VCS "Hot Shot" Cartridge?

[Simon]

Hello,

 

does anybody know about the shown VCS cartridge? It's a german multi cartridge with six games and a cable with connector.

 

What's the purpose of the connector? Does the cart contain RAM to be used as a SuperCharger or something like that?

 

Any information would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Simon

[supercat]

does anybody know about the shown VCS cartridge? It's a german multi cartridge with six games and a cable with connector.

1001772[/snapback]

 

"Playable on the Atari Video Computer System. Super-Six I cartridge with these 6 tele-games"

[Atari Rescue Group]

Assuming there's a plug on the cord it seems just long enough to go to the power supply jack on the console. Would the wall power supply then go to the cartridge? That would supercharge it all by itself (or kill it.)

 

Oddball 2600 stuff is cool.

Edited January 17, 2006 by Atari Rescue Group

[+Marc Oberhäuser]

Hello,

 

does anybody know about the shown VCS cartridge? It's a german multi cartridge with six games and a cable with connector.

 

What's the purpose of the connector? Does the cart contain RAM to be used as a SuperCharger or something like that?

 

Any information would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Simon

1001772[/snapback]

 

Hotshot was the budget label of Goliath who released 24 games. This cartridge was a dealer demo (4 different carts) as far as I know. About the cable: Don't have such a cart, so no info on it...

[Eckhard Stolberg]

What's the purpose of the connector? Does the cart contain RAM to be used as a SuperCharger or something like that?

1001772[/snapback]

I think Marco has one of those too. IIRC you connect the Atari power cable to the cartridge. Then you connect the cable form the cartridge to the power connector on the VCS. There should also be a button on the back of the cartridge that lets you interrupt the power to the VCS.

 

By turning the VCS off and on again you change between the the 6 games. So the button on the back of the cartridge lets you cycle through the games as well.

 

As Marc said, this is a store demo cartridge. In the VCS demo stands in the shops the VCS was locked behind glas. Only the button on the cartridge and the controllers were accessible to the customers. That way customers could try out the different games on the cart without being able to mess up the console itself.

 

 

Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg

[Rom Hunter]

Quite some find, Simon.

 

Take good care of it.

 

Now collect the other three:

 

 

[AtariAger]

[Marco]

You don't have to turn the VCS off to switch between the games, that's the cool thing about these Hot Shot demo carts

 

Also, there are two versions of these carts. One was probably meant for stores (they are called "Vorführ-Cassette") and the other one is pictured above. My guess is this latter version was meant for commercial release to consumers (hence the brochure), the first was meant for store display purposes.

 

Cheers,

Marco

Edited January 17, 2006 by Marco

[YOK-dfa]

They funny thing is that i've seen a number of Hotshot advertisements and brochures in Finnish, but i've never ever seen anything pre NES here in the wild. Where those games (or the Atari 2600 for that matter) actually released here in Finland?

[Simon]

Hi,

 

sorry for bringing this old topic back to life, but I wanted to add a small information...

 

You don't have to turn the VCS off to switch between the games, that's the cool thing about these Hot Shot demo carts

The end label of the cart tells you to switch the console off and on after you selected a new game.

 

You can cycle through the games without switching the console off and on, but the games show bugs then.

 

Switching the console off and on again starts the new game properly. So you have to use the cartridge switch first and the power switch afterwards...

 

Thanks,

Simon

[ianoid]

Quite some find, Simon.

 

Take good care of it.

 

Now collect the other three:

 

 

 

Are those confirmed? Or are they like Bomb DC-I (unconfirmed)?

[Rom Hunter]

I've never seen them.

 

[Dino]

Quite some find, Simon.

 

Take good care of it.

 

Now collect the other three:

 

 

 

Are those confirmed? Or are they like Bomb DC-I (unconfirmed)?

 

At least with these there is paraphernalia to support their existence. BOMB DC I is only thought to exist because there is a BOMB DC II. BOMB DC II may be called II becuase its a double pack and therefore DC I may not exist.

[Rom Hunter]

Marco,

 

What do those two Vorführ-Kassette's look like?

 

Which games do they contain?

