Birthday Mania - Unwrapped

[Birthday Mania - Unwrapped]

On 7/31/2019 at 11:19 AM, Atari_Warlord said:

It was never my intent to hold this game hostage for so long.  I'd still love to have the individualized versions published.  The main piece missing is an automatic way to update each ROM with a different name. 

 

Attached is a ROM with the original programmers name in recognition of his creation.  Thanks to Thomas for cleaning up the code and creating this version. Albert, if this can be added to the first post, please do so to make it easier to find.

 

Play Hints:

 

1. This is a paddle game (left port)

2. Left difficulty switch in A=narrow blast, B=wider blast

3. Reset starts new game

4. Select not used

5. B/W switch, Color position shows and plays Happy Birthday screen, B/W position skips intro screen

6. Right difficulty switch in A=single blow mode, B=continuous blow mode

7. The game pauses between waves and only starts the new wave when the fire button is pressed or if it is being held down.

8. Enjoy!

 

Birthday_Mania_Robert_A_Tokar.bin 4 kB · 142 downloads

Oh my god... thank you so much for this Warlord (Waggie). As a much younger enthusiast of lost and found media, and old games like this, this means the world to me, and to everyone else that watched and chatted in this thread for the past 7 years now. Seeing footage of the game for the first time 4 years ago was exciting enough, but actually experiencing something that only a handful of people got to play back in 1984 is even more so. Thank you again!

[VCS/2600 Game Rarity by Number of Known Copies]

There are 5 now.

1 currently on eBay.

1 sold a couple months ago on eBay.

3rd copy still not sold publicly but found this spring, this 1 has not been on ebay.

 

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F401664055515

 

Oh my god, that's awesome! Never knew that!

[VCS/2600 Game Rarity by Number of Known Copies]

Updated the list in light of this new, 4th RSC turning up:

 

1x copy: Birthday Mania / Gamma Attack

(*) 2x copies: Cat Trax (if it wasn't just a commercial sample)

2x copies: monogrammed Space Chase

3x copies: Ultravision Karate

4x copies: Red Sea Crossing

5x copies: Extra Terrestrials

6x copies: Gauntlet

 

15x copies: Eli's Ladder

20x copies: Air Raid

23x copies: Magicard

28x copies: Pepsi Invaders

 

Wait, four Red Sea Crossings? I thought there was still only two. When were the other two sold?