OldSkoolGamer Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I recently came across 30+ what look like Atari 2600 EPROMS. They are black chips with two rows of pins on the back. The chips read Pitfall High; Pitfall Low; Worm War High; Worm War Low etc... Has anyone seen these before? I will post pics when I get home. OSG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSkoolGamer Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Here are a few of the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yllawwally Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 They are probably bootleg copies of the games. You would need a pcb designed to hold 2 2k chips. If you have a eprom reader you can then run them in an emulator, and compare them to the released versions. What other titles are listed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Pirated games. Nice find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSkoolGamer Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Pac-Man Adventure Pinball Lock N Chase Grandprix Worm War Haunted H PitfallWarlords Night Driver Dragster Kaboom Yar's Revenge I think most of the titles were released between 1980-1983 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) I think most of the titles were released between 1980-1983 Yeah, these earlier games have ROM sizes of 2KB and 4KB. Anything larger than 4K requires extra hardware on the cartridge and was much harder to pirate. This is why you won't often see any pirate games larger than 4K. In fact, I'm not aware of any examples of them. Edited July 23, 2014 by Wickeycolumbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSkoolGamer Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks for the info. Any value other than cool additions to my collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I wonder if they some kind of prototypes & thread should be moved to that board .... http://atariage.com/forums/forum/36-prototypes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yllawwally Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Do you have an eprom reader? You should probably dump them to make sure they aren't proto's. If they aren't prototypes, then there value is only the value of the hardware, maybe a couple dollars a chip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSkoolGamer Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 No, I don't have a EPROM reader, how hard are they to get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yllawwally Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 You can find one on ebay pretty inexpensively. Where are you located, maybe someone from here is close by, and can dump the chips for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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