anny84 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Why some Atari 2600 game box from Atari (e.g. Video Chess, Basic Programming, Championship Soccer) have a "Special Edition" label printed on their front? Thanks Cheers -- Anny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 (edited) Hi anny! I see,.. Special Edition games from Atari. Maybe - it just means that there are super easy small kid versions of the game included with the game program? IDK, there probably is something else included with the S.E. carts that's not on the regular edition? - would be good to compare the two. Edited April 24, 2008 by ovalbugmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anny84 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Hi anny! Special Edition/feature games from Atari. Yeah - it just means that there are super easy small kid versions of the game included with the game program. That's all just an easy young kid game variation. late. Hi, I always thought "Special Feature" was only used for kid game variations after 1980. "Special Edition" was used before, but it seems not to be related to kids: for example, it's used for Basic Programming too, but this program is not related to kids, I guess. Anny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Exactly. Special Edition has no special meaning. It just looks nice on the box: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft-MENU-2-...I-SOFT_LIB.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anny84 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Exactly. Special Edition has no special meaning. It just looks nice on the box: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft-MENU-2-...I-SOFT_LIB.html Really no meaning? Odd, a decision to put a label on the box just for attractiveness purpose Anny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Exactly. Special Edition has no special meaning. It just looks nice on the box: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft-MENU-2-...I-SOFT_LIB.html Really no meaning? Odd, a decision to put a label on the box just for attractiveness purpose Anny Blame the marketing department Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchysuperman Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Just marketing BS. No different than pretty much every DVD having "special edition" or "collector's edition" on the box, regardless of how vanilla it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anny84 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well, often the DVD special editions are a bit different from standard edition, contain some extra more on same DVD or a second disc. Anny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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