VICMODEM Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Bonjour. A few years ago I went to the flea market and I found a really really strange cartridge. It was extremely big and brown in color. It had a label on the front with a title in rainbow colors and it had a picture of a car (not a real picture of course, a drawing). On the back there was another label (I think it was yellow in color?) and it appeared to be a list of things... Games maybe? So yeah unfortunately I did not grab the cart, which I really regret... Thinking about it I think it might've been an Arcadia 2001 multicart. Some Arcadia 2001 cartridges are the same size as the cartridge I saw and they also all have this identical rainbow text as the title. And the label on the back with a list looked like it could've been a list of the games on the cart. Strange thing is I have never seen a brown Arcadia 2001 cartridge online... Sooo what do you guys think? Has anyone ever seen something like this before or know what it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necron99 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Could also be a Canadian version of the Arcadia 2001 called Leisure Vsion? I believe both the Arcadia and Leisure Vision have a blue label on the back with jot notes about the game. but a yellow label....not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Brown colored plastic with rainbow letters? Yep, that'd be an Arcadia cartridge you saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Sounds like Arcardia 2001 for sure, except for the back yellow label, but even this convey the idea of an Arcadia 2001 cart, as, to my knowledge, they were the only carts with prominent labels on both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICMODEM Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Brown colored plastic with rainbow letters? Yep, that'd be an Arcadia cartridge you saw. So you are saying that there were brown Arcadia 2001 cartridges made? Uhmmm yes I am pretty sure that it was a yellow label on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 AS far as I know all Arcadia carts were brown, and most of the Arcadia compatible licenced copies were in brown too. I have a dozen boxed games for the French "Advision Home Arcade" (which is an Arcadia 2001 with a sligthly different front panel and a notch on the cart slot) and aside from labels in French they are really just the US games. Just looking on Google pics only turn back pictures with brown carts. If you have seen carts of another color, then you spotted the oddball carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICMODEM Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 W-what d-do you mean they're all brown? Is my monitor or are my eyes defective? The only Arcadia 2001 cartridges I can find are black! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 In the land between chocolate brown and charcoal black, I suppose the same hue can be considered to be either, in particular depending on how the light falls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICMODEM Posted September 12, 2016 Author Share Posted September 12, 2016 In the land between chocolate brown and charcoal black, I suppose the same hue can be considered to be either, in particular depending on how the light falls. Well the cartridge I found was very clearly brown, not a hint of black. So it was an Arcadia 2001 cartridge. However I wonder if its true mystery will ever be solved... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Ever checked Google image search for arcadia 2001 carts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICMODEM Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 (edited) Of course, why do you ask? Yes they all appear pitch-black to me if that's what you were trying to get at. Edited September 16, 2016 by VICMODEM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Maybe the pictures are bad or your display too dark/contrasted. We can assure you that they are dark brown, not charcoal black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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