Dodge'Em 1988

[Marco(2)]

Hi guys,

 

I'm not a label variation collector, but when I saw this I thought I'd share it with you. I got some boxed 2600 games today, one of them being the brown version of Dodge'Em. The copyright on the cart reads 1980 (this one's in The Giant List of 2600 Label Variations), but the box actually says "Copyright 1988"! I guess Atari tried to squeeze every penny they could out of their game inventory in the not-so-hurt-by-the-crash-PAL-market.

 

Cheers,

 

Marco

[atari70s]

MARCO ,

 

can you get me a 1988 dodge em? or other 1986 + carts ( Rereleases )

[Tempest]

Yeah I've seen a few Red Label PAL releases with really late dates on the boxes. I think I have a 88 Moon Patrol somewhere. The cart still says 1983, I wonder why they changed the dates on the boxes and not the labels?

 

Tempest

[atari70s]

Tempest,

 

Maybe cause they had a surplus of labels perhaps? ( this is atari we gotta remember , they made more combat carts than they did systems)

[Marco(2)]

Speaking of dates, I have a question regarding dates on boxes vs labels.

 

Both my Crazy Climber and Atari Video Cube boxes are dated 1983, while the labels have a 1982 copyright. So far, I haven't been able to discover a 1982 box for either one of these games. Anyone have a 1982 box or know what's the deal with this?

 

Cheers,

 

Marco

[Marco(2)]

quote:

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Originally posted by atari70s:

can you get me a 1988 dodge em? or other 1986 + carts (Rereleases)

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I have the following loose games with brown/red label (copyright year):

 

Basketball (1978)

RS Soccer (1983)

Battlezone (1983)

Mario Bros (1983) in Activision case, very cool!!

Asteroids (1979)

Missile Command (1980)

Jungle Hunt (1983)

 

and the following games in brown boxes:

 

Desert Falcon (box:1987 / label:1988)

Dodge'Em (box:1988 / label:1980)

RS Volleyball (box:1988 / label:1988 silver!)

 

Just in case anyone is interested in more label variations, I have six Australian HES version of Activision games for sale: Skiing, River Raid, Demon Attack, HERO, Freeway, and Grand Prix.

 

email me at [email protected] to make me an offer.

 

Cheers,

 

Marco

[Super Bagman]

Could you post/send me a scan of the brown box Dodge 'Em? A big part of my collection is packaging, and I've never heard of this. Thanks!

 

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