Captain_Combat Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/20/2020 at 4:03 PM, atari181 said: I am not sure where or when this was. I think I recall seeing a loaner cart from Xonox that had the pink label. I am guessing early/pre-production. I think I’ve seen 3 pink double Enders over the years and I believe they all had chuck Norris as a common denominator. Maybe these were a prerelease label prototype like you said. I may have to play and compare to see if there’s any difference in the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 A couple sealed games Star Wars and Pac-Man and an outdated $100,000 Mario. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 The strange thing about the pink chuck label is that its a double ender label cut in half and applied to a single ender. Since we know the double enders came first its strange how these alternate labels got made, nit used on the double enders and then cut and used on single enders. I wonder if they were used as early single ender labels and that they used old double ender labels that they had originally decided not to use for the double enders.....very puzzling.... Seems like i remember old ads that used pink instead of yellow for their color scheme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, stupus said: The strange thing about the pink chuck label is that its a double ender label cut in half and applied to a single ender. Since we know the double enders came first its strange how these alternate labels got made, nit used on the double enders and then cut and used on single enders. I wonder if they were used as early single ender labels and that they used old double ender labels that they had originally decided not to use for the double enders.....very puzzling.... Seems like i remember old ads that used pink instead of yellow for their color scheme. Even though the double Enders went into production first they probably had prototype examples of the single ender at the same time. My guess is that xonox had made these preproduction and someone in marketing changed their mind on the labels and went with blue. If it was an early release you should be seeing more examples. I think this single ender is the only one I’ve ever seen like it. It’s definitely a mystery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) Hard to say if they would have thought up single ender carts at the same time as double. I would tend to lean towards them designing them after the doubles but i have no idea. I have seen a handful over the years, probably around 5 and i think only chuck. Dont remember seeing any used for double ender carts. The variant has been known for some time though. It was in the dp guide probably over 20 years now. They likely are early samples for the single enders that just got out there...unlikely a true sales run. They are a cool mystery/oddity Edited July 25, 2020 by stupus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, stupus said: Hard to say if they would have thought up single ender carts at the same time as double. I would tend to lean towards them designing them after the doubles but i have no idea. I have seen a handful over the years, probably around 5 and i think only chuck. Dont remember seeing any used for double ender carts. The variant has been known for some time though. It was in the dp guide probably over 20 years now. They likely are early samples for the single enders that just got out there...unlikely a true sales run. They are a cool mystery/oddity If you could give me a link for digital press where they are talking about it I would appreciate it. I didn’t know these were known 20 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) I didnt see the dp link handy, but i know its on the list matt(tempest) had worked on over 20 years ago. Here is a pic and link. http://www.atariprotos.com/other/labelvar/2600/labelvar7.txt Also thinking about it more i do remember seeing them as double enders too. My friend Ian has 1 I know of. And the fact they say chuck norris and not superkicks means they were printed earlier on as opposed to later when they lost the chuck norris rights deal. Edited July 25, 2020 by stupus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Here is Ian's cart: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) This is 1 of the ads i was thinking of. Here is a better 1: Edited July 25, 2020 by stupus Added image. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 My guess...just a guess....they started with the pink and blue scheme and marketing said it was too girly and they switched to a blue and yellow scheme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, stupus said: My guess...just a guess....they started with the pink and blue scheme and marketing said it was too girly and they switched to a blue and yellow scheme. I was thinking the same thing . That’s exactly what they did. Follow the money they had to make it more mass appealing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, stupus said: I didnt see the dp link handy, but i know its on the list matt(tempest) had worked on over 20 years ago. Here is a pic and link. http://www.atariprotos.com/other/labelvar/2600/labelvar7.txt Also thinking about it more i do remember seeing them as double enders too. My friend Ian has 1 I know of. And the fact they say chuck norris and not superkicks means they were printed earlier on as opposed to later when they lost the chuck norris rights deal. Tempest description describes what I have exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, stupus said: This is 1 of the ads i was thinking of. Here is a better 1: I hope one of those prototype boxes are eventually found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Sealed Mario brothers for the xe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Sealed black box Atlantis and the holy grail for the 2600. Eat your heart out west coast collectors . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Austin Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 8/15/2020 at 11:25 AM, Captain_Combat said: Sealed black-box Atlantis, and the holy grail for the Atari 2600. Eat your heart out, west-coast collectors. I'm just guessing, but could your "holy grail" be Birthday Mania for the Atari 2600? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 39 minutes ago, Isaiah Austin said: Just a guess, but could your "holy grail" be Birthday Mania for the Atari 2600? Nice guess you’re going in the right direction in rarity but that’s not it. I’ll have to say it’s extremely or next to impossible getting something west coast collectors don’t have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) On 8/15/2020 at 8:17 PM, Captain_Combat said: Nice guess you’re going in the right direction in rarity but that’s not it. I’ll have to say it’s extremely or next to impossible getting something west coast collectors don’t have. What grail could that be? Behind the note is this one: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-battle-zone_16123.html Love that Ark, BTW. Manna and tablets inside, right? Edited August 20, 2020 by Rom Hunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Rom Hunter said: What grail could that be? Behind the note is this one: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-battle-zone_16123.html Love that Ark, BTW. Manna and tablets inside, right? Manna for the 2600, nobody in Amsterdam has ever seen it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 NTSC boxed CIB Canadian Tire Gas Hog and the infamous Superman that I hope Indiana considers adding it to his database at Atarimania ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 My only two Arcadia game that I own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Dude! When did you score a 3d attack? I think this makes 4 or 5 boxed copies now! Complete? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Wow, if you only have a few that’s one to have. Very nice!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, stupus said: Dude! When did you score a 3d attack? I think this makes 4 or 5 boxed copies now! Complete? I think about a year and a half ago I’m not sure if it’s totally cib or not I really have not looked at them. They both sit next to my sealed ps2 collection and they look out of place lol. I haven’t tried at all for Arcadia and if I did I would probably just buy someone’s collection out much easier than spending 10 years trying to piece this stuff together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, Atari_Bill said: Wow, if you only have a few that’s one to have. Very nice!! This stupus and your area I have no idea what I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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