Iron Eagle 2600 Cart

[ziggystar]

I picked up at a garage sale yesterday 2 odd 2600 carts. They are both from the same manufacturer and in black cartridge holders with no dust cover on the bottom.

 

One is Enduro which I recognize as probably an illiegal copy of Enduro by Activision, but the other game is called Iron Eagle and shows to people one on each side of the label facing a jet with blue and yellow halves.

 

Any idea what this is? I could find no record of it anywhere on the net.

 

thanks

[ziggystar]

I did some searching for the enduro cart and found it in the database.

 

http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...areLabelID=1847

 

I believe this Iron Eagle cart is manufactured by the same, Taiwan Cooper..

[Opo Terser]

Could you post of picture of it? I'm sure most people here would like to see it.

[ziggystar]

 

Yes here you go.

[birdie3]

Screen shots?

[Foxsolo2000]

Its probably missile war for it shares that particular label but I could be wrong. Never heard of the title Iron Eagle before. Over to you Rom

[lucifershalo]

it looks like this one

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=8570

[Foxsolo2000]

Thought so

[Rom Hunter]

That's an interesting looking Cooper Black cart, ziggystar.

 

Never seen it before.

 

I would like to add this one to the Atarimania database.

 

Could you please re-scan it for me so that the complete cart is visible?

 

Also, could you show me a screenshot of the game in action?

 

[ziggystar]

 

 

 

It is a very strange game.

 

It's like a game thrown together with pieces of other games. You control what seems to be 5 space ships at the bottom of the screen. The screen scrolls left and right as you fly and you shoot what appears to be race cars.

 

Screen Shot enclosed.

[Deteacher]

Looks to me like Iron Eagle is a pirate of Tac-Scan. Search the rarity guide for Tac Scan and you'll see a screenshot of it.

[ProperRogue]

I can confirm that is Tac-Scan as I have the cart. I love that game.

[Rom Hunter]

Interesting.

 

Thanks for the scan and screenshot, Ziggystar.

 

It's added and will be mentioned on our homepage tomorrow:

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=20398

 

BTW: is it PAL or NTSC?

 

Edited November 19, 2007 by Rom Hunter

[Foxsolo2000]

Guess I was wrong. At least I can stand up and admit it Just goes to show, never judge a book by its cover

[Opo Terser]

Yeah, Tac-Scan is awesome, I would have never guessed the game would be that.

Edited November 25, 2007 by Opo Terser

[ProperRogue]

Yeah, Tac-Sacn is awesome, I would have never guessed the game would be that.

 

Oh yeah! I can play the 2600 version , and enjoy it ... great game.

 

but ... if I really want my fix , I fire up MAME and go to town. It's one of those forgotten vector games that nobody really remembers.

[ziggystar]

Of course this cart does not display the Sega copyright on bootup and has a couple of other minor differences.

[Rom Hunter]

Ziggystar, is it a PAL cart?