soviet Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Hi this is my first post my english is not to good, i am a hardcore atari collector from uruguay. A few years ago, buy a bunch of 2600 games and mixed on all this carts i found this cartridge labeled ET and having a blue dot stiker. Inside have eproms, i like to know what kind of games is this. (clone,proto,pre release,lab loaner,testing). Plays like the normal et i don't looked to deep in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Joe Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 i wonder why that thing doesnt have a loaner cartridge label on it from the prototype lab. that's weird looking ive never seen one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Did someone say E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? It could have Howard Scott Warshaw's fingerprints all over the guts of the cartridge! Don't touch it! It could be worth millions! Oh crap, he's still alive isn't he? OK, it may not be worth millions yet, but it's only a matter of time. If he tries to hang on too long, he could always 'trip' and fall down some stairs at an Atari nerd convention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Hi this is my first post my english is not to good, i am a hardcore atari collector from uruguay. A few years ago, buy a bunch of 2600 games and mixed on all this carts i found this cartridge labeled ET and having a blue dot stiker. Inside have eproms, i like to know what kind of games is this. (clone,proto,pre release,lab loaner,testing). Plays like the normal et i don't looked to deep in the game. That's a loaner cartridge, nice find! i wonder why that thing doesnt have a loaner cartridge label on it from the prototype lab. that's weird looking ive never seen one. That's the kind of label they used before the Loaner Cartridge label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 That is really nice!!! Iv'e never seen one in a shell like that either. Excellent find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Since the end label is blank and since the main label only has the fugi/game program, it makes me wonder if they made a label underneath with the game program information or if they printed the game program information on the cart and then laminated that on top of it. Are text labels transparent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soviet Posted April 30, 2011 Author Share Posted April 30, 2011 I think how this proto get to uruguay to a flea market ?, it docent make much sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Since the end label is blank and since the main label only has the fugi/game program, it makes me wonder if they made a label underneath with the game program information or if they printed the game program information on the cart and then laminated that on top of it. Are text labels transparent? Nope, they're blank (and not transparent). http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/computerchess/computerchessproto.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Clearly a prototype, nice find. Shoot Wonder007 a PM, to see if he doesn't have this version, if you want to sell it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.O.T.S Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I can just image Howard Scott sitting back in a chair holding something like that,i wonder if the game itself is different in any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soviet Posted April 30, 2011 Author Share Posted April 30, 2011 I mailed to tempest from atariprotos.com he confirmed that is a proto as he says: it seems to by the final version of the game. Also he says that never have seen one that says stella releated, probabily because at atari in that time have multiple et projects going on at the same time so they put that on the eproms to differentiate this release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP Atari King of Michigan Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 That's a pretty cool find. I'd definitely never part with that. Any proto find is a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Since the end label is blank and since the main label only has the fugi/game program, it makes me wonder if they made a label underneath with the game program information or if they printed the game program information on the cart and then laminated that on top of it. Are text labels transparent? Nope, they're blank (and not transparent). http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/computerchess/computerchessproto.htm That's odd. Why would they create a blank label then put an E.T. sticker on it? It seems like they would either put E.T. on the label or have no label and just a sticker. Making a blank label for the purpose of putting a sticker on it seems pointless. It's a nice touch now but seems pointless for back then. soviet, Did it come with the hole in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soviet Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 No it dosent come with the hole, i made poking the srewdriver looking for a screw in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I probably would of tried a hair dryer but I would be scared of damaging it either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hola Soviet, Me imagino que hablas espanol. Mira, si Ud. quiere vender su juego proto de ET, por favor mandame un correo privado a Wonder007. Te voy a mandar una tambien privadamente. Espero su contestacion. Atentamente, - Wonder007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soviet Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Heys buy i have to open it someway to see inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Koala Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Maybe someone can answer this for me. Whenever a proto is found they always want to open it up and see the innards. Could someone explain this to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Maybe someone can answer this for me. Whenever a proto is found they always want to open it up and see the innards. Could someone explain this to me? EPROMs can be reprogrammed. So if you're working on a game you can save it to the same cartridge, rather than having to use a new one each time. I'd assume people are opening the proto carts to verify the type of chip(s) on the board, and the fact that it is indeed a prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN FEVER Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Nice find but is it valuable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiggw Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 i wonder why that thing doesnt have a loaner cartridge label on it from the prototype lab. that's weird looking ive never seen one. Well if Joe has never seen one....it must not exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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