Rurouni_Fencer Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Hey all! I was going through an old box of Atari games the other day and I came across a PCB for Berzerk. To be honest, I'm not really sure what I'm looking at when it comes to most Atari games, (I'm more of an 8 bit and 16-bit person, to be honest.) But I grew up as a child with a 7800 and I'm eager to learn more about the Atari scene. Anyway, I was curious about this particular chip and figured this would be the authority to go to. As you'll see in the pictures, it has a red-dot sticker with the name of the game hand-written. I've read that certain colored stickers denoted what the purpose of the PCB was for: either in-house testing, media-copies, etc. From my own limited research, i can only guess that it either is an early build of the game, or a pirated copy. But I can't find any input sources on the chip itself for data transferring. Also, the PCB came in a box of 2600 games and the system, which I was given by a friend at work who was cleaning out his attic. Funny thing is, he also had an original, mass-produced copy of the 2600 game included with the lot, so I don't know why he would have a pirated copy of a game he already owned. Anyway, I'm hoping somebody out there can help me. I'm not banking on finding a rare copy of a game, and I'm certainly not hoping to score some money or anything like that.. I'm just a fan of classic video game collecting, and I'm curious about what I've got. So if there's any other info I can provide, I'd be happy to post it, and I look forward to any feedback I might receive. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Yarrr matee! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 YEEEAARRRGHHH! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 YEEEAARRRGHHH! Arrrr...Plus one for yee scalawag...arrrrrr!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 YEEEAARRRGHHH! Arrrr...Plus one for yee scalawag...arrrrrr!!! In case your not understanding what they are saying, these guys are telling you that the item is not a proto, but rather a pirate. Sorry for the sarcasm. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 YEEEAARRRGHHH! Arrrr...Plus one for yee scalawag...arrrrrr!!! In case your not understanding what they are saying, these guys are telling you that the item is not a proto, but rather a pirate. Sorry for the sarcasm. Yarrr, no plus ones for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 YEEEAARRRGHHH! Arrrr...Plus one for yee scalawag...arrrrrr!!! ARRRGH, a swig of grog to yee, aaarrr! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 YEEEAARRRGHHH! Arrrr...Plus one for yee scalawag...arrrrrr!!! ARRRGH, a swig of grog to yee, aaarrr! Arrrr...Avast Ye matee! Hornswaggled yee Atari games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Well I dare say these ruthless scalawags will surely hang for their crimes against the glorious Empire, and I am certainly the Leftenant to give them the what-for! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Well I dare say these ruthless scalawags will surely hang for their crimes against the glorious Empire, and I am certainly the Leftenant to give them the what-for! Dude!!? It doesn't count unless you put a Pirate icon after it... Example "Yarrr" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDW Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Well I dare say these ruthless scalawags will surely hang for their crimes against the glorious Empire, and I am certainly the Leftenant to give them the what-for! YeEEEARRGH, Damn brits, we shall not stop until we are at the bottom of Davie Jones's locker, YEEAARRGH! :ahoy: :ahoy: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 There's no little Admiralty hat though! I can't even find one... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rurouni_Fencer Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 (edited) LOL! Very subtle, guys, but freakin' hilarious! Thanks for all the replies - I wasn't counting on anything special.. Now, what do you guys recommend? Burn the chip upon an E.T. cart and watch the collective flames burn purple with pure evil, or just bury it with the rest o' me stolen treasure..?? Edited May 16, 2010 by Rurouni_Fencer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 LOL! Very subtle, guys, but freakin' hilarious! Thanks for all the replies - I wasn't counting on anything special.. Now, what do you guys recommend? Burn the chip upon an E.T. cart and watch the collective flames burn purple with pure evil, or just bury it with the rest o' me stolen treasure..?? Yarrr, meake yee cannon loads with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantai Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Yoo ho ho! and a bottle' o' Rum, it be a false treasure ye gots matey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Even if it is just a pirate on in-house copy and not an actual proto I still think it is cool! I would collect these if I had space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Even if it is just a pirate on in-house copy and not an actual proto I still think it is cool! I would collect these if I had space! All ye needs, is a small one of these. Arrrrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 It never ceases to amaze me how many pirates have been found that were made back in the day. As a kid, I never heard of it, nor would I have even had the means or tools to do it. I thought piracy was limited to computers up till the Playstation (at least in the USA) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) I taught English in Jakarta, Indonesia for a year back in 2004. I could go to shopping malls and walk into what looked like perfectly legit stores that specialized in pirated software. You'd walk around in a store laid out like a bookstore and see color photocopies of the covers of various software/games for PCs, Macs, Playstations, etc. You could then write down the number of the item you were interested in and walked up to the 'techies' at the checkout counter to order it. If they didn't already have a copy ready to sell, they would burn you a copy of the pirated disc while you waited for about 15 minutes or so. And these copies actually had labels and color print inserts for the CD jewel case. This was all done in the open in a modern shopping mall with clothing stores, jewelry stores, electronics, etc. The cost of a disc was the equivalent of maybe 10% of the MSRP for the original software. Amazing to see - it really blew me away. I'm not at all surprised that lots of pirate carts were manufactured on the cheap and sold in Asia. Edited June 3, 2010 by ls650 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 It never ceases to amaze me how many pirates have been found that were made back in the day. As a kid, I never heard of it, nor would I have even had the means or tools to do it. I thought piracy was limited to computers up till the Playstation (at least in the USA) As a kid, all I played was pirates!! I never saw an original game! This was in south america by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 It never ceases to amaze me how many pirates have been found that were made back in the day. As a kid, I never heard of it, nor would I have even had the means or tools to do it. I thought piracy was limited to computers up till the Playstation (at least in the USA) In 1984 or early 1985, I vaguely remember seeing a schematic in an electronics magazine for a device to dump Atari 2600 cartridges to cassette tape (persumably so they could be pirated). Unfortuantely, I don't remember the details as I had sold my Atari 2600 by then and I did not pay too much attention. This is the only example I ever recall seeing of a device to pirate cartridges. Certainly none of my friends or I would have recgonized an EPROM burner if we fell over it, much less had any idea how to make use of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 It never ceases to amaze me how many pirates have been found that were made back in the day. As a kid, I never heard of it, nor would I have even had the means or tools to do it. I thought piracy was limited to computers up till the Playstation (at least in the USA) In 1984 or early 1985, I vaguely remember seeing a schematic in an electronics magazine for a device to dump Atari 2600 cartridges to cassette tape (persumably so they could be pirated). Unfortuantely, I don't remember the details as I had sold my Atari 2600 by then and I did not pay too much attention. This is the only example I ever recall seeing of a device to pirate cartridges. Certainly none of my friends or I would have recgonized an EPROM burner if we fell over it, much less had any idea how to make use of it. Yep, here is the article www.digitpress.com/library/techdocs/atari_game_recorder.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN FEVER Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 yo ho its an 80s pirates life for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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