edintv Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 There´s a seller on Brazil (Ebay equivalent) that´s claiming to have a smurf cart for 2600 branded Intellivision, the picture is bad but you can recognize something looking as intellivision on it. This is real or a Scam? There's the link: http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-153749961-raro-smurf-marca-intellivision-para-atari-2600-jogo-_JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I think it's real. i have seen intellivision branded 2600 games before. Some kind of foreign distributing thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 I think it's real. i have seen intellivision branded 2600 games before. Some kind of foreign distributing thing? But Smurf is a Coleco Title (I think so), for an Atari system? is too strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-smurf_17868.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 http://www.atarimani...murf_17868.html Thanks, So, as I understand from the web page, that brand has nothing to do with Mattel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 http://www.atarimani...murf_17868.html Thanks, So, as I understand from the web page, that brand has nothing to do with Mattel? It's in spanish isnt it? i just glanced at it. or is it portuguese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 http://www.atarimani...murf_17868.html Thanks, So, as I understand from the web page, that brand has nothing to do with Mattel? It's in spanish isnt it? i just glanced at it. or is it portuguese? Probably Portuguese (from Brazil). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 What is the mystery? If somebody is producing pirate software, it stands to reason that it might sell a little better if the product has a bit of name-recognition behind it. Nevermind that it wasn't used "officially" in that manner. Aren't there like a billion modern pirate consoles that are either spelled like or sound like "Nintendo"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 What is the mystery? If somebody is producing pirate software, it stands to reason that it might sell a little better if the product has a bit of name-recognition behind it. Nevermind that it wasn't used "officially" in that manner. Aren't there like a billion modern pirate consoles that are either spelled like or sound like "Nintendo"? I just think that is very unusual, Intellivision was branded "Digiplay" in Brazil, so Intellivision was not a very well known name at the time. extrange.. In Venezuela, the official distributor of Nintendo (even was called Nintendo C. A.) was also assembling pirated games and importing all sort of imitation accesories (and a pirated Famicom) they get sued by Nintendo and lost, that was the end of that company.. You don´t see almost any Nintendo or Sega sealed items from Venezuela because their untrusty origins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 it's real...I saw a lot of those game before on ebay....always wanted one just because it's was cool to see an atari game made by intellivision. is it intellivision that made that game? I'm not sure about that but my guess is no LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) it's real...I saw a lot of those game before on ebay....always wanted one just because it's was cool to see an atari game made by intellivision. is it intellivision that made that game? I'm not sure about that but my guess is no LOL Max, The Mattel line for Atari is called M Network. I have tried several games (Baseball, Astrosmash, Frog Bog) and didn´t like any of them (the original are far better). I have to try the rest, apparently Tron deadly disc is good. I have several of those games sealed, but i´m trying to find them opened. there's also armor battle, Adventures of tron (I think is a very changed version of tron maze-a-tron) He-man, Bump n´Jump, Lock n´Chase and so. Also they released and Especiol edition Tron Joystick that is very cool. It seems The smurf is a pirated version, intellivision is a brand they choose to release the game. But if you want to buy it, i can help you the US$ and Reais conversion is 1 to 2, so will cost 14,5 (30 R) plus ship, only i had to talk to the seller if he´s willing to do business internationally. -Ed Edited August 31, 2010 by edintv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I just think that is very unusual, Intellivision was branded "Digiplay" in BrazilAll the more likely that some pirate is going to latch onto the Intellivision name which wasn't being used in the region, then Maybe odd that Mattel chose not to use the brand name themselves in the region, but there might have been a reason behind that. so Intellivision was not a very well known name at the time. I find that difficult to believe. Mattel advertising was as prevailant as Atari back in the 80's - they were the two top dogs in the market. Video games were *the* hot commodity for startups. So I'd imagine that the biggest players were known worldwide regardless of how they branded their products in differing regions. Or, it could have been something simple...like a pirate trying to pass off a cartridge as being "official" but not having much insight or familarity themselves into who releases what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 I just think that is very unusual, Intellivision was branded "Digiplay" in BrazilAll the more likely that some pirate is going to latch onto the Intellivision name which wasn't being used in the region, then Maybe odd that Mattel chose not to use the brand name themselves in the region, but there might have been a reason behind that. so Intellivision was not a very well known name at the time. I find that difficult to believe. Mattel advertising was as prevailant as Atari back in the 80's - they were the two top dogs in the market. Video games were *the* hot commodity for startups. So I'd imagine that the biggest players were known worldwide regardless of how they branded their products in differing regions. Or, it could have been something simple...like a pirate trying to pass off a cartridge as being "official" but not having much insight or familarity themselves into who releases what. Brazil is a big country with a lot of population, so Mattel licensed (and also activision) their products to be released (and I think manufactured) in Brazil, of course with portuguese manuals and names. and back then the world was not globalized as now days, it was very hard to know what happens in other countries (of course only important news). but i guess the brand was known enough in Brazil for this.. About the publicity, In my country you didn´t see any publicity on tv for any video game console (or even magazines, I've searching for ads) the stores was the only way to know the product and hear to mouth. what happen in the US is not an example for others, specially 3rd world countries.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Smurf for the Intellivision, which Coleco was handling, was never released domestically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 Smurf for the Intellivision, which Coleco was handling, was never released domestically. Yes, but we are talking about an Atari 2600 game branded Intellivision, a pirate release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 (edited) Wow!, makes me wonder how many other obscure game carts are out there! Edited September 5, 2010 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 More than we'll ever know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tz101 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 it's real...I saw a lot of those game before on ebay....always wanted one just because it's was cool to see an atari game made by intellivision. is it intellivision that made that game? I'm not sure about that but my guess is no LOL Max, The Mattel line for Atari is called M Network. I have tried several games (Baseball, Astrosmash, Frog Bog) and didn´t like any of them (the original are far better). I have to try the rest, apparently Tron deadly disc is good. I have several of those games sealed, but i´m trying to find them opened. there's also armor battle, Adventures of tron (I think is a very changed version of tron maze-a-tron) He-man, Bump n´Jump, Lock n´Chase and so. Also they released and Especiol edition Tron Joystick that is very cool. It seems The smurf is a pirated version, intellivision is a brand they choose to release the game. But if you want to buy it, i can help you the US$ and Reais conversion is 1 to 2, so will cost 14,5 (30 R) plus ship, only i had to talk to the seller if he´s willing to do business internationally. -Ed M Network Lock-N-Chase for VCS is an excellent game. Astrosmash and Dark Cavern are nice Intellivision translations as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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