panamajoe Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 In a batch of carts i got from Italy today i found to (pirate?) carts i´ve never seen before: - Fire Burg and - Sparker Gardon do you know anything about them? How rare are they? Thanks for any kind of help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 In a batch of carts i got from Italy today i found to (pirate?) carts i´ve never seen before:- Fire Burg and - Sparker Gardon do you know anything about them? How rare are they? Thanks for any kind of help! What game is Fire Burg? Sound a bit like Dragonfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 Can you post a picure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAnges Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 fire burg is in the rarity guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 - Sparker Gardon Flash Gordon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanD Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 I found that same named cart in Israel about 8 years ago and you got it in one. It is Flash Gordon. They definitely had some creative naming going on their stuff. I also found Free Way, Frogger, Plug Attack and Gramd Priks. AlanD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcurrie Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Plug Attack I got a really scary visual when I read that. It isn't a pirate of one of the Mystique titles is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 "Fire Burg" = firebird = Phoenix . . . Am I right? And if these were made in Israel, what standard are they? Isn't it a SECAM nation? Aren't too many SECAM-native carts . . . And what rarity guide lists these? DPs? . . . Maybe they list Mexican Benji . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamajoe Posted November 29, 2003 Author Share Posted November 29, 2003 ... will post some pics after this weekend ... will try some screenshots Fire Burg looks like a altered version of Missile Command, with "robots" instead of missiles dropping to your cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted December 1, 2003 Share Posted December 1, 2003 That's Space Robot / Raumroboter then... very common on 5,000,000-in-1 clones/multicarts, and pretty common on a Taiwan style label... Flash Gordon is pretty common on them too... Love those daft-named carts... I got Gramd Prix, Suppermen and Peetfal recently on eBay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamajoe Posted December 2, 2003 Author Share Posted December 2, 2003 Thanks for the help to clear this up! Comparing screen shots i found out that - Fire Burg is Space Robot and - Sparker Gardon actually is Flash Gordon Crazy Pirate Stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megamaniac Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Can you post a picure? I 2nd the request...I'd like to see these labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamajoe Posted December 2, 2003 Author Share Posted December 2, 2003 Here are the Pics: 1. Fire Burg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamajoe Posted December 2, 2003 Author Share Posted December 2, 2003 2. Sparker Gardon this is the same Pic as on another Taiwan Pirate called Space Raid... note the Mickey Mouse on the cheesy Fire Burg label ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megamaniac Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 note the Mickey Mouse on the cheesy Fire Burg label ... Something tells me the Disney conglomerate would not have approved! Were these possibly one-offs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megamaniac Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 Oh yeah...I don't know if anyone else thought so, but whoever drew that jet had an interesting understanding of aerodynamics. A little lopsided not to mention...I'm not sure what the side-aimed jets would accomplish aside from catastrophe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christianscott27 Posted December 2, 2003 Share Posted December 2, 2003 i have a fortress defense in the exact same style as the fire burg. it has mickey and donald and another mickey cavorting around a pyramid type thing with rockets flying past. its really bad artwork, you can see how it was colored in with magic marker (darker overdraw lines and edged objects). i picked it up in a game/comics shop in new zealand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Oh yeah...I don't know if anyone else thought so, but whoever drew that jet had an interesting understanding of aerodynamics. A little lopsided not to mention...I'm not sure what the side-aimed jets would accomplish aside from catastrophe! But in a SPACEship they let you steer. Or just move sideways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 For anyone who's interested: the label on your Fire Burg actually depicts the game called Fire Spinner (IIRC), also very common on pirate clones. Strange game, involves rotating the joystick and lobbing fireballs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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