Imagic branded cartridge containing a Pac-man, has anyone seen this?

[daniel.inforede]

A collector a few days ago asked me if I had ever seen a cartridge with an Imagic shape and label, containing a Pac-man inside.
After some queries I got no results. I decided to bring this topic to the Forum.

 

I await opinions and information;

 

 

 

[Colonel Llama]

Never seen or heard about something like this… Really interesting though.

[roadrunner]

atarimania listing for this, no pics though


http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-pac-man_29211.html
 

[daniel.inforede]

37 minutes ago, roadrunner said:

atarimania listing for this, no pics though
http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-pac-man_29211.html
 

I consulted Rom Hunter (Atarimania) before making this post and also I had already done this verification on the Brazilian label that does not match.

 

Imagic Brazil

[Atariperson23]

Just now, daniel.inforede said:

I consulted Rom Hunter (Atarimania) before making this post and also I had already done this verification on the Brazilian label that does not match.

 

Imagic Brazil

It's NOT the Imagic International Games label? Wow, interesting! Although wouldn't Imagic sue them for copyright infrigement for using their logo?

[roadrunner]

3 hours ago, daniel.inforede said:

I consulted Rom Hunter (Atarimania) before making this post and also I had already done this verification on the Brazilian label that does not match.

 

Imagic Brazil

Good info, thanks 

 

[BassGuitari]

Pirate cart. I have a Brazilian Demon Attack by "Intellivision."

[jhd]

 

It seems like a lot of extra difficulty and expense for a pirate to reproduce the Imagic-style cartridge cases, rather than just the generic cases that most everyone else uses. 

 

 

[daniel.inforede]

5 hours ago, jhd said:

 

It seems like a lot of extra difficulty and expense for a pirate to reproduce the Imagic-style cartridge cases, rather than just the generic cases that most everyone else uses. 

 

 

That was my line of reasoning, why invest in a unique label and mold to ship a common game?
Why haven't we seen other games with this cartridge model? And in which regions were they sold?
I suspect it may have been marketed in countries that would have no problems with copyrights or licenses for sale.

 

 

Edited June 29, 2021 by daniel.inforede

[Atariperson23]

I think this is some generic Taiwanese or Brazilian company, as Taiwan and Brazil seemed to have hundreds of generic pirate "companies" like this.  How they replicated Imagic's cartridge I have no idea

[daniel.inforede]

1 hour ago, Atariperson23 said:

I think this is some generic Taiwanese or Brazilian company, as Taiwan and Brazil seemed to have hundreds of generic pirate "companies" like this.  How they replicated Imagic's cartridge I have no idea

 

Excellent, let's discard Brazil then, so far we have no incidence of this cartridge model!

[daniel.inforede]

22 hours ago, BassGuitari said:

Pirate cart. I have a Brazilian Demon Attack by "Intellivision."

Bass Guitar, could you share screenshots of your Demon Attack Intellivision?

[KevKelley]

Is it possible that this was a post-crash South American release using whatever closeout carts they bought up to make their product? And maybe they left the logo to give it a bit more oomph on the shelf.

[Atariperson23]

This pirate is not the only one to rip off a famous company name: Here's a Thai/Taiwanese Activision cart for reference.

kop.html

[daniel.inforede]

56 minutes ago, Atariperson23 said:

This pirate is not the only one to rip off a famous company name: Here's a Thai/Taiwanese Activision cart for reference.

kop.html 75.2 kB · 2 downloads

Very cool, label with Activision logo and cartridge model similar to Parker Brothers.

[BassGuitari]

On 6/29/2021 at 6:12 PM, daniel.inforede said:

Bass Guitar, could you share screenshots of your Demon Attack Intellivision?

Gladly!

 

(The "Canal 3" actually appears a little more orange than in this pic; CRTs are hard to photograph!)

 

 

 

And the cartridge:

 

The back of the cartridge is embossed with "Made in Brazil."

[daniel.inforede]

On 7/5/2021 at 11:36 PM, BassGuitari said:

Gladly!

 

(The "Canal 3" actually appears a little more orange than in this pic; CRTs are hard to photograph!)

 

 

 

And the cartridge:

 

The back of the cartridge is embossed with "Made in Brazil."

The company Canal 3, initially founded as Atari Eletrônica, was a pioneer in producing Atari cartridges in Brazil.