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MAY UPDATES: ========== With 03 new versions added, plus 06 versions of validated boxes and 02 versions of multi-language black picture label identified in NTSC format, we ended May 2021. See the full list ... Added versions: Slot Racers: G-C017039 v.1 (© Outside Warranty Box | INC) Human Cannonball: G-C017039 v.2 (© Inside Warranty Box | INC) Sky Diver: G-C017039 v.2 (© Inside Warranty Box | INC) Validated versions: Space Invaders: G-C019785 (Silver International 6L | Inc) 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe: G-C014060 (Same Color W. Box | INC) Dodge´Em: G-C017039 v.3 (Ninety Day | INC) Sky diver: G-C017039 v.2 (© Inside Warranty Box | INC) Snoopy and the Red Baron: CA019739 (International 6L | CORP) Missile Command: CA400075 (Box Red International 5L | CORP) Validated NTSC format: Video Chess: C016972 (International 5L | INC) Video Pinball: C016972 (International 5L | INC)

FIRST WEBSITE UPDATE IN 2021 ====================== Starting the work of 2021 I added 2 new versions that are missing from the research sites and the validation of 6 records of existing versions. Follow the list below: Added versions: Outlaw: G-C017039 v.3 (Ninety Day | INC) RealSports Tennis: CA019744 | © 1986 (International 6L | Corp) Validated versions: Pac-man: C016972 I (International 5L | INC) Millipede: CA019744 (International 8L | Corp) RealSports Tennis: CA400076 (Box Red 8L | CORP) Canyon Bomber: G-C017039 v.3 (Ninety Day | INC) Football: G-C017039 v.3 (Ninety Day | INC) Galaxian: G-C019743 (Silver | Inc) Participate in this project, adding records of versions that remain to be validated or even versions of boxes that have not been added. Thanks. NOTE: With the addition of Outlaw, G-C017039 v.3 “limited ninety day warranty”, we achieved 40 games identified in this version.

Vou baixar agora a Demo e avaliar a mecânica do jogo em uso. Estou curioso para ver isto na prática! Parabéns Leonardo.

ATARI CORP: ALL COMPLETE SERIES ======================== We have reached the end of the publication of the versions organized in a timeline, with the conclusion of the series children and black corp. Now I will have a break. To see the result, visit: www.atariopenbox.com/timeline I leave my best wishes for a great Christmas and a happy new year to everyone!

ATARI CORP: RED SERIES COMPLETE! ========================= Moving forward in the gaming timeline, today I completed the Red Label series. The boxes do not contain revision numbers or letters on their tabs. Only catalog number information and data on printing dates. The games started in 1986 with the launch of Jr. Pac-man, Midnight Magic and Solaris, the first boxes are in the opening format Tap Flap and catalog record CA019739. I kept the same organization format: The release year, for new games; In case of repack or relaunch, the year of copyright (©) of the box and / or cartridge. Any documentary evidence, such as internal sales reports for the period and copyright of manuals and certificates, will be recorded for future analysis. Order of publication by series: Gray series (complete) Red series (complete) Children Corp series (in progress) Color Corp series (awaiting) Access: www.atariopenbox.com/timeline

ATARI CORP: TIMELINE IN PROGRESS! ========================== From the gray labels, I started to organize the game series of the Corp period in the timeline session. With items mixed between 1984 and 1985, I find one of the biggest challenges in reconstituting versions. This series requires a lot of care with record entries. In order to help everyone interested, I defined a practical model in the following order: The year of release, for games released during this period; And in case of relaunching the year of copyright (©) of the box and / or cartridge. Any documentary evidence such as internal sales reports for the period and copyrights of manuals and certificates will be recorded for future analysis. The first version found will be used for registration regardless of the number of subsequent editions. Order of publication by series: Gray Series (complete) Red Series (in progress) Children Corp series (awaiting) Color Corp series (awaiting) Access: www.atariopenbox.com/timeline NOTE: The organization will be made by the boxes, regardless of the label and video format that contains the set.

Website update ========== A month of hard work and updates. I added two new versions and validated 8 existing version records. It also includes some international versions in NTSC format (sticker N). See the list below: Added versions Casino: G-C017039 v.2 (© Inside Warranty Box | INC) Millipede: CA400075 (Box Red | CORP) Validated versions: Golf: C019716 (Japan | INC) Othello: G-C017039 v.2 (© Inside Warranty Box | INC) Space Invaders: G-C017039 v.1 (© Outside Warranty Box | INC) Missile Command: G-C017039 v.1 (© Outside Warranty Box | INC) Black Jack: CA019739/A (Graytone Box | Atari Corp) Adventure: C016972 (International 5L | INC) Ms. Pac-man: CA019744 (International 6L | Corp) Realsports Soccer: C019785 (International 5L | Inc) AND THE DECEMBER FOCUS? I will advance in the TIMELINE session, including games from the Corp period. and also collecting and validating new versions! NOTE: Always thanking all collectors who are contributing, without you we would not have gone so far! Good weekend to everyone!

