Just a curious question

[anny84]

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

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Anny

[ovalbugmann]

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

[anny84]

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

[Rom Hunter]

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

 

[anny84]

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

[Crazy Climber]

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

[crunchysuperman]

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.

[anny84]

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