Agent57

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...gory=21177&rd=1 I'm also including a copy of the cart itself, complete with sun-faded label, to the winning bidder. Thanks

I seem to remember, and I might be totally wrong about this, that the colors in Frogger went NUTS if you left the game sit idle for a long time...at least I THINK it was Frogger.

Wow, now I've seen it all. If someone would put up the the Papa John's cart and the Domino's cart, I can collect the whole set!

The more I think about it, that's my main gripe as well. Hey, I realize that although we all love our old systems, they are, in fact, old. I don't expect anyone to make a TV commercial telling me how cool Pong was in its day. All I would ask is that these classic videogames and home systems get treated with RESPECT by advertisers. The analogy that I initially thought of, relevant or not, was: What do you think would happen if a record company tried to sell some new CD in a commercial while playing a Beatles song and saying "The history of music is just that - history"?

Good point, missed your post the first time 'round. Actually, if you want to get technical about it, I make no claim whatsoever in my auction that it's an NTSC cart. I would expect people who bid on my auctions (or feel the need to "warn" other people about them) to know what the hell they are looking at. And anyway...are BOTH versions of this cart not rare? I see nothing in the rarity guide on this site that implies that a PAL version is more common.

Auction listing was modified to reflect that it's a PAL cart. I did test the cart and both sides worked. However, my screen did not roll and the colors did not look "off", so the thought of this being a PAL cart (or the fact that a PAL version even existed!) did not occur to me. I certainly wasn't trying to dupe anyone here...

Now that would sell Well, at least that auction woudn't be blacklisted for no reason.

Whoa...I had no idea you guys were in here talking about my auctions. I picked up this cart for $15 at a yard sale, took a pic, and put it up on EBay, for God's sake. I never received an email about the former auction from ANYONE. Want to see more pics? Email me and you'll get 'em. I didn't steal anyone's pictures, thank you very much, and I very much resent the fact that you think I did. Want to see a picture of me standing on my head holding the cart in the auction? It can be arranged. Thanks also for lablelling me as a crook and a thief for just trying to sell a cart - I guess 61 positives and no negs on EBay mean nothing to you fine collectors. By the way, this IS the second time I'm listing this cart. The previous high bidder (who happened to be from the same state as me - gee, I MUST be a crook) told me in no uncertain terms that he basically had no intentions of paying for this auction (this is like the 3rd time I got screwed trying to sell a 2600 cart, go figure). Instead of going through all the crap involved with an NPB, I made a second-chance offer. And, the picture in this auction is the same as the first auction, I just shrunk it. Sheesh...

You're correct, it's way off. If they're going to dismiss the entire history of videogames up until now, they could have at least shown an actual Pong game instead of a crappy facsimile. But I digress...

Well, the fact that it ties in with the movies is why I wanted to play the game in the first place. We'll just have to agree to disagree here - while I feel that the two Matrix movies are fantastic, the game is a pile of wank. Also sorry to hear that you're willing to play games even if they suck. Want to buy my E.T. cart?

I was also a little peeved at that commercial. It actually wouldn't bother me at all except for the fact that the game in question SUCKS! "Enter the Matrix" is truly one of the worst PC games I've seen in quite some time...truly awful. Why do I think so? This review echoes my thoughts on the game almost exactly: http://firingsquad.gamers.com/games/enter_..._matrix_review/

It was actually made by Broderbund.

Also, there were several obscure arcade games which were cloned for the 8-bits: Bandits! = Stratovox Apple Panic = Space Panic Mouskattack = Frisky Tom and so on.

Good answer, Jeff. I was gonna say that! OK, how about "Moon Shuttle" by DataSoft? I had no idea at the time that this was a Nichibutsu arcade game until I actually saw one years later...

I have the original Jawbreaker on disc, still works fine. The messed up thing is that my M.U.L.E. disk (which was made much later) is dead! :-(

For me, it was definitely Missile Command. The arcade game was so cool and I just could not WAIT to play this game on my 2600. The day this cart was released, I vividly remember standing with my mom in a line of 100+ people in front of a J.C. Penny waiting for the doors to open. I also remember that the crowd was so large, they had the carts (stacks of them!) and a special register in the front of the store. And, I certainly wasn't disappointed in the cart, that's for sure. Man, those were the days...what the hell game for a home system would invoke that sort of response today?

I find that very hard to believe. There were a LOT of Atari 8-bit machines out there at that time. EA abandoned the Atari 8-bit fairly early in the game, at a time when plenty of other 'big' publishers were still producing product. I'll buy the fact that there was much more piracy on the Atari platform than any other at the time, however. I do remember reading that One on One was delayed for over a year on the 8-bit so a new copy protection scheme could be devised for the disk. Trip always loved the C64 to death (I used to read his occasional babblings in EG back then), even though it was an inferior machine that happened to have a nice sound chip in it. Anyway, following your logic above, I'd love to hear why EA initially decided to not support the Atari ST 'back then.' The machines were flying off the shelves but Trip was adamant that EA would not support the machines and he always seemed to have an issue with Atari products. I personally received a great deal of personal satisfaction when the 3DO tanked.

A short list of my faves: 1. Pharoah's Curse (my vote for the best Atari 8-bit game ever) 2. Encounter (nobody else mentioned this?!?) 3. Star Raiders 4. Lode Runner 5. Mr. Robot and his Robot Factory 5. Serpentine 6. Crossfire 7. Action Quest 8. Spindizzy 9. Jumpman 10. Deadline

DAMN, Ndary, that's a lot of 8-bit carts...whew!

The Galaxian port was AWFUL! I still remember how bad it was...the sounds and gameplay were just totally off from the arcade machine. I remember also that you could let the enemies swoop down and touch your ship and your 'missile' would kill them on contact without even firing - try it!

Sorry if this has been covered already... Ever since I was kid, I enjoyed playing the Space Shuttle games in Space War (ex. Game 14). For some dumb reason, I always thought it was incredible fun (and sometimes frustrating as hell) to try and match my ship's angle and velocity and dock with the "shuttle." I don't think I've ever met anyone else who shares my opinion of these games! Anyway, I'm most curious as to how you guys feel about these games...am I alone here, like the guy in another topic who enjoys the Star Ship cart?

I thought that the Asteroids cart for the 8-bit was laughable. Yeah, it looked decent but the gameplay was awful. I still remember paying $50 for that dog... The worst 8-bit cart I ever owned was "Fortune Hunter", by Romox (I think that was the name, anyway). It was a Venture knock-off but only had 4 rooms! Beat the game in about 3 minutes and never touched it again. Honorable mention should be made for some of those horrid EPYX carts also, like "Monster Maze."

Well, my first thought was "I can't f**king read this!" Actually, seeing Mr. Robot really brought back memories for me...that was an awesome game.

I can't believe the nobody mentioned Demons to Diamonds yet! I actually thought this was a fun 2 player game back in the day...

Not quite true...there were many games that only ran on the original TOS, version 1.0. Plutos comes to mind...