TIMELINE SESSION COMPLETED ===================== With the inclusion of the silver and children versions, we have completed the reconstitution of the series in the Inc. period. https://www.atariopenbox.com/timeline I considered the release date of the game for classification and in cases of re-releases, the approximate release date for the version, as I believe the results will be easier to access from this methodology. NOTE: Some versions that I have listed in shades of gray, have a record of existence according to internal documents from Atari! I thank all collaborators who support and help the project!

About the traceability of each printing company, I found in the game Winter Games | Epix, the box printed by Ivy Hill on 09/87 with 20 number positions and the number 4 is marked.

STILL ON REVISIONS.... (SEVERAL UPDATES) ============================== I like to deliver research information always in a more accessible way, I was not convinced that the list was easy to understand, so to make it easier for collaborators and researchers, I reorganized the "timeline" session. Now as in the main list, it is organized by series of labels and box versions. I think it has improved for mobile device users and has also followed the initial trend of search results. I hope you like it, as I did. Whenever you can open your collections and send data not yet validated, please contribute! Updated listing: https://www.atariopenbox.com/timeline REMINDER: I changed the nomenclature of the version of the box C011822 V.2 (Guarantee fund and same color box) to G-C014060 and thus be in accordance with the internal documents of Atari. I have already corrected all links on the research site and social networks, also with the help of @Albert all the links in this topic. Thank you very much and we follow November!

Colecovision is a very cool! I loved the Christmas photo from 1983, great time! Congratulations on the episode.

VERSIONS, REVISIONS AND VARIATIONS. =========================== In the second half of 1978 Atari included the records of the revisions with the Part Serial Number (PSN) and the catalog number on the game boxes. The information that was registered in the Internal List of Items of the Information System, was now also available to interested parties. And how could this information assist in the reconstruction of Atari's game series? THE USE OF THE REV. ============== I have always organized games in two ways to work on research. Either in alphabetical order (easy search), or by catalog number (a natural order). With the arrival of revisions, I needed another methodology to obtain precision in the reconstruction of the series versions. ORGANIZATION BY RELEASE DATE ====================== In order to identify and map all versions of boxes in the Inc. period, I created a new session on the website, organized by the release date of the games, called “timeline”, as the revisions are directly associated with the series and their versions. I am sharing with the community so that we can insert the missing versions. Listing: https://www.atariopenbox.com/timeline NOTE: I decided to change the nomenclature of the version of the box C011822 V.2 (Warranty background and box same color) to G-C014060 and thus be in accordance with the internal documents of Atari. I am already correcting all the links on the research website and social networks, now I need to correct the links in this topic. Therefore, the old links that referred to version C011822 V.2 will no longer work. I will request permission from the forum administrators to edit the old posts.

Website update: Box revisions | G-C017039 Revisions of versions G-C017039 are now available on the website: G-C017039 v.1 (© Outside Warranty Box | INC): www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-black-label/box-g-c017039-v-1 G-C017039 v.2 (© Inside Warranty Box | INC): www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-black-label/box-g-c017039-v-2 G-C017039 v.3 (Ninety Day | INC): www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-black-label/box-g-c017039-v-3 G-C017039 v.4 (New Picture | INC): www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-black-label/box-g-c017039-v-4

November updates: ============== With 03 new versions identified and another 09 versions of validated boxes, the month is starting strong. See the full list ... Added versions: Pele´s Soccer: G-C017039 v.3 (Ninety Day | INC) Dodge´em: CA400076 I (Box Red | CORP) Football: G-C017039 v.1 (© Outside Warranty Box | INC) Validated versions: Combat: C016972 I (Black International | INC) Combat: CA019739 (Black | CORP) Adventure: G-C017039 v.3 (Ninety Day | INC) Dedender: CA019744 I (Black International | CORP) Basketball: G-C017039 v.1 (© Outside Warranty Box | INC) Football: G-C017039 v.1 (© Outside Warranty Box | INC) Codebreaker: G-C017039 v.2 (© Inside Warranty Box | INC) Fun With Numbers: G-C014060 (Same Color W. Box | INC) Brain Games: C011822 (Game Program | INC)

Website update: Box revisions Starting this week, I will be publishing the revisions printed on the small tabs of the boxes on the research website. This information associated with the PSN is important for cataloging the Atari game series. Version C014060 (guarantee with bottom of the same color of the box and © outside) is now available: www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-text-label/box-g-c014060 Good weekend.

