Bigfoot and Atari Collecting

[Bigfoot and Atari Collecting]

8 hours ago, stupus said:

I own this mouse trap.

 

I have seen donkey kong also for vcs as well as for colecovision.

 

 

 

Carnival for intellivision.

And believe i have seen looping too.

 

I think they made these in a rush to comply with the canadian laws requiring bi lingual wording on products sold there.

Many thanks for sharing!

 

[Bigfoot and Atari Collecting]

8 hours ago, stupus said:

I own this mouse trap.

 

I have seen donkey kong also for vcs as well as for colecovision.

 

 

 

Carnival for intellivision.

And believe i have seen looping too.

 

I think they made these in a rush to comply with the canadian laws requiring bi lingual wording on products sold there.

Many thanks for sharing!

 

Looping? Are you sure?

 

[Vulture Attack / Space Monster Double Label]

16 hours ago, Deemar said:

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?

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.

 

[Vulture Attack / Space Monster Double Label]

18 hours ago, Deemar said:

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?

 

 

You bought a relabeled PAL Funvision T-handle.

 

[SOLD: Atari 2600 - Turbo by ZERO - Rare Import]

Nice find!

 

It's a Tythm Softwares cart from Thailand. They used all kinds of cool looking front label artwork. The Zero artwork was one of them.

 

[My collection, @AtariSpot!]

On 10/15/2020 at 2:40 AM, Ballblaɀer said:

Here are a handful of cartridges that came to me from Thailand. I love the label-maker end labels on many of them -- you tend to only see those on cartridges that originate there. Love that the 2-in-1 cart by "Galaxy" uses artwork from もえろツインビー シナモン博士を救え! (TwinBee 2, released in the USA as Stinger). Also... BOOM. 🤯

 

Nice!

Which game is on the Carbomb cart?

[Bigfoot and Atari Collecting]

On 10/9/2020 at 9:36 PM, Captain_Combat said:

Cib French/Canadian box variant of donkey Kong.

 

 

Huh?

Is that the back of the box?

Never seen this before.

Do you have better pictures of this one?

 

[PICS of Activision promotional items]

On 10/16/2020 at 7:00 PM, Rogerpoco said:

Hoping the Skylab letter might make this haul worthy of this thread-

It was actually a gift from the seller, included with the other purchased items, so huge Thanks to Joe!

 

 

Does somebody have more information about (the rules of) this contest?

Or the mentioned StarMaster jacket?

Here's the poster:
 

Notice the piece of Skylab attached to the front.

Does someone have a better quality picture of that poster and piece?

Would love to know more about this.

It was not produced by Activision, that's for sure.

[New Unimex Game found]

18 hours ago, CPUWIZ said:

That's a standard Unimex 4K copy cart, anyone could have made that.

True, but Unimex released a series of blue stickered pre-programmed copy carts and Submarine is one of them (the first in the series):
http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-2600-vcs-unimex_publisher_2616_2_G.html




 

[New Unimex Game found]

On 10/10/2020 at 8:21 PM, ChrisMuc said:

Here is an Unimex game not available in any database. "Submarine"

It was there allright for 15 years:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-unknown-game-1-datatech_14532.html

But it's good to know at least its Unimex title now.

[Help Identify Some Cartridges]

It's a Cooper Black cart from Taiwan:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-bobby-is-going-home_8276.html

[Help Identify Some Cartridges]

35 minutes ago, Deemar said:

• 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? Yes
• Glib - I know this one, it cost a lot. Great find
• Fire Fly - Looks like a Sears Tele-Games release. Nope. It's from Myticon: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=2&type=G&publisher=24&step=200
• Sorcerer - Also looks like Sears Tele-Games. Mythicon as well
• Kung-Fu Master - this one doesn't look like the typical Activision label, is this the usual label for this cartridge? Yes. One of the later Activision releases: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-kung-fu-master_7366.html
• 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? Because of a contest: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-name-this-game_17161.html
• 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? A Fast Eddie pirate cart from Taiwan: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-modern-knight_12934.html
• Bumper Bash - I already know about this one.
• Home Video Game - ??????
• Dice Puzzle - I was able to find this one online. Great find
• Tecmagic - ?????? It's a brand from Brazil: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=2&type=G&publisher=88&step=200
• Space Eagle - ??????? It's a Exocet pirate from Hot Shot: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-space-eagle_18267.html
• Imagic Centipede - weird label for this game. From Brazil: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=2&type=G&publisher=2174&step=200
• 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 - ?????????? Brazilian cart from Cosmovision: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-futebol_8497.html
• 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. Yep. Released by Parker Brothers. Great find
• 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? Yes
• Motocross - PAL? Yes
• Racquetball - ???????? A game from Apollo: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-racquetball_8306.html

 

 

 

[Craziest Atari Collection Ever - Cinemassacre Video]

Very impressive.

I love the amount of respect and care that's put into this collection.

You can see this man takes good care of his games.

Noticed a boxed Sears Cannon Man and Math Gran Prix in there too.

Many thanks for sharing.



 

[CPUWIZ in hospital]

Holy shit, CPU.

Take care and get well soon, man.

All the best for you.

[Atari 2600 tunnel Spaziale]

Depends on how much a collector wants this.

Could be $50 to perhaps even $100.

[Atari 2600 tunnel Spaziale]

Certainly not one of a kind, but quite rare nonetheless.





 

[What are the strangest/weirdest Atari 2600 games]

[PICTURES of Activision's 1982 Pitfall Party (aka the Rumble in the Jungle)]

Amazing.

Thanks for sharing!

[Curt Vendel has passed away. :(]

That's truly sad news.

My condolences to his family.

Curt's knowledge and contributions to the Atari community were truly amazing.


 

[*NEW* clues for Pitfall Treasure Map]

33 minutes ago, CapitanClassic said:

 

A [32 treasures + 1 ladder - (3 lives?) + 4 trees -20 minutes + 1 brick wall - 3 crocodiles]
A [32+1-3+4-20+1-3]
A12

I guess the island in the background.

clearly the location where Pitfall 2 takes place.

 

 

Got the same solution, but the arrow point seems a bit inaccurate.



 

[The Atari 2600 Good, Bad and Ugly]

20 hours ago, Torr said:

Two identical looking NTSC carts of SQ:EW

 

One has the PAL solution (the roughed up one), one other has the NTSC solution

 

 

This still puzzles me.

Has the PAL solution one ever been dumped?

[PICS of Activision promotional items]

Don't own this one myself.

Found the pictures on the net and it caught my eye.

To be honest, I don't think it's 80s.

EDIT: found out it's late 90s.

[PICS of Activision promotional items]

Is this one really 80s?
 

[The Atari 2600 Good, Bad and Ugly]

Let me add some freaky stuff as well (I still have tons of pictures of unknown VCS carts not added to the database yet):

[E.T. Is Not The Worst Game Ever, How To Play, & High Score Documentary]

1 hour ago, high voltage said:

All you needed was this:

 

Or read tip 5 from the manual (of which only trillion copies were made):


If you don't know how to play E.T. or get frustrated by it, you haven't read the manual or you don't know how to handle a X40 properly.

It's as simple as that.

The game plays well, has its unique genre, a title screen, an ending, great graphics, music & sound FX, follows the movie nicely, contains tons of easter eggs and was made in 5 weeks time.

It's not even a mediocre VCS game, it's a good and well made VCS game that contains only one counter-intuitive mechanism: pushing Left or Right instead of Up while going up (which can easily be learned in 1 minute practice time).

It just didn't live up to the expectations of the masses (of kids), who most probably wanted a more action packed game.