Very strange this Threshold does have dust cover!

[smile_walle]

Today, I got the mail from seller, and I noticed and suripsed that Threshold does have Atari's style dust cover in the cartridge! And it's looks brand new coditions of labels!! I dont know if this is very rare? uncommon to have Atari's style dust cover! This is NTSC format! it work on my console!

 

You can see the picture, if anyone of you did see that before and how rare to have dust cover?

 

 

Jason

[CPUWIZ]

I've seen it quite a few times, my River Patrol proto for instance is like that and I've seen a lot of King Kong carts like it.

 

My presumtion is that Tigervision did this in order for the carts to work properly in a 7800 !

 

[Robert M]

My presumtion is that Tigervision did this in order for the carts to work properly in a 7800 !

 

So the dustcover impacts operation of cartridges on the 7800? Can you explain this, I don't have a 7800.

 

Regards,

[CPUWIZ]

The regular Tigervision carts don't fit into the 7800 cart slot because of the prongs that stick out of the bottom of the cart!

[Godzilla]

but tiger went under long before the 7800 came out...

[Robert M]

The regular Tigervision carts don't fit into the 7800 cart slot because of the prongs that stick out of the bottom of the cart!

 

 

Interesting info, Thanks!

[smile_walle]

On other note why Albert typing the information about Tigervision and have not yet update?

 

On another note, many Tigervision 2600 games will not play on a 7800 because of a physical difference in the cartridge case construction. On a software level, they will play just fine, but you have to modify either the cartridge or console case to play them on a 7800.

 

Why not he should add and say that some of Tigervision does have dust cover, so can work properly on 7800 consles. So that way Atari collectors need to know more information about Tigervision......Time to need update information above of quote.

 

 

Jason

[Godzilla]

hello? did anyone read my post, eh?

 

Tigervision was OUT OF BUSINESS long before the 7800 came out.

[CincYnoTi]

 

My presumtion is that Tigervision did this in order for the carts to work properly in a 7800 !  

 

The regular Tigervision carts don't fit into the 7800 cart slot because of the prongs that stick out of the bottom of the cart!

 

 

i don't think that is correct. the carts with the prongs are actually wider than the ones with the protectors. the pronged carts are too wide and bind against the 7800 cart slot. if you push hard enough, you will either force the cartridge into the slot or you will break the outer shell of the cartridge. put a pronged cart next to a protector cart and you can easily see the difference in width. some titles have been found in both styles (king kong, jawbreaker, threshold), while i have only found the later titles in the pronged carts.

 

from that description, it appears the protector carts came first, and the pronged ones came out later...not so that they would NOT fit in a 7800, but probably because they were cheaper to produce (no springs, one less plastic piece).

 

 

there is another company that had two different width carts, some of which made it tough to fit in a 7800, was it xonox or sega?

[CPUWIZ]

Sorry but I have to correct you on this, I have dismantled at least 15 Tigervision carts in the past. They are all the same, in fact you can turn the prongs around and add a spring on all of them !

[Godzilla]

Hello? can anyone see what I am saying? Tiger == NOT AROUND when the 7800 came out (i.e. their carts could NOT have been made for the 7800.)

[CPUWIZ]

Uhm, who cares, that isn't really the issue ? Jason wanted to know more info on the 2 different styles.

[smile_walle]

Hello? can anyone see what I am saying? Tiger == NOT AROUND when the 7800 came out (i.e. their carts could NOT have been made for the 7800.)

 

 

Alright, I know what Godzilla talking about.

 

In my therioes, perhaps Tigervision decide to drop protecter, beacuse too expensive to spend, so decide to without it, to make cheaper, the same way what Atari Corp. did that.

 

I think my cartridge might be the earliest released.

 

 

Jason

[CPUWIZ]

Ok, some people need pictures so here you go.

 

 

Tigervision cases are all the same, they did not change the molds, all the did was remove the spring and turn the pronged dustcover upside down !

 

[badbrad]

Yup. My Threshold has it one way, and my Miner 2049er has it the other way.

[the 5th ghost]

Neat variation! Thanks for pointing this out.

 

I checked my four Tigervisions:

 

King Kong - dustcover

Threshold - reversed dustcover

Polaris - reversed dustcover

Marauder - reversed (dustcover is a different mold than the others, larger holes)

 

Doug

[Brad2600]

Neat variation! Thanks for pointing this out.

 

I checked my four Tigervisions:

 

King Kong - dustcover

Threshold - reversed dustcover

Polaris - reversed dustcover

Marauder - reversed (dustcover is a different mold than the others, larger holes)

 

Doug

 

My copy of Miner 2049'er has a reversed dustcover.

 

I am waiting for my boxed Threshold to come in the mail. I am going to check to see if it has either dustcover. I couldn't tell by the picture of it.