Koopa64 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) For a while I thought Pitfall was called Adventure... >.< Anybody else? Edited July 14, 2009 by Koopa64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Hmm... at one point I thought I had actually seen an Atari 2600 version of Ladybug, but that was before I knew the difference between Coleco and 2600 carts (I was a little kid at the time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarius Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I thought the 4-switch case was smaller than the 6-switcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Going by reviews, I thought Pitfall II: Lost Caverns was going to be an actual adventure game. I thought it was going to be like Pitfall! mixed with Adventure level 3 where treasure was in random places and the enemies were 'smart'. Wrong! I hated being young and gullible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I was almost fooled into thinking the Sears versions of Atari games were actually originals, something complicated further by the fact that they did have originals like Stellar Track, Steeplechase, and Submarine Commander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) Going by reviews, I thought Pitfall II: Lost Caverns was going to be an actual adventure game. I thought it was going to be like Pitfall! mixed with Adventure level 3 where treasure was in random places and the enemies were 'smart'. Wrong! I hated being young and gullible. I felt that way more with the Swordquest games. I thought the Swordquest games would be kind of like Raiders and have some actual play value other than the puzzles you had to figure out with the comic and the lame minigames. (I mean, jeez, dodge rotating lines. How exciting.) The swordquest games were really a terrible waste of a good adventure/RPG style game engine. I'd love to see someone tear Earthworld or Fireworld apart and make a real game out of them. Edited July 14, 2009 by mos6507 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) 2600 wise and back in the day when Atari was all the rage, I never knew these products existed: Kid Vid cassette recorder, Smurf's & Berenstein Bears Compumate Starpath Supercharger ...if I had known about the Supercharger back then, it may have either tided me over from wanting a real computer or would have hastened my desire for one It's interesting most of you are talking about being duped, thinking some games were different than they were. I can't say I ever felt that way. Maybe it's because I usually did A LOT of research back then before purchasing. Money wasn't just thrown around by kids like it is today you know. And besides that, you could kinda tell what a game was all about by reading the back of the box and looking at the pretty screen shots :-) Oh - and as Mos6507 pointed out, I remember being confused too as to the Sears Telegames debacle. Was never duped or anything, just remember thinking that you had to be careful not to. lol Edited July 14, 2009 by save2600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 (edited) I thought the 4-switch case was smaller than the 6-switcher. I, like a lot of technologically naive people, used to think that there was magnetic tape underneath the dustcover. The way carts mated to the VCS meant you never really saw what was inside them. Kind of the light going off in the fridge syndrome... Many people called games "tapes" instead of carts, confusing them with 8-tracks or maybe mainframe reel to reels or early home computer cassette drives. Of course by the time Activision and others came around with no dustcovers on the edge connector it was obvious. Edited July 14, 2009 by mos6507 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Going by reviews, I thought Pitfall II: Lost Caverns was going to be an actual adventure game. I thought it was going to be like Pitfall! mixed with Adventure level 3 where treasure was in random places and the enemies were 'smart'. Wrong! I hated being young and gullible. I felt that way more with the Swordquest games. I thought the Swordquest games would be kind of like Raiders and have some actual play value other than the puzzles you had to figure out with the comic and the lame minigames. (I mean, jeez, dodge rotating lines. How exciting.) The swordquest games were really a terrible waste of a good adventure/RPG style game engine. I'd love to see someone tear Earthworld or Fireworld apart and make a real game out of them. Oh yeah, that was a big disappointment too, but people didn't hype them as the most advanced adventure games ever made. The first Swordquest game should have prepared me for future disappointments, but I just wasn't smart enough yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 As a kid I thought the Sears unit was similar but incompatible with the Atari 2600. I steered clear of them completely because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Several years ago, I thought that my light sixer was a heavy sixer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I have been misled by the art drawings and pictures in the boxes more than once, then it hit me, I have to use my imagination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 2600 wise and back in the day when Atari was all the rage, I never knew these products existed: Kid Vid cassette recorder, Smurf's & Berenstein Bears Compumate Starpath Supercharger ...if I had known about the Supercharger back then, it may have either tided me over from wanting a real computer or would have hastened my desire for one Same here. I grew up with the Atari and could have sworn I knew it all. It wasn't until I got my collection out of the attic about 10 years ago and seriously started to collect when I (ebarrased to admit) found out about the following: Starpath Supercharger HERO Pitfall 2 Quadrun Just about every game with a red Atari label and lots of other great games. This was nice because I actually realized there were a bunch of good games I have never heard of. Another thing I didn't know, but am glad I didn't was the hatred for so many games. People hated PacMan and ET? I had no idea. My friends and I played these games constantly and loved them to death. It was kind of like Ewoks. I didn't know you were supposed to hate these things until I got much older. Luckily I refuse to grow up and my kid eyes are still more than happy with these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 i recieved a bunch of carts from thailand and asia ... and one the carts had a turbo label ... so i was convinced to have turbo for the 2600 for a while, until i realised it's just another bootleg of enduro ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbarius Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) i recieved a bunch of carts from thailand and asia ... and one the carts had a turbo label ... so i was convinced to have turbo for the 2600 for a while, until i realised it's just another bootleg of enduro ... I almost can't believe it, just as I write this I switch back-and-forth to look at the picture again. Looks like they actually tried to make it look like an Atari release... or not... if they'd actually tried they would have done a better job... would they? ... OMG, it really blows my mind... look at that stuff written on there, it's gibberish 1983 ATARI, INC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2684Trade mark of Bally Midway Mfg. Co. Licensed by Namco-America INC. Btw, CX2684 actually is Galaxian. EDIT: So, I looked up the Galaxian cartridge, and see what it's got: they just copied the text from the Galaxian cart, maybe without knowing what it meant. I mean, that's why I said it's gibberish, what does Midway or Namco have to do with Enduro... or "Turbo"... BTW, is there some kind of "Off-topic thread" where you can post reactions like this one without "polluting" the original thread? Edited July 17, 2009 by Herbarius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I thought all games had to be arcade games before they could be Atari games. I thought all game carts could fit any system. I never knew that most Sears titles were copies of Atari titles, or that the respective Atari titles even existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user42 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 they just copied the text from the Galaxian cart, maybe without knowing what it meant. I mean, that's why I said it's gibberish, what does Midway or Namco have to do with Enduro... or "Turbo"... LOL. Good catch, that's too funny.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I first thought Super Cobra was the same game as G.I. Joe - Cobra Strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I first thought Super Cobra was the same game as G.I. Joe - Cobra Strike. you are so stupid! you have absolutely no knowlegde of atari games! ....just joking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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