jacobus Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 A very pleasant surprise from eBay this morning, I thought I was buying a copy of Quasimodo, instead it turned out to be part of a complete promotional package from Synapse! The package includes; a marketing letter, price list, mailer, demo diskette (#6) and the flattened Quasimodo box! I've included an image of the demo diskette: Synapse Demo Disk #6.ATR The addition of the Quasimodo box to my collection is very welcome, now only a couple more (Alley Cat and Dodge Racer)!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fres Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Nice collection. Some of those are for C64 (besides NYC), right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobus Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 Nice collection. Some of those are for C64 (besides NYC), right? yes, Sentinel and Slamball of course, but also Shamus Case II (still looking for a reasonably priced Atari version - anyone want to trade? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Great score! Was there really a boxed version of Dodge Racer? I thought the game was only released in ziplock packaging. Did anybody notice the projected distribution of Pharaoh's Curse and Necromancer on cartridge? -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockford Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 What a great find! Congrats Jacobus and thanks a bunch for scanning these and posting. I would love to have scans of VIC20 stuff, but these seem to be impossible to find (even rarer than Alley Cat). @Atari Frog As far as I know a boxed version of Dodge Racer (as well as Protector) were not released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobus Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 What a great find! Congrats Jacobus and thanks a bunch for scanning these and posting. I would love to have scans of VIC20 stuff, but these seem to be impossible to find (even rarer than Alley Cat). @Atari Frog As far as I know a boxed version of Dodge Racer (as well as Protector) were not released. A boxed version of Dodge Racer was released. I bought a copy in roughly 1985 from the bargain bin. And sometime between then and now I managed to lose it. I'll likely be pissed off about that for many more years to come! Protector was replaced by Protector II (likely due to copyright issues with Crystalware), but every other title was put in box format at some time. I am expecting the Protector II ziplock version in the mail in the next couple of days. I'll post a picture when I get it. I was really pleased to find the price list with product codes since they give a very strong indication of release order. I've been trying to determine the order for several years from a combination of box dates, box styles, magazine articles, embedded advertising, etc - but this price list is the most definitive bit of info so far. I only wish I could find earlier versions of it that references some of the initial releases. My current release order list is as follows: Protector Dodge Racer Protector II Chicken Nautilus Slime Shamus Fort Apocalypse Picnic Paranoia Claim Jumper Necromancer Shadow World Survivor Drelbs Shamus Case II The Pharaoh's Curse Sentinel Blue Max Zeppelin Rainbow Walker Encounter Quasimodo Slamball Alley Cat Blue Max 2001 Dimension X NYC: The Big Apple The box dates are very suspect as that Synapse suffered from some of the earliest cases of vapourware - for instance Dimension X was released after much delay in late 1984, but the box says 1983. Obviously they were printed long before the game was ready. Tim Boxell appeared here a few years ago, and from what I understand he still has copies of his original artwork. There was some talk of him releasing at as a book, but I'm not sure where that stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fres Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Didn't Dodge Racer come before Protector? Perhaps not, but the manual for Dodge Racer seems to lead one to think so. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-dodge-racer_1655.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockford Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 A boxed version of Dodge Racer was released. I bought a copy in roughly 1985 from the bargain bin. And sometime between then and now I managed to lose it. I'll likely be pissed off about that for many more years to come! Well, I was misleaded by an ancient magazine ad, which showed Dodge Racer only as a ziplock version. Anyways, thanks for clearing me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobus Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 Didn't Dodge Racer come before Protector? Perhaps not, but the manual for Dodge Racer seems to lead one to think so. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-dodge-racer_1655.html You're right - good catch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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