Klove Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 All, I just had to put this listing together for some of the people here on my side. I thought that I would go-ahead and post this here, before I lose this in the flood of emails I keep. If anyone has ever wondered about the original Activision Atari 2600 Catridge release dates, well.. "Here ya' go." These come straight from our archives... Hopefully, they'll all show-up A-OK. I apologize if they don't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlantis Original Release Date: 04/22/88 Originally published by Imagic in 1982 Barnstorming Original Release Date: 03/01/82 Baseball Original Release Date: 03/12/88 Distributed by Activision in 1982. Originally released as PETE ROSE BASEBALL Beamrider Original Release Date: 01/24/84 Boxing Original Release Date: 07/01/80 Bridge Original Release Date: 12/01/88 Checkers Original Release Date: 07/01/80 Chopper Command Original Release Date: 05/01/82 Commando Original Release Date: 01/29/88 Cosmic Commuter Original Release Date: 11/09/84 Crackpots Original Release Date: 05/16/83 Decathlon Original Release Date: 03/18/83 Demon Attack Original Release Date: 04/22/88 Originally published by Imagic in 1982 Dolphin Original Release Date: 12/27/83 Dragster Original Release Date: 07/01/80 Enduro Original Release Date: 02/01/83 Fishing Derby Original Release Date: 07/01/80 Freeway Original Release Date: 07/01/81 Frostbite Original Release Date: 08/14/83 Grand Prix Original Release Date: 03/01/82 H.E.R.O Original Release Date: 03/23/84 Ice Hockey Original Release Date: 12/01/81 Kabobber Previously Unreleased Development Period: Late 1984 Kaboom Original Release Date: 07/01/81 Keystone Kapers Original Release Date: 01/25/83 Laser Blast Original Release Date: 03/01/81 Megamania Original Release Date: 04/09/82 Moonsweeper Original Release Date: 04/22/88 Originally published by Imagic in 1983 Oink Original Release Date: 12/27/82 Pitfall Original Release Date: 04/20/82 Pitfall 2 Original Release Date: 09/16/83 Plaque Attack Original Release Date: 02/22/83 Pressure Cooker Original Release Date: 08/26/83 Private Eye Original Release Date: 09/19/83 Rampage Original Release Date: 02/07/89 River Raid Original Release Date: 08/19/82 River Raid 2 Original Release Date: 07/28/88 Robot Tank Original Release Date: 03/24/83 Seaquest Original Release Date: 09/27/83 Skiing Original Release Date: 12/01/80 Skateboardin’ Original Release Date: 07/14/87 Distributed by Activision in 1987 Sky Jinks Original Release Date: 11/01/82 Space Shuttle Original Release Date: 09/07/83 Spider Fighter Original Release Date: 09/27/82 Stampede Original Release Date: 12/01/81 Starmaster Original Release Date: 06/23/82 Tennis Original Release Date: 03/01/81 Thwocker Previously Unreleased Development Period: Late 1984 Titlematch Pro Wrestling Original Release Date: 07/14/87 Distributed by Activision in 1987 Tomcat: The F14 Flight Simulator Original Release Date: 02/17/88 Distributed by Activision in 1988 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klove Posted October 4, 2002 Author Share Posted October 4, 2002 My mistake. I just notice that my Release date for Pete Rose Baseball is off. It should've been the same date, 1988. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Ken - Thanks for the info! FYI - I noticed the Bridge release date is 12/1/1988 - should it be 12/1/1980? I didn't notice anything else peculiar. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klove Posted October 4, 2002 Author Share Posted October 4, 2002 Thanks Johnny. You're right about that one. "Sorry. My bad." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 Cool stuff! You don't, by chance, have a 7800 release list laying around do you? Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 4, 2002 Share Posted October 4, 2002 I hope that becomes a permanent addition to the AtariAge files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Yancey Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 Ken, Are some of my dates incorrect? Here are mine that are different from yours(I do not have the exact day-- only the month): Baseball: Distributed by Activision in 1982??? Bridge: noted in above post as Dec. 1980 Chopper Command: June 1982 Dolphin: April 1983 Frostbite: Oct. 1983 Keystone Kapers: April 1983 Megamania: Sep. 1982 Oink!: April 1983 Pitfall!: Sep. 1982 River Raid: Dec. 1982 Space Shuttle: Nov. 1983 David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 Thanks .. Now who can assemble the release dates for Atari Sears carts? Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 Where's Double Dragon? I too wouldn't mind see a 7800 or 5200 listing ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 That's really great - thanks. Oh yeah, any release date for Ghostbusters? - I'm figuring '84 but I don't know the month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klove Posted October 5, 2002 Author Share Posted October 5, 2002 Whoopsie Again! I couldn't help but notice that I missed a couple. Damn! OK.. "Here's the rest." 2600: Double Dragon Original Release Date: 06/23/89 (Atari 2600) Ghostbusters Original Release Date: 05/10/85 (Atari 2600) Kung-Fu Master Original Release Date: 05/12/87 (Atari 2600) 7800: Double Dragon Original Release Date: 10/16/89 (Atari 7800) Rampage Original Release Date: 03/30/89 (Atari 7800) 5200: Beamrirder Original Release Date: 04/27/84 (Atari 5200) Decathlon Original Release Date: 05/18/84 (Atari 5200) Dreadnaught Factor Original Release Date: 02/17/84 (Atari 5200) H.E.R.O. Original Release Date: 02/17/84 (Atari 5200) Kaboom! Original Release Date: 09/30/83 (Atari 5200) Keystone Kapers Original Release Date: 02/02/84 (Atari 5200) Megamania Original Release Date: 11/07/83 (Atari 5200) Dreadnaught Factor Original Release Date: 02/17/84 (Atari 5200) Pastfinder Original Release Date: 07/30/84 (Atari 5200) Pitfall 2 Original Release Date: 06/18/84 (Atari 5200) Pitfall Original Release Date: 01/24/84 (Atari 5200) River Raid Original Release Date: 09/26/83 (Atari 5200) Space Shuttle Original Release Date: 07/30/84 (Atari 5200) Zenji Original Release Date: 04/21/84 (Atari 5200) Zone Ranger Original Release Date: 07/30/84 (Atari 5200) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted October 5, 2002 Share Posted October 5, 2002 7800: Double Dragon Original Release Date: 10/16/89 (Atari 7800) Rampage Original Release Date: 03/30/89 (Atari 7800) Interesting, I didn't know that Rampage was released first. Thanks for the info. