Burgertime 2600 (M-network/INTV) distinguishing between revisions.

[joebal]

Hello! Occasional lurker since around 2000.

 

I've been interested in having a play with the original 2600 Burgertime port, however it appears that there may be multiple revisions of the cart, from what I've read on this website, quick excerpt:

 

"Evidently 2 versions of the 2600 cart exist. Later production runs added a choice of difficulty levels using the TV TYPE switch (B/W = easy, COLOR = hard) to fix a bug where the eggs and dogs were taller than they should be and they could catch the Chef when they were walking on the plank below him."

 

I see that there appear to be a couple of label versions of the cart:

 

 

Both of which are documented in AtariAge's database.

 

To the best of my investigative skills, there is a HTML manual for the M-Network (blue label) cart, which indicates that there is no change in difficulty level. Going by this logic I guess I might deduce that the INTV (white label) cart would be the one with the "B/W-Col" difficulty switch and hence also the updated code to remove bugs.

 

I'd be making these conclusions based on 1) The HTML manual is definitely for the correct cart version - and 2) The information on the above website regarding the bugs, is factual.

 

Would be interested to hear any confirmations about this, thanks for reading!

Edited April 25, 2020 by joebal

[Rom Hunter]

I don't think it's a good idea to base findings on a HTML manual.

ROM comparisons would be better IMO.

AFAIK still only one version is dumped.

Edited April 25, 2020 by Rom Hunter

[5x7]

On 4/25/2020 at 11:45 AM, Rom Hunter said:

I don't think it's a good idea to base findings on a HTML manual.

ROM comparisons would be better IMO.

AFAIK still only one version is dumped.

Which version?