Marco Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 After collecting Atari 2600 stuff for almost 40 years I finally found some time to arrange my stuff and take pictures. When going through my storage boxes it struck me how many unusual stuff I've gathered over the years. I figured it would be fun to share it. Hope you will share your weird Atari stuff too! Only one rule: no pics of regular USA NTSC releases ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rom Hunter Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Wonderful. Many thanks for sharing, Marco. Gotta love these amazing brands and boxes. That Shagora box shares some similarities with this one: Edited August 20, 2020 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Thank-you for sharing these, @Marco My favourite has to be Atlantis -- with the game title added almost as an afterthought and cover art ripped directly from the Atari catalogue. The Taiwanese flag in the astronaut's hand is a subtle addition. I love how prominently the Sears Telegames console is listed on the box. These consoles are very rare in Canada (as they were never sold here BITD); I can only imagine that they would have utterly no name recognition in Europe/Asia/Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edladdin Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Those are great. So funny to think there were kids in other countries for which THAT artwork was THE artwork. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) Àtari 2600 Goliath collection Full England collection, some variations from France and Germany From Germany four 6-in-1 multi / demonstration carts Enjoy! Edited August 22, 2020 by Marco 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Action Hi-Tech collection, from Australia 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 Carrera collection - US Games with some alternate titles and different color scheme - sold in (at least) England, Germany and The Netherlands. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 GameWorld collection - International (PAL) edition of Data Age game - sold in (at least) England, Germany and The Netherlands. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 It's all impressive, Marco! The Hot Shot boxes are very cool and striking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballblaɀer Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Alright, we can't let Marco have all the fun here! Here's a boxed title from "Supermax", which is a brand that I don't think has been otherwise documented: Arise and post, fellow weird-Atari-stuff collectors! I'll definitely be posting some more to keep this thread going... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I reckon Marco robbed a gaming store way back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Ballblaɀer said: Alright, we can't let Marco have all the fun here! Here's a boxed title from "Supermax", which is a brand that I don't think has been otherwise documented: Arise and post, fellow weird-Atari-stuff collectors! I'll definitely be posting some more to keep this thread going... Love it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 56 minutes ago, high voltage said: I reckon Marco robbed a gaming store way back If only I would have thought of that back in the day, would have been so much easier and cheaper... ?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballblaɀer Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Here are the 11 major* cartridge variants released by Atari in New Zealand. Don't miss the cartoon-like artwork for Air-Sea Battle! *by my definition 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 17 hours ago, Omegamatrix said: It's all impressive, Marco! The Hot Shot boxes are very cool and striking. Here's one for you! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Marco said: If only I would have thought of that back in the day, would have been so much easier and cheaper... ?? When I purchased X-Man in 1983, it was 140 DM, I never would've bought 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysOnPlanetPatrol Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, high voltage said: When I purchased X-Man in 1983, it was 140 DM, I never would've bought 8 Holy crap, that was a lot of money back then! I remember my neighbours a couple floors below buying Air-Sea Battle for 129.00 Marks around 82 from 1.000 Toepfe in Hamburg and being shocked how expensive it was. Mind you I got my Atari for Xmas later that year for 299 Marks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballblaɀer Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Here are two of my favorite 2600 carts from Taiwan... 1) Unknown 4-in-1 cartridge with Grand Prix, Basketball, Othello, and Seaquest (...what, did you think Mario Bros. might be included?) Unknown 16-in-1 featuring label artwork with... well, that's Mario, but... wow, haha. Unfortunately I can only get 4 of the games to work, but someone was kind enough to provide me with a translation of the titles. Someday I hope to be able to play Bear and Anchovy (yeah, it's most likely Frostbite, but WHAT IF IT'S NOT?!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) Let me add some freaky stuff as well (I still have tons of pictures of unknown VCS carts not added to the database yet): Edited August 26, 2020 by Rom Hunter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballblaɀer Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Some more weird Atari 2600 stuff in my collection. If someone else has one of these carts, please let me know. Otherwise I will have no choice but to believe that they're all one-of-a-kind!* *No, not really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) Two identical looking NTSC carts of SQ:EW One has the PAL solution (the roughed up one), one other has the NTSC solution Edited August 27, 2020 by Torr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariUCLA24 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I've noticed a lack of consoles in this thread, so here are a few interesting ones in my collection... And some games that I think are interesting from my collection: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alena Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 8/22/2020 at 1:45 PM, Marco said: Carrera collection - US Games with some alternate titles and different color scheme - sold in (at least) England, Germany and The Netherlands. In another world... the Netherlands... the untitled 2600 game got a name, and it was LAAAME! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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