Tempest Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Ok now that I own NTSC copies of Ikari Warriors and Motorodeo (thanks Dan), I only need one more NTSC game to complete my Atari Inc./Corp. 2600 collection: NTSC BMX Airmaster. So who here owns one? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 No shit, you have a legit NTSC Motorodeo? Was it boxed or loose? Was there any way to tell it apart from PAL by looking at it? Have you looked inside to make sure it's not a PAL cart with an EPROM in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 13, 2003 Author Share Posted August 13, 2003 No shit, you have a legit NTSC Motorodeo? Was it boxed or loose? Was there any way to tell it apart from PAL by looking at it? Have you looked inside to make sure it's not a PAL cart with an EPROM in it? Yes I do. I got it from Dan Cage at CGE (along with Ikari Warriors). They both look identical on the outside, the only way to tell is to plug it in and see. He ordered them both from Atari back in 90. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 No shit, you have a legit NTSC Motorodeo? Was it boxed or loose? Was there any way to tell it apart from PAL by looking at it? Have you looked inside to make sure it's not a PAL cart with an EPROM in it? It's real, I met Dan myself and had a long chat with him, he collected all of his games between 1980 and 1990 and all of his stuff is in mint condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 I'm for you, but I'm also with jealousy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 I'm for you, but I'm also with jealousy! Tell me about it, I need a NTSC Motorodeo myself. @Marco: Time to post that you have a NTSC BMX Airmaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 @Marco: Time to post that you have a NTSC BMX Airmaster. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 man i dont have any of them in ntsc. u suxx0rz :-) i do have a pal ikari... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 13, 2003 Author Share Posted August 13, 2003 CPUWIZ wrote: @Marco: Time to post that you have a NTSC BMX Airmaster. Cheers, Marco Bastard! Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I'm for you, but I'm also with jealousy! My words exactly . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I own all 3 games. But I think all are PAL, but is better for me, I don't need them as NTSC. PS: You miss all one game too, because maybe the first NTSC Asterix is found. But who knows? Is this an NTSC or a PAL game? sealed 2600 Asterix IS NTSC!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I own 15 copies of NTSC BMX Airmaster. The game is a complete rip off of Combat right down to the tanks and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 P PS: You miss all one game too, because maybe the first NTSC Asterix is found. But who knows? Is this an NTSC or a PAL game? sealed 2600 Asterix IS NTSC!! That would be the rarest NTSC game of all if it is indeed NTSC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 You miss all one game too, because maybe the first NTSC Asterix is found. But who knows? Is this an NTSC or a PAL game? sealed 2600 Asterix IS NTSC!! I'm skeptical, but I wouldn't write it off. Afterall if they made a NTSC Obelix cart then why wouldn't they make an NTSC Asterix cart as well? Very interesting indeed... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 Not entirely off-topic.... I swear I recall holding Motorodeo in a Hills deparment store around '92. This was in Decatur, Alabama. Unfortunately, I did not buy the game because I wasn't collecting for Atari back then - but the reason I remember this so vividly is because I couldn't believe games were still available for the 2600. Yet the title "Motorodeo" was strange enough to stick with me... BTW, Hills went out of business around this same time (southeastern chain I believe). Although I would not have known whether it was NTSC/PAL (I would assume NTSC since it was here in the states). How is this possible? No...I'm not senile, nor do I have a faulty memory so spare me the snide remarks - please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 Although I would not have known whether it was NTSC/PAL (I would assume NTSC since it was here in the states). How is this possible? I assume Motorodeo and Ikari Warriors (and probably BMX Airmaster) were released to department stores in limited quantities (I know I remember seeing some late release games at Toys R Us and K-Bee). So it's very probable that you did indeed see an NTSC Motorodeo. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 @rsiddall - I don't think you're senile. I could swear I saw both Motorodeo and BMX in a Kay Bee store in the early nineties. I was mostly buying NES stuff then, but I remember looking at the 2600/7800 games they had on closeout. I remember being surprised at how many of the newer VCS games I had never heard of and was impressed with a BMX title and a Skateboard title. There were lots of Froggo games too. Of course I curse myself today for not buying all of that stuff but I was under the spell of the Big N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsiddall Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I assume Motorodeo and Ikari Warriors (and probably BMX Airmaster) were released to department stores in limited quantities Good. This has bothered me for some time... I just wished I had paid the $7.00 price now. And there were rows of these...yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 And don't we all wonder what happened to these games? I mean even if limited quantities were produced, they probably wouldn't have done print runs smaller than 10-20K units.. or would they? Do these games really have even smaller print runs than Quadrun? If so how would they even have measurable quantities to ship to retailers in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I think many of them just got tossed in dumpsters and are long gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I ordered BMX Airmaster from Atari in 1990=91 and they sent me the TNT one. The only Atari one I've ever seen belongs to either Keita Iita or John Hardie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 P PS: You miss all one game too, because maybe the first NTSC Asterix is found. But who knows? Is this an NTSC or a PAL game? sealed 2600 Asterix IS NTSC!! That would be the rarest NTSC game of all if it is indeed NTSC. I own one of the NTSC Asterix prototypes so I know the game exists. I am skeptical though because it supposedly came from Woita himself. Until that is 100% confirmed, I don't buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinuts Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 And don't we all wonder what happened to these games? I mean even if limited quantities were produced, they probably wouldn't have done print runs smaller than 10-20K units.. or would they? Do these games really have even smaller print runs than Quadrun? If so how would they even have measurable quantities to ship to retailers in the first place? Sometimes retailers can return product that they were unable to sell for credit with the Vendor. Then they are either recycled, sold in other markets, or destroyed so they can take a tax loss. I don't know if that's the case with these games but it's possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of the Felines Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 I am skeptical though because it supposedly came from Woita himself. Until that is 100% confirmed, I don't buy it. Well, considering I got it from him at CGE last weekend, I can definitely confirm it 100%. Steve made a post in the Buy & Sell forums on the DP boards about the value of a sealed Asterix. I suggested an amount. He later sent me an e-mail asking if I really wanted to buy it for that amount, and if so, he'd bring it to CGE. I said sure and we made the transaction on Saturday. He said he thought it was NTSC because of the N sticker on the box. I sent him another e-mail earlier today asking where he got it in the first place and this is what he said: "Good to hear from you Kristine...Hmmmm weird stuff about the NTSC version...I got a case of these NTSC versions of Asterix when I completed both the Pal Version & the NTSC version...What may be the case here is that they intended to release the NTSC version for both America & Europe... It may be possible that it never got released! In that case you just made a killing of a deal!!!!!!! ;)" So it looks like Mr. Woita owns some more of these. Kristine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 I am skeptical though because it supposedly came from Woita himself. Until that is 100% confirmed, I don't buy it. Well, considering I got it from him at CGE last weekend, I can definitely confirm it 100%. Steve made a post in the Buy & Sell forums on the DP boards about the value of a sealed Asterix. I suggested an amount. He later sent me an e-mail asking if I really wanted to buy it for that amount, and if so, he'd bring it to CGE. I said sure and we made the transaction on Saturday. He said he thought it was NTSC because of the N sticker on the box. I sent him another e-mail earlier today asking where he got it in the first place and this is what he said: "Good to hear from you Kristine...Hmmmm weird stuff about the NTSC version...I got a case of these NTSC versions of Asterix when I completed both the Pal Version & the NTSC version...What may be the case here is that they intended to release the NTSC version for both America & Europe... It may be possible that it never got released! In that case you just made a killing of a deal!!!!!!! ;)" So it looks like Mr. Woita owns some more of these. Kristine Cool. That means people will have to pay $$$$ on eBay to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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