Rom Hunter

Here you go: http://www.atarihq.com/2678/newstuff/saltine.html

This is a work in "progress" from 1998 made by Bob Colbert. It has nothing to do with Ultravision.

X'Mission is NOT Time Warp by Zellers, but Raumpatrouille by Quelle.

IQ 180 is one the most simple Atari 2600 games ever made. The title screen shows us 25 letters of the alphabet (where did the Z go?) and 5 symbols, representing little figures. If you press F1 to start, you will see the first screen with all the letters and symbols randomly presented and numbered from 1 to 30. If you move the blinking cursor with your joystick down (in the direction of the red arrows), the second screen will appear with the same letters and symbols also numbered 1 to 30, but in a different order. You will also be confronted by a horrible tune. While the tune is playing, you will have to memorize the positions of the letters and symbols of both the screens by looking at their corresponding number (use your joystick to move the cursor in the direction of the arrows to let the other screen appear) or just write down the thirty letters and symbols of one screen on a piece of paper. When the tune stops, all the letters and symbols of both screens will change into little squares and a timer will count down from 1000 to 0. You have to memory match the same letters (or symbols) by pressing fire when your cursor is on the correct square. When two letters (or symbols) match, you will get 1 point and the two matching letters (or symbols) will stay on screen. When the two letters (or symbols) don't match, they will change into little squares again. If you manage to match all the thirty letters and symbols before the timer reaches zero, you will be confronted by another horrible tune and the game will end. If you do not manage to match all the thirty letters and symbols before the timer reaches zero, you will still be confronted by the same horrible tune and the game will end. When the game has ended you are still able to move the cursor and change squares into letters (or symbols). Happy gaming...

Too bad. Thanks again, Rick.

Thanks, Rick. BTW: Do you have any idea in which year the Rainbow Vision titles were released? Is there a copyright date on Rainbow Vision boxes/manuals?

Here's the most complete Rainbow Vision/Suntek list on the net to date: Rainbow Vision / Suntek: SS-001 Time Race (Space Jockey - U.S. Games) SS-002 Galactic (The Challenge of.... Nexar - Spectravision/Spectravideo) SS-003 Pac-Kong (Inca Gold - Funvision) SS-004 Pyramid War (Chopper Command - Activision) SS-005 Tom Boy (Pitfall! - Activision) SS-006 Netmaker (Amidar - Parker Brothers) SS-007 Space Raid (Megamania - Activision) SS-008 The Year 1999 (Condor Attack - Ultravision) SS-009 Bermuda, The (River Raid - Activision) SS-010 Mafia (Gangster Alley - Spectravision/Spectravideo) SS-011 Super Ferrari (Enduro - Activision) SS-012 Hey! Stop! (Keystone Kapers - Activision) SS-013 Bi! Bi! (Skindiver - Sancho/Tang's Electronic Co.) SS-014 ? (could be a hack of Laser Gates from Imagic and carry the same label as Weltraumtunnel from Quelle) SS-015 Catch Time (Plaque Attack - Activision) SS-016 Boom Bang (Crackpots - Activision) SS-017 Mariana (Seaquest - Activision) SS-018 Mid-Time (The End of the World - Dimax/Sinmax) SS-019 Curtiss (Atlantis - Imagic) SS-020 Tuby Bird (Dolphin - Activision) Suntek: SS-021 Dragon Defender (Dragon Power - Home Vision) SS-022 Motocross (Madcycle - Home Vision) SS-023 Mole Hunter (Topy - Home Vision) SS-024 Ski Run (Ski Run - Taiwan TP6xx Series) SS-025 Spectracube Invasion (Immies & Aggies - ZiMAG/Emag/Vidco) SS-026 Treasure Island (Treasure Discovery - Home Vision) SS-027 Zoo Fun (Pumuckl at the Zoo - Home Vision) SS-028 Firebug (Spinning Fireball - ZiMAG/Emag/Vidco) SS-029 Asteroid Belt (Asteroid Fire - Home Vision) SS-030 Skydiver (Parachute - Home Vision) SS-031 UFO Patrol (X'Mission - Home Vision) SS-032 Walker (Guignol - Home Vision) SS-033 I.Q. Memory Teaser (IQ 180 - Home Vision) SS-034 Farmyard Fun (Pumuckl at the Farm House - Home Vision) SS-035 Panda (Quest) (Panda Chase - Home Vision) SS-036 Criminal Persuit (A Mysterious Thief - ZiMAG/Emag/Vidco) Important Notes: Rainbow Vision boxes numbered higher than SS-020 are not known to exist. Only Suntek versions are! S.S. means Sun Science, NOT Star Soft, Sunus Suntek, Suntek Software or whatever your imagination can come up with!

Aaah, them mysteries... I love 'em and I hate 'em. Ok, I'll wait. There are a LOT of other riddles to be solved. Thanks, Marco!

LOL Marco, you are scaring me. Ok, which one is it: A or B? A: B:

I think that a veteran PAL-M collector can help you further.

