Atari 2600 bootlegs?

[jammajup]

As this is my first post:

Hi to all !

 

I recently read an interesting article on a website regarding Atari 2600 bootlegs,i have only just re-started my cart collecting and was wandering just how common are these Atari 2600 bootlegs?,were many made and how easy are they to identify from the original?

I ask this as i live in the Uk and do not recall any bootleg carts at all in my youth or present day(or not at least that i have noticed)

[Mindfield]

There are many, many bootlegs out there. Probably the majority of them came out of Brazil from companies like CCE, Dactar, Videomac, Tron, Atarimania (who also did Coleco pirates under the "Colecomania" brand) and so on. (AFAIK the only company in Brazil who actually licensed titles was Polyvox) There are a lotta pirates out of Europe, too, mostly from Bit Corp, HES, Quelle and others. Even Zellers in Canada released pirates for some time, and there are also a few Taiwanese pirates floating around, too.

[Mindfield]

Oh, and welcome to AA! :-)

[+RangerG]

There is a bootleg called Air Raid that I'd pick-up if you see it kicking around ! Welcome to the forums.