schuwalker Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Does anybody own of these titles? From my research... they were the initial launch releases in '79. Ever since my TI collecting days I have NEVER come across any of these in their box. Now, I know some of these are rare according to the rarity guide, but I see some titles are only a R5? Would definitely love to get some of these in my collection now that I'm nearing the end of the Atarisoft catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have all four. Loose only. Rarity has not been updated in a long time that I know of. I would consider them much rarer than R5. Of my years of collecting, I have only came across these titles twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have all four. Loose only. Rarity has not been updated in a long time that I know of. I would consider them much rarer than R5. Of my years of collecting, I have only came across these titles twice. I thought their were 6, no? I only believe I saw a Zero Zap (loose) on Ebay some years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) There were four TI-99/4A U.S. Game Releases Connect Four Milton Bradley 8 12/79 USA TI-99/4A U.S. Game Releases Hangman Milton Bradley 8 12/79 USA TI-99/4A U.S. Game Releases Yahtzee Milton Bradley 8 12/79 USA TI-99/4A U.S. Game Releases Zero Zap Milton Bradley 8 12/79 USA There is also the demonstration cart that has all four on one cart. Now that should be pretty hard to find. Edited July 2, 2012 by swlovinist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labrat Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I have a loose Connect Four. Its interesting in that it has a 'front' label that is on the bottom of the cart when inserted, where most TI carts just had the end label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Thought I would revive this topic since I'm nearly finished my CIB Atarisoft collection. I'm now focusing on these four items in particular. Using Ebay and Craiglist as references - still nada, zilch! For Ebay, I did expand my search to include worldwide results. Not sure if these were just exclusive to the states.... It's pretty telling how uncommon these are since I can't even find ONE loose cart of any of them. I can only imagine how rare these are - especially the box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Learn something new everyday! I too have all four, but none of the Gamevision variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Here you go... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labrat Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Here you go... Nice. Here's a connect four... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I too have all four of the Gamevision carts--boxed. All of them are rare--but the Yahtzee cart is the hardest one of all. Why, you ask? The Gamevison Yahtzee cart has a bug--it cheats. The cartridge was recalled soon after it was released and the Gamevision version was never released again. The last time I saw one come up for sale was in 2000. With Shuwalker's and Swlovinist's examples noted, I now know of exactly 6 surviving copies of the Gamevision Yahtzee cartridge. That makes it pretty rare, especially since none of the folks I know with one is likely to part with theirs. Once they corrected the GROM, it was released as a regular TI title, along with the other MB cartridges. The international search is a good idea too--the Gamevision carts were sold in the KDW in West Berlin back in 1980 or so, along with the 99/4 computer. I've seen all but Yahtzee several times in Germany since, so they are out there. The same three titles show up on eBay off and on as well--each one is there once every 12-18 months or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Wow... I've NEVER seen any of these before. Very nice! Now I know what to start looking (and praying) for! Santa.... do you hear me?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schuwalker Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Thought I would update this w/ my newest addition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl99 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Hi, I have collected the Gamevision Versions of Connect Four, Zero Zap and Hang Man so far. Yahtzee is still missing and according to what I have read it contains a bug which got fixed with the TI Label version. I consider them quite rare as well since they were available for a so short period of time when only the 99/4 was available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+acadiel Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) I normally don't bump old titles, but I put the UberGROM binary image for the GameVision demo cart in the binary thread. Edited March 20, 2020 by acadiel 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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