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister VCS Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Ken: was Ghostbusters II an original Activision-Title or is it completely from Salu? What is the story behind this game? I think Ghostbuster II is a version of the Activision computer-game (C 64, Atari ST, Amiga). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Are you sure with Dolphin 12/27/83 (not 82 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cx2k Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Pastfinder Original Release Date: 07/30/84 (Atari 5200) Pastfinder never came out for the 5200. Is it possible the 5200 list is mixed in with the 8-bit list since the two were essentially the same? If not, I'd love to see an 8-bit list if that was also available. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klove Posted October 6, 2002 Author Share Posted October 6, 2002 Dolphin date is correct. Thanks, Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klove Posted October 6, 2002 Author Share Posted October 6, 2002 OK.... Here's what I believe the story to be with Ghostbusters 2. As we all know, Activision released both PC and NES versions of Ghostbusters 2. The Atari 2600 version was Published by SALU Limited. OK, while I dont have the original SALU / Ghostbsters 2 contract in front of me, this is what I'm lead to beleive happened with it. Around 1988 / 1989, Activision had worked out a Distribution deal with SALU over in Europe. The deal basically let SALU distribute our Atari 2600 games. I'm fairly certain the deal was between Activision UK and SALU. Rather than Activision US and SALU. I'm betting that after this deal was initially cut, there was probabaly alot of good feelings between the companies. SALU naturally getting our 2600 library, and us getting a pretty good amount of money. The time this deal was cut, Atari was enjoying a small resurgance with the Atari 2600 "Junior". SALU probably came back to Activision UK at some point in time shortly after this deal, and found out that Activision had the rights to Ghostbusters 2. Asked Activision.. "Hey, are you guys going to do anything with Ghostbusters 2 for the Atari 2600." We said "No.", and SALU then probably came back with a Licensing offer. That deal was probably really simple. Alot of ca$h and all we had to do was approve their finished goods. I'll go into this topic much deeper when we finally launch the Activisions website. There's actually quite a bit more to the story than just this. http://www.activisionanthology.com Stay Tuned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Dolphin date is correct. Thanks! I only wondered, because Oink (AX 023) was released at 12/27/82 and Dolphin (AX 024) exactly a whole year later and after more than ten other releases, all with higher numbers. So it looks like the game got delayed a lot. Any idea if that is true and, if yes, why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klove Posted October 6, 2002 Author Share Posted October 6, 2002 Heya Thomas! Not quite sure of that, actually. Maybe, once we get that far in the Anthology website, I'll hit Mike and Matt up to find out what happened there. Thomas, do you think you can NTSC to PAL a few more ROMS for us? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Thomas, do you think you can NTSC to PAL a few more ROMS for us? As long as we a talking about the 2600, sure! I hope those converted ROMs will be free and public available too? Or do you prefer to pay me a lot of $$$? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klove Posted October 6, 2002 Author Share Posted October 6, 2002 Thomas, Just tell me how to get them to you. I really need to get them asap as well I can post thgem on our FTP if you'd like. Lemme' know. - Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Just tell me how to get them to you. I really need to get them asap as well Just email them to me and I'll do my very best. 4K ROMs usually only need less than two hours, 8K and especially 16K superproportional more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Dolphin date is correct. Thanks! I only wondered, because Oink (AX 023) was released at 12/27/82 and Dolphin (AX 024) exactly a whole year later and after more than ten other releases, all with higher numbers. So it looks like the game got delayed a lot. Any idea if that is true and, if yes, why Thats strange. I own a Prototype from Dolphin with this date: 12/20/82 so the Prototype is over one year older then the released game? And this with no diffrents? I think too, that there must be a wrong date. I think if a Prototype is over one year older then the released game, then it will something be changed before it will released. But why they wait over a year, and release the same game? Here a picture from the Prototype: Dolphin Prototype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 Tempest's prototype is having the same date: And he says that he found no differences too. Are you still sure Ken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted October 6, 2002 Share Posted October 6, 2002 On the site, where this Dolphin Prototype came was this Oink Prototype too. And it has the same date. So I think the date is wrong too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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