Digital Press guide and no Crazy Valet am I going crazy?

[Atari2600Lives]

I just finished with my digital press guide 2001 (just in time for the new one of course so I can start all over). I distinctly remember seeing Crazy Valet in the DP guide 2000 edition. In the last guide Crazy Valet is not there......what gives? Anyone else notice? anyone else care?

 

if you do not know about Crazy Valet...here is all the homebrew information:

 

http://home.tampabay.rr.com/bprescot/crazy...valet/index.htm

[Alex]

It's not in DP5 or DP6. I don't have DP7 yet, so I can't say about that. It may not have been released in time to make DP6, and it surely wasn't for DP5 so I think your mind is playing tricks on you. Unless I'm missing it (there's no index so that's possible).

[rolenta]

I just checked the new Guide and you're right, no Crazy Valet. I also noticed two minor problems in the homebrew section:

 

1) Alfred Challenge: Should note that this was released at World of Atari 98. This was the first of the exclusive show games

 

2) Sound-X. It's listed twice. The first listing says that it's a Tetris clone.

[slapdash]

2) Sound-X. It's listed twice. The first listing says that it's a Tetris clone.

 

Is Edtris there? If not, they just put the wrong name on the correct entry.

[Atari2600Lives]

Just got an Email from Joe at DP. He says they put a lot of effort into making sure they got all the homebrews in the next guide. They also gave the homebrews their own section to help organize it a bit more.

 

Crazy Valet is included! Cool game , cool label and I think he only has about 50 left forever.

 

Atari2600Lives

[Atari2600Lives]

Leonard first off...I know you hear this all the time....great, great book.

 

Are you saying that you have the brand new DP guide (2002) and it's not there? Joe told me it should be. is there a homebrew section perhaps?

 

Atari2600Lives

[+Atari_Warlord]

Leornard is correct, DP7 is missing Crazy Valet. Here are a few other gems I noticed on my first reading through the 2600 section.

 

Pg 58 - Under Defender II it notes that there was a lawsuit that prompted the name change from Stargate.

Pg 73 - Under Stargate it notes that they don't know why the name was changed to Defender II. Which one is right?

Pgs 70,75 - It mentions Sea Battle & Sword Fight are available through the intellivionlives website. I contacted them a year ago and they were long sold out.

Pg 119 - Under Homebrews it mentions that Gunfight is an improved version of Atari's Outlaw, but it might better be described as a more acurate conversion of the Midway Gunfight Arcade game or Bally Astrocade version. I'm still not sure that Outlaw/Gunslinger were base on this arcade game.

Also under Homebrews it is missing Sean Kelly's Multi-Carts, which are listed for other systems.

Pg 123,124 - They mention most of the CGE 2k2 releases but left Holey Moley & Realsports Basketball out, which could have been an issue with the timing of announcements.

Pg 135 - McDonald's under Rumor Mill verses One of a Kind section. Again, probably just timing.

 

It certainly is not my intention to be overly critical. This is the first version of the DP guide that I've purchased and am finding it a fascinating read. Especially all the systems I've heard little or nothing about. Since my primary passion is the 2600 I hope Leornard will eventually reprint his book at some point so I can have an opportunity to buy it.