Telegames USA

[Schitti]

i'm looking for some infos about the boxes from telegames usa.

is there any difference between the ntsc and the pal box?

can anyone proof this ?

[Sysbase]

Pal box won't look right on your screen if your in the states and NTSC would be the correct way to go.

[yuppicide]

He said box, not game. As in cardboard box.

[Shawn]

The box says telegames USA right on the front of the box in a 3 inch circle at the top left hand corner.

[Schitti]

it seems that neither the cart nor the box from Telegames USA has any difference. no PAL sticker or any other note. the front and the backside of the cardboart seems to be identical.

the same thing is with the normal Telegames boxes.

 

only at the M-Network games (the same style how Telegames USA) is a difference between the standard and the canadian cardboard. but they are all ntsc.

[Rom Hunter]

The only way to check if you have a PAL or NTSC Telegames USA title is to check the cart itself.

 

I still don't have a 100% overview of exactly which Telegames or Telegames USA titles were released in which format.

 

There seems to be no structure in this, other than a chaotic one:

http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...n_sauver=Search

 

http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...n_sauver=Search

 

[Schitti]

hmm,

i have some pairs from the same titles from pal and ntsc. at no boxstyle is any difference between them.

also the manuals are identical.

were the pal games only sold in the UK ?

[Seob]

Don't think they where only sold in the uk. They where printed in the UK but i think they sold all over western europe. I live in the Netherlands and i also have telegames USA games.

[AtariLeaf]

The only way to check if you have a PAL or NTSC Telegames USA title is to check the cart itself.

 

I still don't have a 100% overview of exactly which Telegames or Telegames USA titles were released in which format.

 

There seems to be no structure in this, other than a chaotic one:

http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...n_sauver=Search

 

http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...n_sauver=Search

 

 

Interesting. I have a boxed Telegames bump and jump and the label difference I see from your site is that the part of the label which says "video game cartridge for Atari* 2600 game consoles. This product is manufactured under worldwide license by -".

On the NTSC this looks like a seperate smaller label on the main label and the PAL version has that written on the main label. Mine has the seperate smaller label on top of the main label as well. Is that a uniform difference in telling NTSC from PAL?

[Rom Hunter]

I doubt it.

 

But it would be great if it is.

 

I always wondered what is underneath that sticker.

 

[user42]

I have my own question about Telegames.

I see that they re-released many games in the late 80's...

Are these games straight re-releases or are they hacks (some kind of changes made to the game) ? Of course, Universal Chaos had some changes made, but what about the rest?

[Rom Hunter]

They got their hands on Glacier Patrol, an unreleased Sunrise Software game.

 

And of course the mysterious 32 in 1 cart.

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=19284

 

AFAIK Marco owns it, but I've never seen that one.

 

Also don't know which games are on it.

 

Edited December 29, 2008 by Rom Hunter

[user42]

They got their hands on Glacier Patrol, an unreleased Sunrise Software game.

 

And of course the mysterious 32 in 1 cart.

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=19284

 

AFAIK Marco owns it, but I've never seen that one.

 

Also don't know which games are on it.

 

 

 

Yeah, but that really doesn't answer my question. Universal Chaos and Glacier Patrol aside, are the rest of thier releases, just straight re-releases? It would seem so...

Did they somehow aquire the rights to these games? Or are they pirates...too lazy to even remove the old logos...?

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=16898

[Marco]

They got their hands on Glacier Patrol, an unreleased Sunrise Software game.

 

And of course the mysterious 32 in 1 cart.

http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=19284

 

AFAIK Marco owns it, but I've never seen that one.

 

Also don't know which games are on it.

 

No mystery there, it's the regular Atari green label 32-in-1

 

Cheers,

Marco

[Rom Hunter]

Universal Chaos and Glacier Patrol aside, are the rest of thier releases, just straight re-releases?

Yep.

 

 

Marco,

 

So the 32 in 1 has nothing to do with Telegames?

 

I can remove that entry?

 

[moknbyrdx1]

I always wondered what is underneath that sticker.

 

Just bought a "New" Telegames Lock 'n' Chase. It has a second sticker on the front. Mine was partially peeled up so I removed it. Here is what was there.

[Supergun]

Welcome!

(Stated in Mola Ram Temple of Doom voice)

 

They are all like that. And guess what, it gets even dicier from there! Because do you know why they are like that? Its because the boards inside use EPROMs. So Telegames used that method to modify carts from PAL to NTSC and vice versa. So NEVER pay up for one of those in a particular format. Because with a hair dryer, you remove the sticker, open the cart, desolder the PAL eprom, erase it, reprogram it as NTSC, resolder it, close case, replace sticker, and youve got a 100% authentic NTSC version. So have fun with this one collectors!

[moknbyrdx1]

Wow. I'm old. You just went over my head. HA