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  1. Posted

    Okay cool, so they're the original unsold cartridges that Atari was holding onto and Best just sold them. That's fine, I think.

    Do these sound like suitable prices? I'm just checking.

     

    Frog Pond = $190

    Dukes Of Hazzard = $190

    Jr. Pac-Man = $90

    Malagai = $90

    Gauntlet = $190

  2. Posted

    So are these the legitimate cartridges I thought they were?

    I know people say I have the Best Electronics version of Dukes Of Hazzard but what does that mean? Are they making new games with the ROM? Are they using old chips and new cartridges? Is it all old?

    What about Frog Pond? Is that a real 197X prototype?

  3. Posted

    5 hours ago, CPUWIZ said:

     

    Yes, any PCB, that has a 4K mask ROM on it (Pac-Man for instance).

    I think I'll do that. Do I need some sort of gripper tool to pull the chip off the PCB? Or one of those solder suckers for the bottom? Is there a new PCB I can buy that it will just push into more easily?

  6. Posted

    I received these today and everything seems fine but I just wanted to post and ask people more knowledgeable than I. Do these look legitimate? I want to make sure I made a good buy here and they're not fake or anything.

     

    Bottom left = Frog Pond unreleased prototype

    Bottom right = Dukes Of Hazzard unreleased semi-prototype

    Top right = Jr. Pac-Man prototype

    Top left = Malagai / Gauntlet chips from Answer Software

     

    Apparently they were bought from Digipress long ago and now I bought them from that person (may actually be a member here).

    I spoke with buyatari and he was telling me the Dukes Of Hazzard is actually from Best Electronics but what does that mean? Did they make fakes or is this one of the originally produced ROM chips from the original run? Thanks a lot.

     

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  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, DavidD said:

    Wasn't there some guy trying to start a video game focused auction site years ago... Game Gavel or something like that?

    I'm not saying that you should go there, but I remember something about someone trying to make a gaming-only auction site.

    I heard somewhere that was Mike Kennedy of Coleco Chameleon fame that was associated with Game Gavel and that's why it's no longer around. I could be corrected, I'm just repeating what my unverified source told me.

  9. Posted

    16 hours ago, TheObscureGamer said:

     

     

     

    I need it gone asap preferably in 7 days or so and that's not happening here unless I do a major price cut

    Price cut? Why? I would have no problem giving you thousands for the right item here but if you post it on eBay I'll pass. I'd rather not have it than ever have to use eBay ever again.

    I don't see why you think it would sell for less here.

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    9 hours ago, Rom Hunter said:

    You could look at the glue residue to see where to top label belonged.

    I notice the damaged sides on the Ultravision label, so perhaps the top label belonged there.

    Both cases are possible.

    I'm pretty sure both games play and look the same, except for their format (in most cases NTSC games play a bit faster).

    Do you have a way to test them?

     

    8)

    I looked at the glue side of Vulture Attack and it's an even glue pattern, there isn't anything telling me where it came off. I expected to see parts of the Condor Attack label there but no, it's totally an even pattern of dried glue.

    I have multiple Ataris, I play regularly. I can test anything if I know what I'm looking for. I'm really curious what I have here because I'm a variant collector so I want to know which other variants I need to get and which I already have.

  11. Posted

    10 hours ago, Rom Hunter said:

    The NTSC version of Vulture Attack sometimes had a Condor Attack label from Utravision underneath:
    http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-vulture-attack_12099.html

    AFAIK K-Tel Vision did not release any non Funvision games, but distributed them overseas.

    8)

    Interesting.I got this cartridge packaged like this and I also got a Condor Attack from the seller at the same time. Is it possible this second label came off the Condor Attack and not actually the Space Monster? How would I find that out? If I play both, will it determine which games I have here? Do I have Space Monkey and Vulture Attack or do I have Condor Attack and Vulture Attack?

     

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  13. Posted

    4 hours ago, Rom Hunter said:

    Most of your questions I already answered. It was released by Funvision in PAL format as Space Monster and then relabeled by K-tel Vision (which was most probably the same Taiwanese company) as Vulture Attack. The game is the same.

     

    Check out the titles on Atarimania or Atariboxed to see more cases like this.

