Mezrabad Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I've been unable to figure out when the games below were released for the Atari 2600. For most of the 2600's games, I was able to find a copyright date (not always the same) on a games box, manual or cart as pictured in Atari Age's database, to give me some date to use to get close to the year released. I was unable to find a clue for most of these games (or if there was one, I missed it.) If anyone has personal knowledge of when these games were released (Like, "I remember I bought mine at a K-Mart in 1983") or even a receipt with a date on it, I'd appreciate you letting me know by posting in the thread. If I can just get a close idea of when these were available it would help me out. Otherwise I'll have to arbitrarily decide that these games would've been available "by 1984 or so" and just play them in a "not sure" batch. Not a big deal but if I can get it right, I'd like to try. Thanks. Air Raid Ghost Manor Challenge Condor Attack Cosmic Corridor Dishaster Eli's Ladder Glacier Patrol I Want My Mommy Ikari Warriors Inca Gold Montezuma's Revenge Night Stalker Ocean City Defender (Atlantis) Pepsi Invaders Pinball (Atari Video Pinball) Quest for Quintana Roo Space Adventure Spider Maze Tank Brigade (Tanks But No Tanks) Tanks But No Tanks Time Warp Universal Chaos (Targ) Vulture Attack By the way, this is research for my chronogaming project. (see Atari Age blog (link below) or website, www.chronogamer.com to get an idea of what I'm doing.) I'm about to start chronogaming 1980-1984 and am trying to establish lists of games that came out during each of those years. 1980, 1981 were pretty easy to get a handle on but 1982 gets hairy with lots and lots of third party titles coming out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I've been unable to figure out when the games below were released for the Atari 2600. For most of the 2600's games, I was able to find a copyright date (not always the same) on a games box, manual or cart as pictured in Atari Age's database, to give me some date to use to get close to the year released. I was unable to find a clue for most of these games (or if there was one, I missed it.) If anyone has personal knowledge of when these games were released (Like, "I remember I bought mine at a K-Mart in 1983") or even a receipt with a date on it, I'd appreciate you letting me know by posting in the thread. If I can just get a close idea of when these were available it would help me out. Otherwise I'll have to arbitrarily decide that these games would've been available "by 1984 or so" and just play them in a "not sure" batch. Not a big deal but if I can get it right, I'd like to try. Thanks. Air Raid Ghost Manor Challenge Condor Attack Cosmic Corridor Dishaster Eli's Ladder Glacier Patrol I Want My Mommy Ikari Warriors Inca Gold Montezuma's Revenge Night Stalker Ocean City Defender (Atlantis) Pepsi Invaders Pinball (Atari Video Pinball) Quest for Quintana Roo Space Adventure Spider Maze Tank Brigade (Tanks But No Tanks) Tanks But No Tanks Time Warp Universal Chaos (Targ) Vulture Attack By the way, this is research for my chronogaming project. (see Atari Age blog (link below) or website, www.chronogamer.com to get an idea of what I'm doing.) I'm about to start chronogaming 1980-1984 and am trying to establish lists of games that came out during each of those years. 1980, 1981 were pretty easy to get a handle on but 1982 gets hairy with lots and lots of third party titles coming out. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. I remember reading a thread a long time ago that the Zellers games came out in stores in '86. As for the rest I would suggest checking Atarimania. Vulture Attack had Novemember? October? 1982 on the instructions IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezrabad Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 I remember reading a thread a long time ago that the Zellers games came out in stores in '86. As for the rest I would suggest checking Atarimania. Vulture Attack had Novemember? October? 1982 on the instructions IIRC. WOW, I just took a look at your Zellers collection in your signature link. Nice work. I hope you find the last two boxes! Thanks for the suggestion of looking over at Atarimania. I didn't even know they existed! They had dates (which, at this point, I'm just going to accept as "good enough") which took care of all but the Zellers stuff and Air Raid. I'm going to go with your date (86) on the Zellers' titles, since, given your collection, I think you're the one most likely to know. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I can't remember where that thread was though. I might have confused it with this one which doesn't have a definite year so don't hold that '86 as Gospel http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...&hl=zellers Lots of the time when you find a few Zellers boxes from an original owner you find a nice little Atari Junior with the lot. Atarimania is king with it's listings. Atariguide has several scans of manuals that aren't anywhere else yet. Atariage has the forums, and a database (but needs a good update). Other good sites are Atariprotos.com, The giant list of Atari 2600 label variations, the PAL cart database, etc. You just need to click the links section at the top of the forum page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezrabad Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 (edited) Lots of the time when you find a few Zellers boxes from an original owner you find a nice little Atari Junior with the lot. Atarimania is king with it's listings. Atariguide has several scans of manuals that aren't anywhere else yet. Atariage has the forums, and a database (but needs a good update). Other good sites are Atariprotos.com, The giant list of Atari 2600 label variations, the PAL cart database, etc. You just need to click the links section at the top of the forum page. This is all good to know. Thanks for sharing it. Do you happen to know of any sites devoted similarly to the ColecoVision? I've got a list of ColecoVision titles without dates, too. EDIT (Been checking around some. MobyGames had some years and so did another site which I've immediately forgotten.) Amazing Bumpman Cosmic Crisis Dance Fantasy Flipper Slipper Gust Buster Rolloverture Sector Alpha Skiing Strike it Super Action Soccer Super Crossforce Super Sketch Tank Wars Wiz Math, The Wizard of Id's Edited July 1, 2007 by Mezrabad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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