Dino Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I will start an auction on the Marketplace today for this item. I already have a couple of Bids on it. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) If you want additional pictures for your site, please let me know. That would be fantastic. A picture of the loose tape and pictures or (even better) scans of the back of the blisterpack and the cassette inlay would be nice. SongMate added: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-songmate_27063.html Does it actually have a format, btw? PAL or NTSC I mean? Edited May 18, 2011 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Cool find! Isn't the Picturemate NTSC, Rom? Most of these have come from Venezuela, and they work fine on NTSC TV's. I also thought there was 4 Picturemates accounted for? - Marco - Nofrills100 - eBay auction number 230535638502 by Mabb, Oct 7th (or so) 2010 - an earlier ebay in 2010, about February or March? This one sold with a best offer IIRC. I seem to remember the buy it now was about $100, but it sold for a best offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 I look up all over and there´s no sign of Ntsc or Pal Sticker, maybe does not matter for the Software. If you have to choose, I will day is Ntsc since came from the US. came directly from Spectravideo in Usa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Does it actually have a format, btw? PAL or NTSC I mean? I think both tapes would work on NTSC and PAL alike. If you look at the PictureMate tape inlay, it tells you to switch the CompuMate into graphics mode before loading something from the tape. Therefore you would only load a couple of pictures (of animals ?) into the graphics editor. And since the picture resolution is the same in the NTSC and PAL CompuMate, I don't think the TV format matters for this tape. I suppose it's the same for the SongMate tape, except that you load a couple of songs into the CompuMate's music editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 - an earlier ebay in 2010, about February or March? This one sold with a best offer IIRC. I seem to remember the buy it now was about $100, but it sold for a best offer. I didn't know that. Is there any verification on that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Does it actually have a format, btw? PAL or NTSC I mean? I think both tapes would work on NTSC and PAL alike. If you look at the PictureMate tape inlay, it tells you to switch the CompuMate into graphics mode before loading something from the tape. Therefore you would only load a couple of pictures (of animals ?) into the graphics editor. And since the picture resolution is the same in the NTSC and PAL CompuMate, I don't think the TV format matters for this tape. I suppose it's the same for the SongMate tape, except that you load a couple of songs into the CompuMate's music editor. I see. I hope I can change this. AFAIK there's no option for a non formatvin our backoffice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) - an earlier ebay in 2010, about February or March? This one sold with a best offer IIRC. I seem to remember the buy it now was about $100, but it sold for a best offer. I didn't know that. Is there any verification on that one? Without people stepping forward and saying "i got that one" there is nothing to say they aren't listings for the same item, or that the item actually genuinely sold at all. Edited May 18, 2011 by nofrills100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstari Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I think both tapes would work on NTSC and PAL alike. If you look at the PictureMate tape inlay, it tells you to switch the CompuMate into graphics mode before loading something from the tape. Therefore you would only load a couple of pictures (of animals ?) into the graphics editor. And since the picture resolution is the same in the NTSC and PAL CompuMate, I don't think the TV format matters for this tape. I suppose it's the same for the SongMate tape, except that you load a couple of songs into the CompuMate's music editor. I also agree that the cassettes contain some pictures/songs to be loaded on the CompuMate and the second side is blank to save your own pictures/songs. Here is the inlay from PictureMate: So if there is tapes for the picture editor and the music editor I wonder is there is a tape for the Basic editor out there somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Without people stepping forward and saying "i got that one" there is nothing to say they aren't listings for the same item, or that the item actually genuinely sold at all. What I remember about it is that the seller wasn't Mabb. I've dealt with Mabb before, and had a very good transaction! It always sticks out in my mind when he is selling. It was a different Venezuela seller, and it sold as a best offer. It also had a bin, but the seller took the best offer. Did you buy yours with a best offer early in 2010? