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    PAL Collecting

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi Guys,

     

    i don't think that all the PAL games are worth collecting. Looking at all the pirated Stuff and the very cheap made copys of pirated pirate games :) but hey - looking at the really cool stuff like the games i talk about is not only a challenge to collect it's a life task ;)

     

    Anyway - also hunting for the last handful of NTSC Nines and Tens is one too :)

     

    greetings

    Tom

     

    P.S. IMHO - The "God" game is another proof that the persons who made the labels for these freaky pirates are barbers, sheet banner workers or part time alcoholics than gamers or artworkers ;)

    PAL Collecting

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi.

     

    @Jörg - are they PAL only ? Can you send pictures of the carts ? I'm still looking for a silver Asteroids Box - as i have the cart but never seen the silver style box.

    btw. the R2-D2 is off topic ;)

     

    greetings

    Tom

    Adult Games

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    well it seems like there are more of the "single enders" out there as the common 3 titles "Custers Revenge", "Bachelor Party", "Beat em & Eat em".

     

    For me i first got notice of them as Marco sold me 3 austalian titles on a trade show some years ago - thanks again Marco :)

     

    The titles are "Burning Desire" "Bachelorette Party" and "Jungle Fever" - i've never seen them on Ebay.

     

    Well i',m not sure if they are PAL format but i assume (as they are all shrinked i doubt to open them and test it).

     

    Are there any more of them out there ? Does anyone have them and know if they are only available in PAL ? And will you post pictures here to see them maybe complete ?

     

    Would be great to see them !

     

    greetings

    Tom

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    PAL Collecting

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi Guys,

     

    i know most of you don't really like collecting PAL Stuff - but hey - there are some really, really nice rarities out there - so look what you are missing ;)

     

    Technovision, Dynamics, Carrere, Ariola, Video Gems, Rainbow Vision, Homevision, and lots more

     

    As the Homevision Games are bringing up record prices around 300$ and up if you can find them even boxed also the Technovision (some went for over 300 Euros in the past) i also haven't seen the HES Games in the small blister packing very often anyway you can't find much information about them.

     

    In my opinion all the "PAL only" games are quite underrated and it's time to bring them a little bit more into the hotspot of us collectors and also US Collectors ;)

     

    So let's collect some pictures of thoese "PAL only" rarities here in this thread - for me i have attached all my rare ones in this post.

     

    Happy "PAL Collecting"

    Tom

     

     

    P.S. of course happy collecting even non PAL ;)

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    Post your UNIQUE ATari 2600 item!

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    i didn't mean the games themself - i have them both but afaik the Berenstain Bears comes in the large box with all the tapes included and the Smurfs come within the Kidvid Bigbox only. I've never seen the games in these standars coleco style boxes - therefore my question was if the boxes where fanmade.

     

    greetings

    Tom

    Halloween defective cart series ?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    i'm absolutely sure these are no RF interferences also no bad cable. I can say that for sure because i have a well working ntsc console and all other ntsc games doesn't have that strange patterns on the screen (but they have interferences for sure) !

     

    Also the patterns don't move on the screen - they are static and on the same position (on my copy and on the one pictured on ebay).

     

    That's why i think the pattern comes definately from the cart and that the non labeled versions are maybe fixed PCBs that they don't relabel after repairing !?

     

    I thought this could be interesting to find out but it seems nobody really cares :?

     

    greetings

    Tom

    Halloween defective cart series ?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi @ all,

     

    these days i got my copy of Halloween from Wizard :love: and as all of my games i tested it instantly :)

     

    I've noticed some very bad looking blocks/shadows/ghostings (not sure how to say - see picture for details) and my first thought was - damned cart defective :(

     

    But yesterday i found a picture on ebay that showed a screenshot from the game that has the same artifacts in the picture like my copy. Now i wondered if there was a defective run of carts and maybe it has something to do with the "no label" Versions ?

     

    Maybe the manufacturer of the game had noticed the problem and fixed some carts that they had on stock by opening them and maybe resolder a resistor or whatever !?

     

    Would be interesting if someone of you can test a no label cart and of course all others with label too :)

     

    greetings

    Tom

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    Ever seen these carts ?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    i got some games today and found this one in it .

     

    I was wondering if it works on the 2600 because it first looked like a colecovision cart for me - also the label says colecovision .

     

    Any intentions on the rarity ?

     

    greetings

    Tom

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    Atari 2600 Display Kiosk for Sale !?

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    you're absolutely right when you say that these coleco Kiosk is a 1:1 reproduction - and it isn't a problem for me to build the joysticks in the desk but what i wanted was no exact replica for the following reasons :

     

    1. the electronics is nearly impossible to get anywhere except you''ll find the one or other on ebay once a year but that's no base to build a series of kiosks.

     

    2. a reproduction of the electronics will be too expensive - i don't think that anyone is willing to spend over 1000 Euro for a reproduction.

     

    3. there is also no chance to get hands on the original Joysticks/Paddle combination that is build in the original unit.

     

    I wanted to create an authentic looking kiosk repro without electronics - as i stated in the opening of this thread !

     

    Anyway i build in the lightened marquee because that wasn't expensive.

     

    About the cables - i planed to drill a hole in the desk to lead the cables out to the back of the kiosk - maybe i will do this on the next units.

     

    But personally i leave the joystick cables where they are because everytime when i play on the kiosk take the stick of from the desk - that is much better gaming as i find and you have better view on the screen !

     

    greetings

    Tom

     

    P.S. as far as i know Atarimuseum hasn't build an Atari Kiosk repro yet - only the Coleco - and except the global measurements is the coleco Kiosk absolutely differnet from this one !

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