Osmeroid #1 Posted April 23, 2002 I came across this odd-ball on eBay (UK) this morning - anyone else ever come across this game before? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...item=1347807471 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moycon #2 Posted April 23, 2002 Hmmmm Maybe its just baseball???? I dunno... Crickets played in a straight line though isn't it? Wierd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Osmeroid #3 Posted April 23, 2002 Could be Moycon. If it is genuine it will probably involve something like this.... The bottom quarter of the screen filled in green, the rest is pale blue, pick your team (England) vs anyone else. The screen does not alter for six hours (the manual suggests consuming beer and sandwiches). After six hours of nothing happening, the screen will flash the message *England lost* and the game ends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StanJr #4 Posted April 23, 2002 Did anyone stop to think that this might actually be a Video Cricket (chirp chirp)? Now how do you plug a bug into the VCS? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATARIPITBULL #5 Posted April 23, 2002 You don't, you step on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Osmeroid #6 Posted April 23, 2002 Stan & Ataripitbull, that's mean! No it's not!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! I HATE Cricket!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Osmeroid #7 Posted April 24, 2002 More Atari weirdness http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...item=1347575727 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratfink #8 Posted April 25, 2002 My two guesses about "Crab Control": Activision's Frostbite or Crackpots (those spiders look like crabs I guess). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moycon #9 Posted April 25, 2002 I bid on Video Cricket... He cancelled the auction because he stated the Auction title was incorrect??? Im guessing it wasn't what he thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Osmeroid #10 Posted April 25, 2002 I agree with Ze_ro, about CC - how bad is that?!? I'm sorta' tempted to bid on it just to find out what it really is.... Video Cricket? What next? Atari's 'Video Wallpapering'?!? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liquid_sky #11 Posted April 25, 2002 crab control??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Osmeroid #12 Posted April 25, 2002 It could be worse, how about PB's other VDC? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ze_ro #13 Posted April 26, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Green Goblin: Activision's Frostbite or Crackpots (those spiders look like crabs I guess). Spider Fighter is my guess. --Zero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DuckandCover #14 Posted April 26, 2002 Maybe Crab Control was a rare Australian release similar to Tooth Protectors. Instead of educating kids about oral hygiene, Crab Control was about the perils of venereal disease. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stella'sGhost #15 Posted April 26, 2002 That crab control game has the same picture and cartridge style as Inca Gold by Zellers - which is actually Montzuma's Revenge I think, so this game is obviously a copy of some other game, but what that is who the hell knows. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weaselbrains #16 Posted April 26, 2002 Crab Control is a hack of Crackpots - the spiders really do look like crabs. I'm not exactly sure brand name it was packaged as - the label has the same picture as is used on some Hi-Score carts, but Hi-Score carts have a different case. I have a few of these carts, the only boxed one has a blue box that just says Atari Compatible with no brand name. I think it is probably the same kind of cart but I'm not sure. Here's a (crappy) picture of the boxed cart null mitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ze_ro #17 Posted April 26, 2002 I hope it comes with some of the special shampoo... As for Video Cricket, since there's no picture, it could easily be just a seller who doesn't know what he has. I saw a guy selling what he claimed to be a version of Rocky for the 2600... inside his description, he also called it an Intellivision cartridge, and the picture was of the ColecoVision cartridge! --Zero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Osmeroid #18 Posted April 26, 2002 I'm really tempted to bid on this cart. Is it a pirate or original? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...indexURL=0&rd=1 Exciting sounding title! [ 04-26-2002: Message edited by: osmeroid ] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weaselbrains #19 Posted April 27, 2002 The game is a pirated game that uses the same picture as other Taiwanese pirate games. Rainbowvision games are mostly hacks of Activision games. Rainbowvision games were distributed by Rainbow Music in Australia - a record label that from memory put out mostly compilations and 'not by original artist' records. The same saller some more boxed Rainbowvision games up for auction. I bid $14.50 on two of them but Atari-France had already bid higher than me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ze_ro #20 Posted April 27, 2002 That's an odd game... I can't even think what it would be if it were a pirate of something! If anyone here gets it, be sure to post a description! --Zero Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slapdash #21 Posted April 27, 2002 If I remember correctly, Netmaker is the RainbowVision pirate of Amidar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
videotwit #22 Posted April 27, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Russ Perry Jr: If I remember correctly, Netmaker is the RainbowVision pirate of Amidar. You do. It is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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