Anyone have these NTSC ROMs?

[Alex]

I was looking through some of our ROMs, and these appear to be PAL on our site:

 

Motorodeo

Obelix

Spider Maze (K-Tel)

 

Anybody have NTSC versions?

[Tempest]

I think I have the NTSC Motorodeo rom (I believe it's on the DP rom page), and I have a NTSC Obelix cart that I can dump if no one can come up with the rom.

 

Tempest

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Obelix was one of the NTSC-hacks I did send to AtariAge some weeks ago. Would be quite interesting to compare with the original NTSC version.

[Tempest]

It's never been dumped? I didn't know that. Hopefully I can get a hold of that NTSC Asterix proto I saw and we can have a matched set.

 

Tempest

[Alex]

I don't know if it's been dumped or not, I just know that the only one I have is PAL. Is there going to be anyone at PhillyClassic with a dumper? And I'm not sure what you meant in that post, but we do already have the NTSC Asterix ROM. As for Motorodeo, I did a quick check on DP's site and didn't see it, so if you have it I'd love to get a copy.

[Tempest]

You already have the NTSC Asterix rom? I wasn't sure if it had been dumped (John has a proto of it). I'll check out my Motorodeo rom when I get home.

 

Tempest

[Alex]

Yep, the NTSC Asterix ROM is already on the site. This came up about a month ago and we got it from Cav. Obelix and Moto I just finally got around to checking with z26 after someone emailed me about it.

 

Also the K-Tel Spider Maze we have appears to be PAL. It also has the Funvision logo at the bottom of the screen. Is this Funvision's Spider Monster? I believe it's the same game, but does the K-Tel version have that logo? I don't know who made it first, and I don't have the actual cartridge to check. But this may be another one we need to fix.

[Albert]

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Originally posted by Alex:

Also the K-Tel Spider Maze we have appears to be PAL. It also has the Funvision logo at the bottom of the screen. Is this Funvision's Spider Monster? I believe it's the same game, but does the K-Tel version have that logo? I don't know who made it first, and I don't have the actual cartridge to check. But this may be another one we need to fix.

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I believe I have K-Tel Spider Maze, I'll dump it when I get home tonight if someone else hasn't sent us a dump by then.

 

..Al

[Albert]

We've dumped my Spider Maze cart and put the ROM online for those who might want to try it on a television (say, using a Cuttle Cart on a real 2600). We also took some new screenshots. Enjoy!

 

..Al

[ScoobyDoo]

I think I might have the NTSC Obelix ROM. Good2600 recognises it as obelix_(atari). If you want it PM me with an email address and I'll send it over.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

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Originally posted by ScoobyDoo:

I think I might have the NTSC Obelix ROM. Good2600 recognises it as obelix_(atari).

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I have that Obelix version and it's PAL too.

 

If you test it with z26, use Alt+9 and it will tell you the number of lines (~262=NTSC, ~312=PAL)

 

Tempest, when will you dump your Obelix NTSC?

[Tempest]

I can bring Obelix to Philly and dump it there. I honestly didn't know it was that rare. I assumed most of the long time collectors had one (and it had been dumped). I paid $35 for it on Ebay becuase I had to take a chance (the seller didn't know if it was PAL or NTSC).

 

Tempest

[jahfish]

there's actually two versions of obelix around here in germany.

 

one written "obélix" with a P on the cart, and one "obelix" without the P and a slightly different design.

 

i'm not sure, but i think the second run without the P actually works on both systems. at least i sold it to a us collector and he never complained, just wrote "the cart arrived and it works great"

 

i'll make a scan for you later. probably the same thing happens with the asterix cart.

 

i am not sure, but it might be possible that the later releases had some sort of support for both modes.

[Tempest]

I still think it was released in Canada and that's why it comes in NTSC.

 

Tempest

[MattyXB]

I have bith scans on my Website if someone will see them. Both Asterix and both Obelix.

 

When someone will see the diffrents about the carts.

[kingpong]

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Originally posted by Tempest:

I still think it was released in Canada and that's why it comes in NTSC.

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I'm pretty sure it saw NTSC release in the US, although obviously not in large numbers. A few years ago I used to frequent a big flea market in Central PA, and I found a boxed one for $1. Over the next 2 or 3 years, nearly every collector I ran into there said they had either found one in the wild or had bought one new. Freakishly high occurrence rate for such a rare game.