Rom Hunter

9) This one is known as Raumpatrouille from Quelle (BTW: Thomas, I think this is an interesting ROM to examine!) 24) Strategy X (Gakken - Konami) Number 18 and 20/22 are still a mystery to me.

Clown Down Town is probably a Home Vision title. Walker is from Rainbow Vision - Suntek (SS-032).

Great, Rick! The more info we have, the better. Thanks! Ianoid, I agree with you, but I think it's a lot to ask from a collector to screw open (up?) his/her cartridges.

Interesting. Do you know from which game the unused code fragments in The Year 1999 are?

That's Ski Hunt (Home Vision), also known as Mountain Man (ITT), also known as Winterjagd (Quelle). I don't think R.J.P.G. is a company. R.J.P.G. is connected with Home Vision somehow. I don't know where the initials stand for. Traffic (Home Vision), aka Hell Driver (ITT) has them as well.

Ok, let's get back to the topic. Does anybody have some screenshots of these Home Vision titles? Gogo Home Monster (Challenge?) Magic Carpet (?) Magic Puzzle (Dice Puzzle?) Racing Car (Motocross? - Grand Prix?) War 2000 (?) World Trap (?) X'Mission (?) Does anybody know a missing game number on the Home Vision list on page 1 of this topic? Some other questions: Where does the name Brick Kick come from? Frisco (Home Vision - R.J.P.G.) Peter Penguin (ITT Family Games - R.J.P.G.) Brick Kick (? - R.J.P.G.) What does Seal to Whales (Datatech - Home Vision) look like?

Phew! Everything makes sense again. Aaargh, them pirates!

I hope this is not one of your "Turbo Proto" jokes, Thomas. There are some more Condor Attack ROMs, but we're entering PAL territory here: The Year 1999 (Rainbow Vision - Suntek) Condor Attack (Hi-Score) Galactic (Funvision) Galactic (Goliath - Hot Shot)

What the hell?!? ...

Come to think of it: There is a Kung Fu (AKA Karate) on a dark green 4 Game in One from... Bit Corp.

Wow! I think you dug up some video game history, Thomas. Did you check Condor Attack from Ultravision as well?

Thanks for looking inside the binaries, Thomas! Marco's screenshots are accurate enough to see that: Topy = Mole Hunter (Rainbow Vision - Suntek) Cosmic War = Cosmic Corridor (Zimag - Emag) Which makes sense. Titles left: Gogo Home Monster (Challenge?) Magic Carpet (?) Magic Puzzle (Dice Puzzle?) Racing Car (Motocross? - Grand Prix?) War 2000 (?) World Trap (?) X'Mission (?)

There's the PlayAround logo. I think there's a PlayAround Bachelor Party/Gigolo PAL too.

Thanks, sku_u. That's the unknown Datatech game I mentioned in the list above. Thomas found Home Vision traces in Motocross (Quelle) and Words-Attack (Sancho). Seal to Whales (Datatech) has some too and I think there are some more Sancho games with Home Vision traces within. And then there's: Farmyard Fun (probably Rainbow Vision - Suntek) Dragon Defender Ski Run and Criminal Pursuit. Maybe Home Vision games too. Are there any screenshots of: Gogo Home Monster (Challenge?) Magic Carpet (?) Magic Puzzle (Dice Puzzle?) Racing Car (Motocross?) War 2000 (?) X'Mission (?) I wonder how they look like.

Bedankt, Marco!

Rick, is it possible to show me some screenshots of: Cosmic War #36 Topy #26 X'Mission #18 and tell me the game number of Traffic? Thanks!

In that case you've really discovered something special, Pongbeat. And in excellent condition too! Congratulations! I wonder if the PlayAround logo (and not the Mystique logo) is on screen in Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em.

I don't think it's PAL. It would be nice, though.

I'm not quite sure Traffic is the same game as Racing Car. This is what I found out, so far: Home Vision: Asteroid Fire (Great Escape - Bomb) [11] Base Attack (Z-Tack - Bomb/Cosmic Town - ITT) [13] Clown Down Town (Walker - Rainbow Vision) [?] Col 'N' (Alien's Return - ITT) [?] Cosmic War (AKA ?) [36] Dead-Ray (Astrowar - Dimax/Meteor Defense - ITT) [?] Frisco (Brick Kick - R.J.P.G./Peter Penguin - ITT) [4] Gogo Home Monster (AKA ?) [3] IQ 180 (I.Q. Memory Teaser - Rainbow Vision?) [?] Lilly Adventure (Wilma Wanderer - ITT) [17] Magic Carpet (AKA ?) [?] Magic Puzzle (Dice Puzzle - Sancho?) [?] Panda Chase (Panda Quest - Rainbow Vision?) [5] Parachute (Skydiver - Rainbow Vision?) [23] Plate Mania (Dishaster - Zimag) [34] Racing Car (AKA ?) [24] Robot Fight (Space Robot - Dimax) [1] Ski Hunt (Mountain Man - ITT) [6] Sky Alien (Assault - Bomb/Fire Birds - ITT) [12] Tanks War (Tanks But No Tanks - Zimag) [?] Teddy Apple (I Want My Mommy - Zimag) [37] Tennis (Tennis - Activision) [7] Topy (AKA ?) [26] Traffic (Hell Driver - ITT) [?] Wall Break (Wall-Defender - Bomb) [14] War 2000 (AKA ?) [2] World End (Laser Base - ITT) [9] World Trap? (AKA ?) [9] X'Mission (AKA ?) [18] Zoo Fun (Pumuckl I - ITT) [?] Missing numbers: 8, 10, 15, 16, 19-22, 25, 27-33, 35 Other Home Vision Games: Motocross - Quelle Seal to Whales - Datatech Words-Attack - Sancho Unknown Datatech Game I only used the AKAs to see which companies' games must be examined to find Home Vision traces. As you can see, I really want to solve this so called "Legendary and Mysterious" Home Vision puzzle. I know it's a difficult one, but it can be done (with the help of some die-hard collectors). So please help me to fill in the gaps and correct this list where it's wrong. Thanks!

It's like a giant Taiwanese puzzle! I would really like to see screenshots of the following games: Cosmic War #36 Topy #26 X'Mission #18 And the game numbers of: Col 'N' Traffic

Indeed... Thanks again, Thomas!

I knew it! Great, Thomas! I think there are traces of Home Vision in Sancho games as well (beside Words-Attack).

Pumuckl I (ITT) is the same game as Zoo Fun (Home Vision) and Zoo Fun is a hack of Panda Chase (also from Home Vision). Thomas, Do you know if there's any traces of Home Vision in the following ROMS: Criminal Pursuit Dragon Defender Farmyard Fun Hole Hunter Motocross (Quelle) I mean like the graphic data you found in Sancho's Words-Attack?

My 'guess' is that Pumuckl I from ITT Family Games is the same game as Zoo Fun (AKA Panda Chase) from Home Vision and that Wilma Wanderer (ITT) is the same game as Lilly Adventure (Home Vision).

So Great Escape (Bomb - Onbase) = Asteroid Fire (Home Vision). That makes sense, because: Assault = Sky Alien. Wall-Defender = Wall Break. Z-Tack = Base Attack. Thanks again, Rick! Another little mystery solved. BTW, I'm still looking for the game numbers of Col 'N' and Traffic...