Activision Inserts

[gamemaster]

I am trying to find out, when a few of the Activision 2600 games were first released, they came with mail in card offers.  Decathlon came with the glove offer, and Robot Tank came with the poster offer.  Did all copies have these, or was it just a limited first run print.  The offers were only available to USA addresses, so Canadian copies I assume didn't have them.  Anyone have any info on it?  I know that the reprint copies a few years later didn't have them, but most of those didn't have color manuals/color cartridge labels.  Anyone ever open a factory sealed copy of either game, that had a color manual and color cartridge label, that was a USA copy, that didn't have the offer?

[bikeguychicago]

I don't know for sure, not having owned a 2600-capable system until much later but I would say for certain that the later reissues (blue label cart) would not have had any offers, patches, etc.

 

[jhd]

 

I bought a sealed copy of Robot Tank on clearance from a defunct retailer in the mid-1990s. 

 

I can confirm that it did not include the poser offer (or even a catalogue). Now, this was both a later reprint (blue-label cartridge) and a copy sold in Canada, so I do not know which of these was the reason why the insert was not included. 

 

 

[gamemaster]

I did find a sealed copy of Decathlon from a USA seller that appears to be factory sealed.  It has no stickers on it, like glove offer sticker, or the newer not for use on the 7800.  Not 100% sure it is a USA copy, or factory sealed.https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-NOS-ATARI-2600-DECATHLON-GAME-IN-FACTORY-SEALED-S-W-BOX-ACTIVISION-7800/254413417607?hash=item3b3c38ac87:g:QeQAAOSwcf1dw1ON