 

Edited March 18, 2008 by Rom Hunter

[Simon]

Hello,

Now collect the other three:

 

While writing a little article about the Hot Shot cartridge for the next issue of the 2600 Connection, I noticed that my cartridge is not one of the four cartridges pictured in the catalogue from Finland.

 

"My Hot Shot cartridge contains the following titles: Mafia (1), Felix Return (1), Squirrel & Snail (2), Astro Attack (2), Tom Boy (3) and Ground Zero (1). The numbers in brackets show to which of the four cartridges from Finland (or “Democasetti” as they seem to call them there) these games belong. As the labels of my cartridge are in German language I assume that they even produced different versions for different countries, mine being number 1 (according to the main label) in Germany."

 

Best regards,

Simon

[Rom Hunter]

Why haven't I noticed this before?

 

I will delete the other three Super-Six Kassette's from our database.

 

There's no real proof of their existence.

 

Also, I'm more and more interested in these Vorführ-Kassette's.

 

Thanks for the info, Simon.

 

[Marco]

 

 

Cheers,

Marco

[CPUWIZ]

[pangasinan]

[Rom Hunter]

LOL

 

Brilliant.

 

Thanks, Marco.

 

The third one is Vorführ-Cassette Nr. 1, right?

 

Are these games on that cart?

 

Mafia / Time Machine / Ground Zero / Overkill / Magic Puzzle / Felix Return

 

Edited March 31, 2008 by Rom Hunter

[retroplayers]

Hello

 

I have found the vorführ -cassette nr.1 in it,s original box. It is new and unused.

 

Maybe you can tell me some more about this. I have seen there is 1 other know then this one(nr.2). And it got a rarity 10.

 

here are some pictures.

 

 

 

 

Hope to hear from you guys.

 

Greets Rob

[Rom Hunter]

Rob,

 

Remember, when I spoke to you a few days ago, I told you about the Hot Shot stand?

 

Here's a picture of it:

 

Early 1984.

 

My guess is that these Vorführ-Cassettes were used to demonstrate the Hot Shot games at stands like this.

 

And of course in (German) shops where Hot Shot titles were sold.

 

Vorführ means: Demonstration

 

One press on the button shows another game.

 

Saves a lot of cart swapping.

 

It only takes two consoles to show a dozen different games in no time.

 

Here's a similar looking cart, btw:

http://atarimania.com/zoom_frame.php?TYPE_...amp;NUM_IMAGE=0

 

It wouldn't surprise me if there are two more Vorführ-Cassettes (Nr. 3 and Nr. 4):

 

Still not found, though...

 

 

Marco, any idea about the value?

 

Edited November 24, 2008 by Rom Hunter

[Dino]

Hello

 

I have found the vorführ -cassette nr.1 in it,s original box. It is new and unused.

 

Maybe you can tell me some more about this. I have seen there is 1 other know then this one(nr.2). And it got a rarity 10.

 

here are some pictures.

 

 

 

 

Hope to hear from you guys.

 

Greets Rob

 

 

Did it come in this box?

[retroplayers]

No it came in the cardboardbox from the picture.s The tape was still closed. On the cardboard box is a sticker with number 1 on it.

[Simon]

Hello,

It wouldn't surprise me if there are two more Vorführ-Cassettes (Nr. 3 and Nr. 4):

The carts in the catalogue from Finland show different game compilations than my German cartridge. Therefore the four carts from Finland do not automatically mean that there were four carts in Germany, too.

 

I wrote a small article about this in one of the latest issues of the 2600connection (Quote):

Two pictures of a Hot SHOT catalogue from Finland were posted to the Atari Age forums. They show four multi game cartridges containing six games each. My Hot Shot cartridge contains the following titles: Mafia (1), Felix Return (1), Squirrel & Snail (2), Astro Attack (2), Tom Boy (3) and Ground Zero (1). The numbers in brackets show to which of the four cartridges from Finland (or “Democasetti” as they seem to call them there) these games belong. As the labels of my cartridge are in German language I assume that they even produced different versions for different countries, mine being number 1 (according to the main label) in Germany.

 

The "Vorführkassette" shows the exact game compilation as the cart 01 from Finland, but it differs from my HOTSHOT Nr. 1. This means that there are different HOTSHOT compilations in Germany...

 

Have a nice day,

Simon

Edited November 25, 2008 by Simon