oo7 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Grew up in Canada, First computer 600 XL. a few times in the 80s and 90s my family would move to malta for a while then return here to canada. while in malta i recall only finding games for atari computers on casette and mostly pirate even though in stores. a popular sighting were pirate copies labled buccaneer recently bumped into a pic online of these buccaneer tapes thought ide share here in case anyone else ever knew them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 'buccaneer' - not unlike 'pirate'..! an interesting tale and you have a few desireable tapes there ? back in the day i got to know a guy who had a modem - as a kid it was amazing to see data transfer via the old pulse dial phone lines. i only had a 1010 cassette deck as a point of reference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 14 hours ago, xrbrevin said: 'buccaneer' - not unlike 'pirate'..! an interesting tale and you have a few desireable tapes there ? back in the day i got to know a guy who had a modem - as a kid it was amazing to see data transfer via the old pulse dial phone lines. i only had a 1010 cassette deck as a point of reference! The main reason these pirate games stuck in my head is they were sold like this at every store on that island for many years. As a child I didnt even truly realise "piracy" I saw it as a brand lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) These are great! How many titles do you have and what are they? It would be fantastic if you could archive them in .cas format. Edited February 5, 2020 by www.atarimania.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manterola Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, oo7 said: The main reason these pirate games stuck in my head is they were sold like this at every store on that island for many years. As a child I didnt even truly realise "piracy" I saw it as a brand lol Similar situation in Chile. We grew up around pirated cassettes that were sold in the mainstream retailer stores, or copies of those done using those dual cassette boomboxes. The only cartridge I knew in the early years (before XE era) was a Star Raiders cart that a friend of mine had, and that's it. I bet it was the same in many parts of the world. Example: Edited February 5, 2020 by manterola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo7 Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 On 2/5/2020 at 8:03 AM, www.atarimania.com said: These are great! How many titles do you have and what are they? It would be fantastic if you could archive them in .cas format. I dont have these. Was just sharing a memory. Havnt seen these tapes forever. I do have a cousin that should have some in Malta. Ill ask if they are available and if so I am willing to dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 @oo7 Yes we must get the tapes audio (both track both sides) from Malta! If need be we could try to deploy Retired Extremely Dangerous crew for extractions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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