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 Without people stepping forward and saying "i got that one" there is nothing to say they aren't listings for the same item, or that the item actually genuinely sold at all. What I remember about it is that the seller wasn't Mabb. I've dealt with Mabb before, and had a very good transaction! It always sticks out in my mind when he is selling. It was a different Venezuela seller, and it sold as a best offer. It also had a bin, but the seller took the best offer. Did you buy yours with a best offer early in 2010? What is the story of that Seller? Mabb? it seems that dissapears from Here and Ebay a year ago way before my time. DId you know his real name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Without people stepping forward and saying "i got that one" there is nothing to say they aren't listings for the same item, or that the item actually genuinely sold at all. What I remember about it is that the seller wasn't Mabb. I've dealt with Mabb before, and had a very good transaction! It always sticks out in my mind when he is selling. It was a different Venezuela seller, and it sold as a best offer. It also had a bin, but the seller took the best offer. Did you buy yours with a best offer early in 2010? I got mine from Marco, he still has one in blister pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 - an earlier ebay in 2010, about February or March? This one sold with a best offer IIRC. I seem to remember the buy it now was about $100, but it sold for a best offer. I didn't know that. Is there any verification on that one? Without people stepping forward and saying "i got that one" there is nothing to say they aren't listings for the same item, or that the item actually genuinely sold at all. I agree. It is possible that Rom could be counting the same cart twice. Even if he didn't and an ebay auction was verified along with it being proven to not to be the same cart, he could still count the cart again later if he can't put a name with the cart. Also, it doesn't make sense to count the carts that have been known to exist but only the ones that are presently known to exist. If Rom can't contact an owner of a cart and have them say,"I got that one." then Rom doesn't know that the cart currently exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 - an earlier ebay in 2010, about February or March? This one sold with a best offer IIRC. I seem to remember the buy it now was about $100, but it sold for a best offer. I didn't know that. Is there any verification on that one? Without people stepping forward and saying "i got that one" there is nothing to say they aren't listings for the same item, or that the item actually genuinely sold at all. I agree. It is possible that Rom could be counting the same cart twice. Even if he didn't and an ebay auction was verified along with it being proven to not to be the same cart, he could still count the cart again later if he can't put a name with the cart. Also, it doesn't make sense to count the carts that have been known to exist but only the ones that are presently known to exist. If Rom can't contact an owner of a cart and have them say,"I got that one." then Rom doesn't know that the cart currently exists. Exactly. That's why I only know of three known to exist carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Dumping doesn't affect the value of the orginal at all. Look at Boing, Eli's Ladder, Ultravision's Condor Attack or, as I mentioned already, Sword of Saros, Suvival Island etc.... This is a myth put around by the people who own the original to frighten collectors or ego up their own personalities. See my example for Eli's Ladder instructions in a different thread, it's all about inflated egos. Dumping the data would only affect the value of an unreleased game. With an unreleased prototype it is no myth that the price will be affected it is a fact. Dumping the data of something like this might even increase the value because it will increase awareness that it does exist. For sure this should be dumped asap because the data is very likely to fade if it hasn't already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Do those cassettes actually still work, as cassettes seem to degrade over years. It's a shame if someone owns this cassette and sells it and it doesn't even work anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Do those cassettes actually still work, as cassettes seem to degrade over years. It's a shame if someone owns this cassette and sells it and it doesn't even work anymore I can test the Tape if the winner ask me to. I have a compumate and I can play it in my "new" Atari Walkman. Btw, I have sold Many games on tapes in the past six months and I haven´t recieve a complain about mal function, I know that a lot of people keep their collection in the original Sealed box, but some others do open the boxes and play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amstari Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Is the winner of the SongMate cassette going to identify themselves? What was the winning bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Let's hope the winning guy is clever enough to have it dumped on AtariMania, and the covers/instructions put up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edintv Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 The Winner is Marco at undisclosed amount. The tape should arrive this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 that's awesome, i love new discoveries. especially for the compumate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 How many are there of these at this point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 At least 6, and I haven't been following closely. So its about 1 per month that are being released... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Picturemate still seems to be at 3 maybe 4 As far as I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I received a PM from somebody claiming to have boxes of Songmate and Picturemate. I have connections in Venezuela so I am going to confirm this..... please stay tuned.....I do not want people to get ripped off like with the whole Ikari Warriors and Mororodeao fiasco. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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