     

    8)

    I'm more curious if this is how all Vulture Attacks came. Is there a NTSC version? Are they all relabelled from Space Monster? Did K-Tel release games that weren't rebranded from Funvision?

  14. Posted

    4 hours ago, Rom Hunter said:

    You bought a relabeled PAL Funvision T-handle.

     

    8)

    Thanks but how do you know? I'm really lost here so I'm wondering:

    1. Is it Space Monster?
    2. Is it Vulture Attack?
    3. Is it K-Tel or is it Funvision?
    4. Is it PAL or NTSC?
    5. Why are there 2 separate game labels? Were each of these their own game at some point?
    6. Is it just old stock or old labels?

    I also have a Condor Attack (Ultravision) and a Spider Maze (K-Tel), how do I find out if those are something other than what's on the label?

  15. Posted · Edited by Deemar

    What did I buy here? Online sources show me these as being 2 separate games but the shop owner wasn't sure if it was a relabelled PAL version. What exactly did I buy and why is there a second label? Do I need to actually play the game to figure out which one it is?

     

     

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  19. Posted

    Thanks! I didn't know about the Atarimania site, it's very helpful. It doesn't give me values nor rarities but the information is very cool.

     

    Here is the Bobby Is Going Home cartridge, it doesn't look like the other German cartridges, any idea where it's from?

     

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  20. Posted

    Hi, I picked up all of these at a local game store yesterday and I'm looking for some more information on some of them. Some of them I know but most I couldn't even find evidence of online anywhere. Please let me know if you know anything about where they came from and what they're worth. I'm not selling any of them, I'm just curious.

     

    • H.E.S. Smash Hit Pak - seems to be a collection of Activision games and is just one of the collection packs they sold. Was this licensed by Activision?
    • Glib - I know this one, it cost a lot.
    • Fire Fly - Looks like a Sears Tele-Games release.
    • Sorcerer - Also looks like Sears Tele-Games.
    • Kung-Fu Master - this one doesn't look like the typical Activision label, is this the usual label for this cartridge?
    • Coconuts - this one I already found online easily.
    • Cosmic Creeps - also easy to find online.
    • Crystal Castles - I just bought this to complete my empty box.
    • Name That Game - I bought this strictly for the interesting name. Why did they name it this?
    • Ocean City Defender - Looks like a Zellers Canadian exclusive. I might even have the box already, I need to check when I get home.
    • Super Action Pak - another Activision collection cartridge.
    • Modern Knight - now we're getting into the ones I could not find anywhere. What is this?
    • Bumper Bash - I already know about this one.
    • Home Video Game - ??????
    • Dice Puzzle - I was able to find this one online.
    • Tecmagic - ??????
    • Space Eagle - ???????
    • Imagic Centipede - weird label for this game.
    • Snail Against Squirrel - the owner told me only one of these 2 copies work and wasn't sure which one so I got both. I can see when I look into the bottom of both cartridges, one of them has little transistor things soldered to the pins while the other one does not have anything extra. Was that usually done to repair these or reflash them?
    • Futebol - ??????????
    • Sky Skipper - I couldn't find any evidence of sold boxed copies online. The only thing I know about this game is the history of Nintendo having the only surviving cabinet of the original arcade game in their storage warehouse. I didn't know it was also on Atari.
    • Bobby Is Going Home - I found a few copies sold online but they were full size cartridges with the game name printed in German. I opened this one up (I can take a photo if needed) and it's just a half size cartridge, it's really short with a full colour label.
    • Sea Hawk - I found this one online.
    • Karate - I knew there was a super rare version of this but apparently I have the common Froggo version.
    • Super Ferrari - PAL?
    • Motocross - PAL?
    • Racquetball - ????????
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  22. Posted

    Wow, this didn't go as planned at all. I have a few items outside my target collections and I just wish someone from those markets would knock on my door.

    I have taken all of your notes except the one incredibly rude comment and have decided to abandon my search here based on your advice.

    I did post this in the Buy, Sell, Trade forum, how is that the wrong area? I'm buying something.

  25. Posted

    Is anyone thinking of letting go of some of the rarer stuff to pay bills? I'm looking for things at a discount to help other people out and also help my collection, things like Tooth Protectors, Atlantis II or Pepsi Invaders, preferably complete. I don't resell anything if that helps you decide, everything stays in my collection. Offer me anything that's hard to find.

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