Hello Random, I found references on release dates for Apollo games at this link: www.atariarchive.org/atari-vcs-game-release-dates written by Kevin Bunch. It seems to me that the Apollo sales documents attached to the Atari report, had a forecast date for launching on the market and with a suggested retail value. At that moment there would already be 2 games available for sale on the market: Skeet Shoot and Spacechase. There is an Apollo catalog listed at Atariage with copyright from 1981 listing the first 2 games. Link to access: atariage.com/catalog_overview.php?SystemID=2600&CatalogID=65 Listing of launches according to the website: 1981 DECEMBER: Skeet Shoot (December 7) - Source: Electronic Fun, January 1983; Anderson Daily Bulletin, January 26 1982; Computer Entertainer, April 1982 1982 JANUARY: Spacechase - Source: Computer Entertainer, April 1982; Videogaming Illustrated, August 1982 JUNE: Space Cavern - Source: Chicago Tribune, June 6 1982; Computer Entertainer July 1982 Racquetball - Source: Chicago Tribune, June 6 1982 Lost Luggage - Source: Chicago Tribune, June 6 1982; Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13 1982; Baltimore Sun, June 18 1982; Computer Entertainer, July 1982 Lochjaw (rereleased as Shark Attack in August) - Source: Chicago Tribune, June 6 1982; Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13 1982; Baltimore Sun, June 18 1982 Daniel

They are hard to find, I have already identified two variations of the manual © 1986 black and white! I will try to send one of the versions to the list!

After all, when were the text labels modified for images on the Atari 2600 cartridges? ======================================================== Throughout the research, I find versions of boxes carrying at the same time cartridges with text labels and labels with images, so some doubts inhabit my thoughts: After all, when did the labels change? Can a box version carry both types of labels? Could this mix happen through sales? And to answer, I follow in the footsteps ... Going back in time and space. ==================== More precisely at the launch of the third version of the Atari 2600 game box (November 1978 - June 1981), version C014060 (guarantee with bottom of the same color of the box and © outside). For a long time Atari has used this version for sales, with a total of thirty-six games registered so far, initially thirty-five with the text label series and an image label! Many games were released in the period of this release, including: 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Adventure, Backgammon, Basic Programming, Championship Soccer, Circus Atari, Dodge 'Em, Golf, Maze Craze, Night Driver, Othello, Space Invaders , Superman, Video Checkers, Video Chess, Video Pinball. Large businesses are never simple, with the need for change an even more doubt arises. After all what to do with the leftover material from the graphic change? A pause for reflection. And I catch a glimpse of a moment I call transition, light at the end of the tunnel! A new label series is born and a new box version is added. ====================================== Along with the arrival of the new series of labels, it is launched in a new box version, version G-C017039 v. 1 (guarantee with white background and © outside). The boxes were manufactured from March 1981 to May 1981 and receive rev. 1 in the registry. Three classics are released along with this version, they are: Asteroids, Missile Command and Warlords. Eight games released in the previous version, receive the picture label: Adventure, Circus Atari, Dodge´Em Golf, Night Driver, Space Invaders and Superman. And with a new label, Championship Soccer is now called Pele´s Soccer! And Atari also distributes in this version many text labels such as: Slot Racers, Space Invaders and Street Racer, among others. My conclusions =========== At the time of the arrival of the new series of labels, Atari needed to create a transition way to dispose of the stocked manufacturing items such as the labels, manuals and boxes of the old version. Therefore, the transition occurred between the versions of boxes C014060 and G-C017039 v. 1, from 1981. I hope I contributed, good weekend to everyone!

Website update: I added the copyright edition record for the Atari Corp period gray label series cartridges The list is organized by: label series -> box version -> copyright editions of the label. access link: www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-gray-label

Website update: I added the registration of copyright editions for the Atari Corp period red label series cartridges. The list is organized by: label series -> box version -> copyright editions of the label. access link: www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-red-label

When I think of labels outside the curve like Defender (blue), Breakout (orange) and Hangman (gray), I always had doubts about the printing period! And here is a case. I was thinking about 1990 or maybe early 1991, but never in April 1992! The records indicate small quantities and always pointing to items from multiple languages. This is the newest box print log I've found so far! I would like to share this with: @Philflound and @Random Terrain

Website update: I added the registration of copyright editions to the Atari Corp period black label series cartridges. access link: www.atariopenbox.com/atari-2600-colection/cart-black-label-corp

Beautiful version of Slot Racers, I'm fascinated by multiple language versions, especially when they receive a different color in the box like Berzerk, Canyon Bomber, Warlords, Video Pinball. Monday I will update the files. Thank you very much for your contribution and all your Groundtrooper support. Hugs