Foxsolo2000 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Does anyone know how many Imagic titles were rereleased as Activision titles and did these relabled games have the Activision logo on screen instead of the Imagic one. Also does anyone have a pic of the cartridges? Were they put in Activision carts or kept in Imagic carts with an Activision label? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) It's my understanding that the three Blue label Imagic games were distributed by Activision (Mediagenics). I pretty sure that the "IMAGIC" logo was changed, even though the screenshots here on AA don't reflect it. Edited May 17, 2006 by Christophero Sly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Really? I had no idea the logo was changed (even though I don't have these carts). I also didn't know Activision released them. I always presumed it was Imagic copying Activision's cheap label style. If anyone is wondering the three games are (in the blue label text style): Atlantis Demon Attack Moonsweeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) Here they are: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=13457 http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=13470 http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=18069 They came in black boxes: http://www.atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDIT...CATALOGUE_ID=29 Edited May 18, 2006 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 So out of all the titles available to them they only chose to release those three. Were they US only releases or available worldwide? I ask for I have never seen any of them either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 So out of all the titles available to them they only chose to release those three. Were they US only releases or available worldwide? I ask for I have never seen any of them either They where sold in Canada also. I don't know about oversea's though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I can understand why they would pick Atlantis and Demon attack, but Moonsweeper? Is that really the 3rd most popular Imagic game? I would have thought they would pick Cosmic Ark instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 So out of all the titles available to them they only chose to release those three. Were they US only releases or available worldwide? I ask for I have never seen any of them either Don't forget that at the time, the videogame market was imploding and interest in the 2600 was waning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 They came in black boxes:http://www.atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDIT...CATALOGUE_ID=29 Yes they did: I keep mine next to the Imagic boxes since they still look like Imagic boxes & not Activision. In the link to Atlantis above, it does clearly have the Activision logo on the screen, so it has been updated under Activision's license: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabuko78 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Weird. I saw also two games from 20th Century Fox with the Activision logo : Fast Eddie and Turmoil. What relation have Activision and Fox? It is the same as Imagic - Activision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Weird. I saw also two games from 20th Century Fox with the Activision logo : Fast Eddie and Turmoil. What relation have Activision and Fox? It is the same as Imagic - Activision? No. These are most probably brazilian hacks. Nice catch, Nabuko78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 VGA those are some very nice boxes. I have seen the black boxes before but never made the connection that they were for the three blue label carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 I have always put mine with my Imagic titles. Should I officially move these to the Activision Blue Label area of my collection? I never noticed the Activision logo in the game before. So what are these? Activision games or Imagic games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Is the logo on the black boxes "Imagic", or "Activision"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Is the logo on the black boxes "Imagic", or "Activision"? Looks like Imagic on the box. It also says "Imagic presents:" on the label. But it says Activision when you turn it on. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 (edited) Is the logo on the black boxes "Imagic", or "Activision"? Looks like Imagic on the box. It also says "Imagic presents:" on the label. But it says Activision when you turn it on. Weird. For what it's worth, I've fired up Activision Anthology on the PS2 and, sure enough, Demon Attack, Atlantis, and Moonsweeper all have Activision logos replacing the Imagic name, though the cart pics and all bear the Imagic logo. But I always thought the games were hacked to include the Activision logo for the re-re-release (that's a mouth full!). But from the way you said this, I'm taking it that Activision made actual carts with their logo in the game? Edit: Nevermind... just found the answer to my own question. Edited May 18, 2006 by rockman_x_2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 So out of all the titles available to them they only chose to release those three. Were they US only releases or available worldwide? I ask for I have never seen any of them either I think there were only 11 Imagic titles released in Activision style cartridges in Europe. These had white labels with black text, similar to the font styles and layout seen on the blue labels in the US. I have not played these to check if the on-screen Imagic logo was replaced by Activision. Here are the boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 So out of all the titles available to them they only chose to release those three. Were they US only releases or available worldwide? I ask for I have never seen any of them either I think there were only 11 Imagic titles released in Activision style cartridges in Europe. These had white labels with black text, similar to the font styles and layout seen on the blue labels in the US. I have not played these to check if the on-screen Imagic logo was replaced by Activision. Here are the boxes. They still have the Imagic logo on screen. Here's the whole collection: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...D=61&VISU=TABLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 So out of all the titles available to them they only chose to release those three. Were they US only releases or available worldwide? I ask for I have never seen any of them either I think there were only 11 Imagic titles released in Activision style cartridges in Europe. These had white labels with black text, similar to the font styles and layout seen on the blue labels in the US. I have not played these to check if the on-screen Imagic logo was replaced by Activision. Here are the boxes. They still have the Imagic logo on screen. Here's the whole collection: http://www.atarimania.com/lst_soft.php?MEN...D=61&VISU=TABLE Has someone physically checked or are we going off rom dumps? Imagic released games in the pal format prior to the Activision re-releases. It doesn't come as a surprise that they might would have left the games untouched for their Activision re-releases for the overseas markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Has someone physically checked or are we going off rom dumps?99% of all Atarimania ROMS are personally checked by me and represent the ones in the original cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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