Atari8bitCarts Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I stumbled on this, maybe already posted? Are these legit? ATARI 400 Prototype Game Cartridges eBay Auction -- Item Number: 170814890740 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0tki Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 They look legit to me. It's interesting how Frogger II and Monty are labelled as 12K. The final version of Frogger II indeed contains only 12 KB of data, but the known ROM image of Montezuma's Revenge contains full 16 KB of unique data. Could this be a different version or just a labelling error? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 He got them from a guy "From A Guy Who Worked At Atari In The 1980's" It'd be a bit more believable if the guy worked for PBs. But you never know. I know for sure I wouldn't be paying anything near that sort of money though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qix_maniac Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 He got them from a guy "From A Guy Who Worked At Atari In The 1980's" It'd be a bit more believable if the guy worked for PBs. But you never know. I know for sure I wouldn't be paying anything near that sort of money though. I agree. If seller said they were evaluation copies provided to magazine game editor or something like that or perhaps Atari mgmt would get eval copies as well back then? The labels look right and show enough wear for age and consistent with prototypes at that time for PB just hard to prove this stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Those protos look legit to me. They're all going to be the final version though since they're labeled as RLS (release). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 ...ATARI Chess... on a Parker-Brothers PCB? Tst, tst, tst... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 ...ATARI Chess... on a Parker-Brothers PCB? Tst, tst, tst... Actually that's Parker Brothers Chess. The Atari means Atari computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 ...ATARI Chess... on a Parker-Brothers PCB? Tst, tst, tst... Actually that's Parker Brothers Chess. The Atari means Atari computers. AHH!!! That's quite a different story, though... ...Now, is it me (I may be blind) but... are some of those EPROMS soldered (!?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBuell Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Perhaps the winning purchaser can shed some more light on them later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 ...Now, is it me (I may be blind) but... are some of those EPROMS soldered (!?) They could be. I've seen protos with soldered chips before. Usually that means it's the final version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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