T.A.P. Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I bought a brand new copy of Realsports Tennis and noticed it had a "p" on the end label. I was curious about why it has that and tried to look it up, but all I could find was that apparently a few other games like Joust have a variant with that too, apparently. I tried searching the forums on here too, but wasn't having much luck. Anyone know what the story is behind this? I'm just curious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 It usually indicates that it is a PAL version and not NTSC. But there are some exceptions. One I know of for sure because I have it is the 1985 Atari Corp Joust release. It has a P on the end label but my copy is NTSC. Colors are good and the picture doesn’t roll. In this pic the Joust is really NTSC but the Asterix is PAL. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.A.P. Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 That's how the label of my Tennis looks. It's going to be a real bummer if it turns out the one I bought is a PAL game (my system is packed away at the moment, so I can't just immediately boot it up). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Coincidentally I also had a Joust for a while with a "P" on the end-label. I forget if it was Atari Inc. or Atari Corp. but I was probably the right age that it could have been either. Atari Corp. didn't always have the greatest quality control. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Kosher for Passover 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Don't you mean "Posher for Kassover"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 I just call them Error labels on those mid 80's releases except when on Asterix and few others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marillion Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/7/2022 at 10:56 PM, groundtrooper said: It usually indicates that it is a PAL version and not NTSC. But there are some exceptions. One I know of for sure because I have it is the 1985 Atari Corp Joust release. It has a P on the end label but my copy is NTSC. Colors are good and the picture doesn’t roll. In this pic the Joust is really NTSC but the Asterix is PAL. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Nice boxed games, ya bum. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 There's always a possibility that someone glued a "p" end label on an NTSC version. It's part of the reason I don't put variations of text Atari labels that may have a 1st text main label and 2nd text end label. Too easy to create. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 It's possible, yes, and reason enough to be wary of any one particular example. But there are plenty out there to show this was definitely something happening at the factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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