+sixersfan105 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Based on some research, it would appear as though Car Wars was the only TI-99/4A game (I have not explored utility/education carts) that saw a "modern-style" manual release exclusively outside of the US market. Below I came across the dual-language modern-style Canadian release and also the European (UK/France?) modern-style, but no English-only US version seems to exist. TI99.eu confirms the Canadian release and EU release in modern styling. Seems like a strange decision on TI's part. While hard to find, I do know that Car Wars beige carts with modern-style red labels do exist in the US, but it seems as though the matching manuals never came to be here in the US. Curious if anyone is privy to additional information on this or if it's simply a weird production quirk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I have both the Canadian and the European versions of this manual--but copies of the US version have never surfaced, so it is unlikely to exist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Very strange! I really like that picture on the cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 With any luck someone will scan the different version(s) they have and upload them. If worse comes to worse, we could always kludge one together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 That's true but I brought this up more to identify the oddness of it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 It isn't completely alone. The later color manual for Connect Four is also extremely difficult to find. . .but at least it exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Yep I have that Connect Four manual! Tombstone City in that style is also kind of hard to find. Also snagged that a little while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 It needs updating, but in the manuals thread I have a manual template for The GIMP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I managed to get a "passable" front cover for the eventual manual edited up. We just need the internals scanned now. CAR WARS NEW COVER.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Nicely done, @--- Ω ---! And how very punny of you! Also just noticed on the Canadian version the French title is literally just "Cars"...TI had some bad translators! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, sixersfan105 said: Nicely done, @--- Ω ---! And how very punny of you! Also just noticed on the Canadian version the French title is literally just "Cars"...TI had some bad translators! Thanks. I left off the "solid state cartridge" because now days people have different ways to save and load programs. Ahh, you caught the 'item' in the picture. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Quote Mod A modification, used in reference to video games. A variation of a game's engine and graphics to create a new game. Valve relies heavily on modding, with Counter-strike, Day of Defeat, and Garry's Mod all being mods of Half-life. Here's a mod for ya. carwarsM2g.bin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOME AUTOMATION Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Another retro "mod"! ...and another "Day of Defeat"! Edited January 15, 2020 by HOME AUTOMATION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Break out your Spring 1984 Triton catalog and turn to page 7: https://archive.org/details/triton-catalogs You'll see a Car Wars manual without French. Not sure why those top manuals have what seems like color inversion, but you can see the manual in that row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Toucan said: Break out your Spring 1984 Triton catalog and turn to page 7: https://archive.org/details/triton-catalogs You'll see a Car Wars manual without French. Not sure why those top manuals have what seems like color inversion, but you can see the manual in that row. Very interesting! Agreed that the color inversion is odd, and it appears throughout that issue. Car Wars in the modern style appears on the back page (16), too. Still doesn't mean English-only modern styling manuals ever made it to market in the US, but this is interesting to see, nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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