You're asking a lot, my friend. This is what I know: 1. Deadly Prison (It's Deadly Poison, not Prison) by Eram (?) 2. Super Bird by Rentacom (?) 3. Treasure Island (You mean Dragon Treasure?) by Zellers (Dragonfire - Imagic) 4. Space Trip by Unknown Manufacturer (?) 5. Wilma Wanderer by ITT Family Games (Lilly Adventure - Home Vision) 6. C.P. Command by Son Son (Probably Chopper Command - Activision) 7. Go Go Home Monster by Home Vision 1983 (?) 8. Phantom by Ziroc (It's Zirok, not Ziroc) (?) 9. Cosmic War by Home Vision (Cosmic Corridor - Zimag) 10. Seal to Whales by Datatech (Probably Frisco - Home Vision) 11. IQ 180 by Unknown Manufacturer (It's from Home Vision) 12. Meteoric Shower by BitCorp (This is a Colecovision title) 13. X-Mission by Unknown Manufacturer (It's from Home Vision) (Raumpatrouille - Quelle) 14. Topsy (It's Topy, not Topsy) by Home Vision (Mole Hunter - Rainbow Vision) 15. Wall Break by Home Vision (Wall Defender - Bomb) 16. War 2000 by Home Vision (?) 17. World?Trap? by Home Vision (?) 18. Pogo Man by Computer Magic (It's a rumored title from CompuMagic) 19. Thunder Birds (AKA Tank Attack) by Fotomania (?) 20. Checkers II by Dynacom (Checkers - Activision) 21. Jow by Unknown Manufacturer (It's from Fantastic Game) (Probably Jawbreaker - Tigervision) 22. Action Master by Video Game Prog (?) 23. Avenger by Video Game Prog (?) 24. Aussie Rally by Hi-Score (?) 25. Back Strike by Video Game Prog (?) 26. Banned by Video Game Prog (?) 27. Carnival II (It's Canival II, not Carnival II) by Cooper Black (Probably Carnival - Coleco/CBS Electronics) 28. Dragon Attack by Hi-Score (?) 29. Burper by Fantastic Game (?) 30. IQ Memory Teaser by Rainbow Vision (Probably IQ 180 - Home Vision) 31. King Miners (It's Mines, not Miners) by Data Soft (?) 32. Learning Spelling by Hi-Score (?) 33. Mighty Mouse by Funvision (?) 34. Missile Attack by Cooper Black (Probably Missile Command - Atari) 35. Mr Gobbler by Cooper Black (?) 36. Persian Gulf War by Funvision (It's from Action Hi-Tech) (River Raid - Activision) 37. Plug Attack by Funvision (?) 38. Round 1 by Video Game Prog (?) 39. Saturn 5 by Fantastic Game (?) 40. Sea Smash by Video Game Prog (?) 41. SN-3201-1 by Cooper Black 42. Space Channel by Quelle (Probably Cosmic Corridor - Zimag) 43. Space Marshall by Cooper Black (?) 44. Star Battle by Video Game Prog (?) 45. Super Tank by Supervision (?) 46. Treasure Hunting by Funvision (?) 47. Tutti Frutti by Cooper Black (?)

I know, Rick. But I hoped you could tell me what it looked like. After reading the back of the box, I'm almost 100% certain that it is the same game as Frisco (AKA Brick Kick) and not Pengo. The reason why I'm asking it, is because I have a strange PAL Brick Kick ROM which has slightly different graphics than Frisco and I'm wondering if it looks the same as Seal to Whales. Maybe Marco can show us a screenshot.

Ok, Marco. Now try answering the first two questions.

Marco or Rick, Is this an original or is this the same game (or a hack) of Frisco (AKA Brick Kick)? Does one of you have a screenshot of this game? Is it possible to dump the ROM?

This is NOT a hack of Pengo, that's for sure. Although there is a rumored TechnoVision Stone Age (TVS 1014) and although the score digits are indeed the same as the ones used in the TechnoVision games, this game looks much simpler than the TechnoVision ones (look at the "blocks" for lives, for example). The fact that it has 246 scanlines, doesn't mean that it isn't a TechnoVision title. All TechnoVision titles were first announced for release in the U.S.

Thanks, CPUWIZ! Finally I'm able to see what it looks like. And hear what it sounds like...

Thanks, CPUWIZ! I'm really looking forward to play that ROM.

CPUWIZ or Rick, is it possible for you to dump Stone Age?

The Pac-Kong with the octopus is from Quelle: http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?Soft...areLabelID=1680

That worked. Thanks, Thomas!

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Tempest, I would really like to play that PAL Shooting Arcade ROM, but the link is broken.

Bingo: http://www.atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDIT...ATALOGUE_ID=124 I love Atarimania.

The only thing I know about VidCo is that they made a Copy Cart with ZiMAG's Dishaster included: http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?Soft...3&BoxStyleID=76

Tempest, AGH only mentions these ZiMAG games: Cosmic Corridor Dishaster I Want My Mommy Pizza Chef (not released) Tanks but No Tanks So it could be that there's no entry for Immies & Aggies in the ZiMAG catalogue they scanned.