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  3. Posted

    I was wondering. were there any atari 5200 or 7800 games made in brazil?

    Nope. Those consoles were never released in Brazil. And they were not known at the time, with the possible exception of a few hard core gamers (but I never heard about it). Can you imagine the trouble to import those babies at the time?

    As always, my friend Tom is right!

     

    But Gradiente, the official licensee of 2600 in Brazil (under the brand Polyvox) projected a 7800 clone. The console design was just the same as original 7800, but there was a little changing on the final product: it became a NES clone! So, we got the Phantom System, a NES clone (72 pin carts!) that looked almost exactly as an Atari 7800!

     

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  6. Posted · Edited by Hugo Bernardes

    It was a modified Vader unit.  Gone was the chrome switches and push-button switches were installed.  Also gone was the Color/B&W switch.  And, which was really interesting, the joysticks were hardwired to the unit with the cords entering through the front panel where it said "Atari 2600".

    It's the latest "cost-reducing" version of Polyvox console, sold around '89-'90 here in Brazil.

     

    The first version ('84) was exactly the same american "Vader" console with a little NTSC -> PAL-M conversion board added. There are versions with internal power supply and without difficulty switches.

     

    Yep.  Polyvox was actually the only licensed distributor of Atari games in Brazil; everything else was pirate.

    Even Polyvox became pirate after release games not Atari/Activision, like Frogger, Popeye, Spacemaster X-7 (Space Tunnel), Dishaster (Mr. Chin), I Want my Mommy (Apples and Dolls).

     

    Brazil's policy on imports was incredibly harsh such that it levied prohibitive duties on products entering Brazil (in order to strongly encourage local development)

    At the time, assembled computers (and VGs) weren't allowed to be imported at all. But parts were actually encouraged to be imported. Polyvox officially imported "parts" to "assemble" consoles and cartridges.

     

    Actually, boards came completely assembled (soldering and stuff). Polyvox's work was enclose them in cases, attach labels when necessary, put them in boxes and sell...

     

    As a result though I imagine Polyvox didn't do nearly as well as their cheaper, illegitemate competition, especially from the likes of Dactar, CCE and others.

    Yes, but Polyvox (actually, Gradiente, owner of the Polyvox brand) moved to NES fast enough to continue on VG industry.

     

     

    Probably the coolest Brazilian console (outside of the Dactar "007" suitcase system) was Dismac's Activision console.  I'm not sure that it was ever officially released, but I know of two people here who own one.

    It was officially released. I had a friend that owned one at the time! I played on it.

     

    Nowadays, TomBrazil has one. And I played on this one too... :D

  7. Posted

    In a related post keilbaca says that he has a 4-switch console with a 6-switch bottom:

     

    http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...ndpost&p=902489

     

    As a friend of Tom, I was able to see this console with my own eyes. It doesn't show any sign of cuts in the plastic of "joystick holes area" of a regular 6-switch console. I don't think anyone can cut it so professionally, unless that "cheap plastic" was somehow loose or easy to cut.

     

    I don't think it was done to cheat. The potential cheater --supposing someone cheated, and one who would know enough about promo consoles to fake one-- probably would also know about the 2600/2600A thing on serial label.

     

    My guess is someone tried to build a console with spare parts and used promo console parts without knowledge...

     

    The most outrageous thing about this console that it was found on the wild... in Brazil (!) along with two others (4-switch). We never had promotional consoles here. In fact, units with woodgrain front have never been officially sold here.

     

    -H.B.

  8. Posted

    Hello,

     

    I'm rebuilding my collection from scratch, so I'm buying any 2600 Atari Red and Silver labels, and Activision rarity 4 or less, in good shape and NTSC.

     

    As I'm in Brazil, shipping is a issue. So, I'll only consider to buy lots with 30 carts at least. I'll take dupes too, in order to use them in future trades.

     

    At this moment, I have nothing to put on a trade, just buying.

     

    Thanks!

  11. Posted

    Series C-8xx ends on C-869 (which is Tank, as I remember).

     

    C-10xx was a series of "new" games (games that were never pirated by CCE at that point :D ). Carts like Mario Bros. , Smurfs RIGC and Jungle Hunt were released with golden labels, the main characteristic of C-10xx series.

  18. Posted

    You're right, my mistake... Scales are half kilogram (almost 1 lb), not 1 kilogram as I presumed.

     

    1 - 5 carts

    Surface = US$ 10.00

    Airmail = US$ 11.50

    EMS = US$ 24.50

     

    These charges are valid at all brazilian territory, no matter what city the pack was shipped from. Obviously, these values are just a guideline.

     

    And I'm still thinking that guy who charged only $4 lost his money...

     

    And my english still sucks... :P

  19. Posted

    These are shipping costs charged by Correios (brazilian post office) Brazil to USA:

     

    1 - 10 2600 carts

    Surface = US$ 14

    Airmail = US$ 16.50

    EMS = US$ 31

     

    11 - 20 2600 carts

    Surface = US$ 20

    Airmail = US$ 27

    EMS = US$ 43

     

    Surface takes as long as 23 business days, Airmail 9 and EMS takes 5 b. days.

  23. Posted

    International buyers, in most of cases are not occasional buyers. So, they will understand extra shipping costs, extra time and everything. Well, at least, I will... :D

     

    Why not accept PayPal from outside US buyers? Is that cross-border fee of paypal so high? :?

     

    Providing a link to USPS International Calculator on auctions may be useful to international buyers estimate shipping. :wink: Of course, weights must be specified. I always use a "5 loose 2600 carts equals 1 lb." pattern.

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