wrldstrman Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 Ihave scuba diver from zellers its not on the list.Was it just overlooked or is it a pirate cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 IMHO the carts put down as "Zellers" carts are like the "Quelle" carts in Germany- they're just pirate carts that happen to have been sold in that particular store, though there are lots of other places they were available. I've come across PAL carts identical to the "Zellers" ones and there's no Zellers over here. Still interesting though, and still not that common (but not rare). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 there is an entry for scuba diver, but it is listed as PAL and unknown manufacturer: http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...areLabelID=2183 it is definitely a zellers release... i have the zellers box for scuba diver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTemplar Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I have that cart and I would rate it a 5+ in rarity. It should be in the zellers section of the rarity guide, thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Interestin' tidbit: Sears games are considered mainstream or official releases, whereas their counterparts from Zellers, Quelle, and Marpes are treated as foul pirates... Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTemplar Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Maybe it is because Sears was authorized by Atari. The zellers carts were unauthorized and had to be taken off the shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 In the past there were dozens of games attributed to Zellers. We realized that Zellers games are just pirates and are indistinguishable from other pirates when taken as a loose cartridge, so we comprised our list only of games that we have confirmed the red Zellers box with the Zellers name. I have never seen a Scuba Diver box so we have never listed it. There are a few games that I suspect are Zellers but we would rather list them as uknown until we can confirm they were part of the Zellers packaging line (confirm with a box). All the current Zellers titles I have confirmed with a box, even if we don't have a hq scan for it. If anyone has any scans or photos of Zellers boxed games missing from our list, please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sly Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 I have Sea Hawk and Scuba Diver Boxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Maybe it is because Sears was authorized by Atari. The zellers carts were unauthorized and had to be taken off the shelves. I still do not know what the exact deal was with Quelle (or Marpes), but it's hard to believe that they were running a fully illegal business that Atari c.s. did not know about. So, I maintain that putting Sears on the official release list is just chauvinism Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 On the other hand, corporate Atari exhibited a lot of willful ignorance, because they had neither the time nor interest in going after every pirate when they were smug people would come to them for "official" Atari games. Quelle was no different to them than Activision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Quelle was no different to them than Activision. And there it is, the end of Atari 2600 pirates! I say all Atari 2600 games were created equal Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Quelle was no different to them than Activision. And there it is, the end of Atari 2600 pirates! I say all Atari 2600 games were created equal Cheers, Marco Chiver me timbers, did someone say pirate? Arrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Aaaaiiiii! Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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