[Items for Atari 2600 manufactured in Brazil]

2 minutes ago, Rom Hunter said:

http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-2600-vcs-hes-blisterpack_label_460_2_G.html

Thank you Rom for the information.  I really need to study your site more   In all my years of collecting I never found any blister packs for the bulk of the foreign releases I managed to attain were always loose so I had no idea what the original packaging once was.

[Items for Atari 2600 manufactured in Brazil]

1 minute ago, Retro Robey said:

Just a label on the back, instructions could be inside maybe, but I don't know... I'm not going to open to find out ?

Incredible.  Once again many thanks for sharing this information.  Appreciated.

[Items for Atari 2600 manufactured in Brazil]

5 minutes ago, Retro Robey said:

Here's some that I think must be quite rare, because once you've opened the game you can't reuse the box, so they would all have been thrown away, no one in those days bought games to collect, only to play ?

Now that is something I have never seen before.  Blister packs for VCS games.  Thank you for enlightening me.  Are there instructions behind the games or printed on the back on the pack?

[Items for Atari 2600 manufactured in Brazil]

15 hours ago, Retro Robey said:

Here's my collection of boxed t-handle Tron games from Brazil, only need two more for the complete set, but it's taken me years to get all these.

That is truly a beautiful sight to behold.  Thank you for sharing.

[Items for Atari 2600 manufactured in Brazil]

11 minutes ago, Retro Robey said:

Thanks for your comment, when I first started to collect the Brazilian carts, I was surprised how small the boxes were compared to the main manufacturers, I will post more as I take photos ? I have got some others hangers from Brazil with the 'full size' boxes as well.

Yes please that would be greatly appreciated.  When I used to collect I never came across any Brazilian games with a box and most of the obscure ones I have never seen proof of them ever having a box on release so any pics would be fantastic.

[More 2600 Protos RELEASED!]

4 minutes ago, Rom Hunter said:

 

I have some fourty more archived now.

Somehow I knew you would old friend

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7 hours ago, TwoShedsWilson said:

I have a collection of about 288 different prototypes, would there be any interest in helping me catalogue them? I could post a zip or share them on Google Drive or something if there is.

 

Most of what I have is already built off of Smokemonster and a few other sources so it should be pretty accurate as-is.

It would be nice to see them and there is always a keen interest on cataloguing any prototypes.  You might surprise us with something new no matter how minor.  Always good to compare what is already known.

[Items for Atari 2600 manufactured in Brazil]

You know its funny for although I always knew these things came boxed but I was beginning to doubt myself until I saw the above.  Definitely not what I expected.  Thank you for sharing.

 

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Thank you for clarifying.

 

[More 2600 Protos RELEASED!]

Are these the last or are there any more in the works?

[Items for Atari 2600 manufactured in Brazil]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Combat Atari 2600 Review]

I loved the random factor of the tanks warping around the screen to often end up right behind your tank.  As chas10e already mentioned the biggest problem of the game was finding a 2nd player but when you did hours of fun awaited you.

 

[Combat Atari 2600 Review]

Back in the 80's a lot of people panned this game and I was one of them but in 2000 dug it out and played with a couple of friends and boy were we converted.  Tank Pong has to be one of the wildest, most frantic games ever released for the 2600 for you lose all thought but getting in that telling shot as the score flashes down.  Like a fine wine its fun has aged well. 

[Panda Computer Games]

Rom will be asking you for clearer shots of the box.  First time I saw one with a box.  Congrats.

 

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11 minutes ago, Tempest said:

Nothing unreleased or anything like that.  Lots of beta versions of existing games.

Ok thank you for the update.  Appreciated.  Looking forward to reading them.

 

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13 hours ago, Tempest said:

There's more to come.  I have several more protos to review.

Any hints as to what we can await?

 

[What's the rarest 2600 game in your Collection?]

16 hours ago, CPUWIZ said:

The rarest game, I have, nobody else has, because I wrote it.   And, no, you will not see it, nor will you get a ROM of it.

Well if its that bad perhaps you did the rest of us a favour keeping it to yourself ?

[Kickman for 2600 found and RELEASED!!]

Jesus I am floored with shock at this discovery.  Now just need to pick myself up off the damn floor and play it.

[Football Fanatic, any news or any finds regarding this game?]

So is it confirmed that one copy existed?

 

[Keystone Kapers II Found]

19 hours ago, TikiDan said:

Hi River Patroller,

 

GOLD RUSH™ has been written entirely from scratch because I don't want to infringe upon any rights Activision has to the original code.  The original prototype code can be viewed once the original prototype .BIN is released.

Ah I was not aware of that, thank you for clarifying.

 

[EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (the game)]

With the many advances made over the years how hard would it be to add a generator and the escaping shuttle at the end?

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22 hours ago, Tempest said:

I really hope the original prototype gets released eventually.  Although I'm not sure if that's possible with Activision still being around.  It's not like he can really do it anonymously. 

Thing is though once he has finished the game wont it then have the original prototype code within it?

[EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (the game)]

3 hours ago, Lynxpro said:

I loved that game. I collected aluminum cans throughout the neighborhood so I could purchase it...

 

Sure, it was limited by the 4K size but at least the 2600 had an official release. Parker Bros didn't release it - or Jedi Arena - for the Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bits. They did make an Intellivision version of ESB and apparently, there's now a homebrew version for the Colecovision. Maybe those versions have extras in them...

Yes but the Intellivision version is not much different from the VCS even with the extra memory.  An opportunity lost.

[Football Fanatic, any news or any finds regarding this game?]

3 hours ago, King Atari said:

So if the game was (as per that link) never released, was that ad just something that was proposed but never actually ran anywhere? It sure looks like it came from an actual newspaper, and with all the info provided, it certainly sounds like the game was 'ready to go'. So did it run and they were just REALLY jumping the gun?

Well Madden Football had a video ad for the game which many believe was never finished so this one was probably the same, an attempt to drum up enough interest to self fund it.  Just a theory.

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10 hours ago, Tempest said:

Let me know if anyone finds any differences between this rom and the one I reviewed.  They *should* be the same, but who knows?

 

http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/pinkpanther/pinkpanther.htm

Perhaps its just me but this one seemed a little harder than the one I played but then again perhaps it is just my memory playing tricks on me as it has been a while.