Systems with inbuilt games

[+Andrew Davie]

I have one or two clone '2600 systems with inbuilt games. One, "TV GAME COMPATIBLE / VIDEO GAME SYSTEM", claims 32 games in one switch position, and 128 games in another. I stepped through a few; there do seem to be quite a lot of different ones.  Anyway, I thought I'd ask if any previously "unknown" games had been discovered on any of these clone systems. Is it worth the effort to get screenshots of all the games, just in case?

[jhd]

I may be mis-remembering, but I think the previously unknown 2600 version of Cat-Trax was found on one of those multi-game systems. 

 

 

[high voltage]

Official, but no 'unknown' game included.

Edited October 25, 2019 by high voltage

[Thomas Jentzsch]

3 hours ago, Andrew Davie said:

Anyway, I thought I'd ask if any previously "unknown" games had been discovered on any of these clone systems. Is it worth the effort to get screenshots of all the games, just in case?

Yup, this has happened. IIRC one was Stone Age (CCE). There were more, but I don't remember their names.

 

Also, if the console has not been dumped yet, there is a good chance that it contains unknown variations of known games. Usually this requires desoldering of the chip, but maybe my SaveKey dumper would work here without doing so.

Edited October 25, 2019 by Thomas Jentzsch

[Ballblaɀer]

Yes, Mazy Match was found on a "Screen Search" clone prior to it turning up later on a Pet Boat cart (from where its current name was derived).

 

Cat Trax was not found on a clone, but built into a variant of the Video Game Brain peripheral called the Six Pack.

 

Screenshots are certainly worth it if you're not sure about a game in particular.