Official Multicarts

[Hornpipe2]

I was looking at "Multicart" on Wikipedia and found a supposed list of "official" 2600 multicarts here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicart#Atari_2600

 

There are five listed:

    * 32 in 1: Only released in Europe (PAL systems) contains Atari's early hits such as Blackjack, Boxing and Combat
   * Arcade Pinball 3-in-1
   * Boxing, Freeway, Sky, and Tenn Dactor 4-in-1
   * Combat 5-in-1
   * Super Action Pack: contains Pitfall!, Grand Prix, Laser Blast, and Barnstorming

 

I've never heard of some of these (none have references either, feh). What can anyone tell me about these carts?

[vcsdream]

The Atari 32 in 1 is official, as you know, so are the Australian 'paks'; Go for Gold, Action etc..

the others surely are not

Edited December 2, 2009 by vcsdream

[+Omegamatrix]

I'm guessing Combat 5-in-1 ws created by someone looking at the text label (like tank, bi-plane, etc..)

 

 

 

 

That list if just plain awful. At least they got the 32 in 1 right.

[Hornpipe2]

I fixed up the list a bit, to only include the 32-in-1 and AtariAge's own 2005 Minigame Multicart. The whole article is screwed and includes things like pirated NES releases, unsourced info, etc. Oh well.

 

ETA: I left out the Australian Paks as they were released by H.E.S. which as I understand it actually pirated Activision's games to make their carts?

Edited December 2, 2009 by Hornpipe2