Armageddon Potato Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I was yard sale hopping today, and it had been pretty slow. Slow until I came across a very late in the day yard sale where I could see an Atari 5200 sitting amoungst some things. I decided to check it out, and asked if he had any more games. He told me he had some more in the garage. He pulled out 32 NES games, 2 NES units, 2 SNES units, gameboy stuff, N64 stuff, and Atari 2600 stuff. I was very surprised this was all still here and he hadn't put it out at the actual yard sale. As I was looking I noticed some strange looking Atari 2600 games with labels on them in the very bottom of the atari 2600 box of stuff he had. They were completely loose boards too. I asked if he knew what they were. He told me his grandmother used to work for Atari. She used to bring games back home and play them before they were released. He said they used to have a lot more, but they had since been lost or thrown out. I eventually bought all the games he had at the yard sale, and I was very curious as to what these might be? I'm no expert on atari stuff, or if they are actual protos or something else? I have cleaned and tested them all. They all worked! Here's some pics: ------------------------- Top left: Frogger Top right: Realsports Baseball Middle 3: Pheonix Bottom 3: E.T. They have some stuff written/etched into them: V5 on the middle ET D on the left ET T on the right Pheonix (Picture I took on my phone when I found them.) So does anyone know what these are exactly? At first I assumed they were just games that had lost their shells, but they seem unusual so I figured it'd be best to ask you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syntaxerror999 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Most likely they are prototypes. Its well known atari had a library of "loaner carts" employees could check out, and these carts surface from time to time in the collections of former employees. So while not totaly unheard of, they are rare to find in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galeforcerm Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Wouldn't prototypes be eproms? The look like production games without cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Those are not prototypes. Just regular games without their shells. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Why not plug it in and test it out? (I swear I saw this exact same thread just 10 minutes ago on NA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armageddon Potato Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 I opened up an extra ET cartridge, but the boards were completely different. It had a large chip on it and not the glop top. Did they make different kinds? Why do they have labels? Why are the boards made by Signetics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31336haxx0r Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Maybe it's some pirate cart stuff, YAAARRRR!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 OH GOD YOU TOTALLY HAVE PROTOS, look at this link for proof! http://hozervideo.net/atari/docs/protos.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armageddon Potato Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 Not sure if that last post was serious or not, but I did discover these were made by Phillips which was the old Signetics company(not the new Korean based one.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 OH GOD YOU TOTALLY HAVE PROTOS, look at this link for proof! http://hozervideo.ne...ocs/protos.html That kind of sums it up for Hozer doesn't it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 OH GOD YOU TOTALLY HAVE PROTOS, look at this link for proof! http://hozervideo.ne...ocs/protos.html Serious? My sarcasm detector is faulty, and I am not in the know, so just asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I'm completely serious. Those are some high-value protos you have there. Why would anyone question it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxyzptlk Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 OH GOD YOU TOTALLY HAVE PROTOS, look at this link for proof! http://hozervideo.ne...ocs/protos.html Serious? My sarcasm detector is faulty, and I am not in the know, so just asking. Yeah, I am at a loss also. Even after reading Hozers post, I have no clue what's up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I have a lot of these kind of protos for sale, PM me, they are only $5 each! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 PM SENT!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 PM SENT!!! I will send my wife to fight you for them !! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 PM SENT!!! I will send my wife to fight you for them !! I'll let you have the Pong proto for free.......it only has 1 paddle on screen, but should play fine otherwise..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 PM SENT!!! I will send my wife to fight you for them !! I'll let you have the Pong proto for free.......it only has 1 paddle on screen, but should play fine otherwise..... Forget the other offers...I'll trade you + $$$!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Most likely they are prototypes. Its well known atari had a library of "loaner carts" employees could check out, and these carts surface from time to time in the collections of former employees. So while not totaly unheard of, they are rare to find in the wild. Oh fuck ya! Must be protos! You sure did save the day man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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