bjk7382 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I just purchased this book (Supercade) because of This Thread on Klov Now just tonight I am browsing the internet archive on news links on the atari 2600 nexus from 2000. And it looks like there was a 2600 game developed by Eric Bacher and Igor Barzilai of Ébivision to celebrate the release of the book. News article on it Here Now I know it is a fat chance that this rom ever saw the light of day, but does anyone here have the cart? (from cge 00) I just thought it was neat that I ran across a 2600 game on the book I bought yesterday for a completely different reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Now I know it is a fat chance that this rom ever saw the light of day, but does anyone here have the cart? (from cge 00) AFAIK it has been released by Ebivison, but under a different name (Allia Quest?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiffWilkie Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I just purchased this book (Supercade) because of This Thread on Klov Now just tonight I am browsing the internet archive on news links on the atari 2600 nexus from 2000. And it looks like there was a 2600 game developed by Eric Bacher and Igor Barzilai of Ébivision to celebrate the release of the book. News article on it Here Now I know it is a fat chance that this rom ever saw the light of day, but does anyone here have the cart? (from cge 00) I just thought it was neat that I ran across a 2600 game on the book I bought yesterday for a completely different reason. 987217[/snapback] I love running into KLOV stuff over here. Re: the rom...I'd like to know, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Now I know it is a fat chance that this rom ever saw the light of day, but does anyone here have the cart? (from cge 00) AFAIK it has been released by Ebivison, but under a different name (Allia Quest?). 987260[/snapback] They released it as Power Off! I've never played the original game, so I have no idea how much Power Off! differs from Supercade, except fror the obvious name change. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 (edited) Thanks for the info guys. I already own power off, and like it quite a bit. I will have to get a saved search going on ebay and have them email me if anyone lists one of these limited editions from '00. Edit: And if I am not mistaken, it is a Hozer relase right? Edited December 22, 2005 by bjk7382 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzLee Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Now I know it is a fat chance that this rom ever saw the light of day, but does anyone here have the cart? (from cge 00) AFAIK it has been released by Ebivison, but under a different name (Allia Quest?). 987260[/snapback] They released it as Power Off! I've never played the original game, so I have no idea how much Power Off! differs from Supercade, except fror the obvious name change. ..Al 987263[/snapback] I played the orignal at CGE. Aside from the title screen, the game appears to be identical to Power Off. There was some talk of distrubuting the game to coincide with the release of the book. I'm not sure why this never materialized. As always, Power Off is another quaility title from Ebivision requiring developing some skills to master the game. I highly recommend this game Regards, -Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 There was some talk of distrubuting the game to coincide with the release of the book. I'm not sure why this never materialized.Regards, -Lee 987442[/snapback] So it never did get released at cge? Bummer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 One of the selling points on buying the book was that it would come with a new 2600 game. I bought mine, and kept reading online that the game wasn't finished, and we'd get copies once it was done. But it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 There was some talk of distrubuting the game to coincide with the release of the book. I'm not sure why this never materialized. Maybe because the book was so terrible, the publishers didn't want it to get overshadowed by the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 There was some talk of distrubuting the game to coincide with the release of the book. I'm not sure why this never materialized.Regards, -Lee 987442[/snapback] So it never did get released at cge? Bummer... 987444[/snapback] Nope, as far as I know there are no copies of this game floating around in cartridge form. I wasn't at the show in 2000, but I believe that everyone who bought the book at the show was supposed to have a cartridge mailed to them. I've never heard a definitive explanation for why the cartridges were never sent out. At least Ebivision was able to release the game with a different name. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 What happened was that soon after Supercade was released, Van Burnham got married (and I think also had a kid) and abruptly stopped participating in the hobby. That's what I heard at least. She never made any kind of statement and she stopped replying to emails. I don't know if she's ever gotten back into it, but at the time she left everyone hanging regarding Supercade. I'd be curious to know if she ever went to any subsequent shows. If she has a young child I'd think it would be impractical (as it is in my case). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 (edited) So it sounds like 18 years after the fact a winner of this game got his copy? Saw it posted on the Atari Age FB page, that someone won this at the CGE2k1 and finally received his copy, and included a picture!! I remember when they were selling a book with a game years ago, and had considered purchasing, but never did. Guess it was for the best since it never really happened. Interesting to see that someone actually got a copy of the game all this time later. Sorry if this was brought up in another thread, I did a search and this is the latest thread that popped up. Edited May 16, 2019 by moycon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 So it sounds like 18 years after the fact a winner of this game got his copy? Saw it posted on the Atari Age FB page, that someone won this at the CGE2k1 and finally received his copy, and included a picture!! I remember when they were selling a book with a game years ago, and had considered purchasing, but never did. Guess it was for the best since it never really happened. Interesting to see that someone actually got a copy of the game all this time later. Sorry if this was brought up in another thread, I did a search and this is the latest thread that popped up. Nice. Relabelled Atari red label Venture carts IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Nice. Relabelled Atari red label Venture carts IIRC. Hmmmm I thought it was supposed to be a platform game? Check out this old page about CGE 2k. They mention the game and it looks like show a picture of it. Kind of reminds me of Fast Eddie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Ooops here is the page... http://www.cyberroach.com/cyromag/ten/cge2k2p.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Yes, but the casings were old Atari Venture carts.According to Van Burnham, that is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I can confirm I recently received one of these as well. Had completely forgotten about the CGE contest after all these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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