Treasure of Tarmin and Tower of Mystery at the '99 CGE.

Atari 2600: Dragonstomper Atari 5200: Quest for Qunitana Roo Atari 7800: Dark Chambers Atari Lynx: Distant Lands (hopefully coming in 2002 from Songbird) Atari Jaguar: Towers II The 2600 and 5200 were pretty limited in their ability to play RPG's as we know them today. The 7800 had a lot of potential that was never tapped, we all saw what the NES could do and it was similar in capability. Jag and Lynx weren't exactly RPG heavy. Now, if you get into Atari computers, you'll find more awesome RPG's than you can shake a stick at, but they're generally not on cartridge. [ 10-05-2001: Message edited by: Alex ]

Ooops, sorry we overlooked you. I just sent you an email with the address to send to. Thanks!

This raises a good point. I think it's high time someone makes a very detailed, very clear tutorial on modding a 2600 for composite output. Made for newbies, not other engineers. Other engineers don't need a guide. With lots of nice, high quality pictures. Anyone looking for a useful project?

We've recieved items from about 10 people so far, some very nice pieces indeed, and we've sent out confirmation emails to those people. Collectors have been very generous. We'll give people another week or two to get the items in, then we'll make some announcements about the auctions getting underway.

I'm not terribly thrilled by these titles - a sea-doo game and a motorbike game. They may turn out to be good games, but they're already overdone genres, I don't see anything groundbreaking about them. I'm still glad to see the Atari label has returned, I hope it is used for more creative projects in the future.

[img' target='_blank'>/images/news/Splashdown.jpg[/img]FGN Online Splashdown and MX Rider, are scheduled to be released before Christmas. Infogrames CEO Bruno Bonnell said "We're thrilled to introduce our reinvented Atari brand on PlayStation 2 and are confident that PS2 fans will be riveted by these new games." If you're itching to get your hands on these titles, you can pre-order Splashdown at EBgames.com and pre-order MX Rider at Amazon.com. [ 10-03-2001: Message edited by: Alex ]

Can you twist their arm to scan it? I'd love to get a scan to settle the issue.

Ah, thanks Leonard. And thanks go to Marco K for making this one available for everyone.

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Thanks Rhindle! We'll make these changes in the database and they will be updated next week. I appreciate your attention to detail. Some of the titles with subtitles may be updated a bit later as we'll need to figure out a better way to display long titles gracefully, but they'll be fixed.

It is my understanding that only the ROM is being released at Eurocon, no cartridge is being produced. I'm sure the ROM will show up on various web sites later that day. Why is nobody complaining now about an immediate release? I have no idea. It doesn't bother me, and it's a nice boost for Eurocon I'm sure. More power to them, I'm just glad it's finally being released.

You're correct, we do not include most PAL games. Try Game Reset or the Digital Press Guide (print only, no web).

We don't have it yet, but it should be coming soon. We'll post news on the main page when it's available, so you'll be sure to see it.

[img' target='_blank'>/images/news/EwokAdventure.gif[/img]Jon Legg, organizer of the classic gaming convention

Try Cart Commander, an excellent database that may be what you're looking for: Cart Commander page at Arcade Restoration Workshop

Very nice, Twit! Clean, easy on the eyes, and a good domain name. One question - what is the logo in the upper left? Is that "S|L" for your initials? I'm not sure I'm reading it right.

I've been lurking on this thread, and I'm certainly not tired of discussing ROM releases. I understood that this ROM was no different from the Starpath version so was somewhat less interesting to me. Although the whole situation was kind of vague to me in the first place, thanks for bringing all this info to light to help clear things up. It will certainly be on our news page when you're ready to release it, and we'll have a new entry for the cartridge version in our database.

Hey Jahfish, Any more info on Noah and the Ark? Where did you get your info? Do you have a brochure?

By finding them boxed. If you just find a loose cart, sometimes it's impossible to determine which company produced it, since they used the same carts with different packaging. I'm not necessarily speaking about those four companies (there may be subtle differences in their particular carts), but certain European and Taiwanese companies.

I have a number of carts in that style, and I don't know who to attribute them to. It seems to be an unknown, unlicensed Taiwanese company. Also, I wouldn't call them Cooper Black. That was a descriptive term someone came up with to describe the color of the end label. However, there are many games that use that same generic end label that I don't think should be lumped together (incorporating many different companies). In many cases, the only way to tell exactly what company it came from is if you have the box. Although in this case, even that doesn't completely answer the question.

Thanks, I totally missed that at Classic Gaming. I've changed the news item, and we will hopefully be getting some details on what exactly is changed. I have to say, I think I like the old title and cover better, but I guess this one was perceived to be more marketable.