sylabyss Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The secret To the Atari 2600's Greatest Urban Legend (err beside the E.T. landfill that is ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrimarrko Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The secret To the Atari 2600's Greatest Urban Legend (err beside the E.T. landfill that is ) It's almost Christmas time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 You rock!! Good job getting the label off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The secret To the Atari 2600's Greatest Urban Legend (err beside the E.T. landfill that is ) I always need a beer too, when I open up rare carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Hmmmmm Wont be long now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 So, I'm confused. Did you pour some of that Corona on the label to loosen it from the cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbrad Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Damn, it's almost been an hour, smash that sucker open already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 If it all fails it'll make a good beer coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) Wow, this reminds of that old Geraldo Rivera special- Al Capone's secret vault.....hopefully the results are different. Edited May 17, 2006 by Wonder007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 So, I'm confused. Did you pour some of that Corona on the label to loosen it from the cart? Its in the code MADE IN MEXICO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z28in82 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 RE: Geraldo, I was thinikin the same thing. BTW one helluva job with the label Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylabyss Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 Wow, this reminds of that old Geraldo Rivera special- Al Capone's secret vault.....hopefully the results are different. MUAHAHAHA. Answer comes tommorow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 It's 50 minutes after midnight here. It IS tommorrow!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I hope you know that you have become a legend in the Atari comunity by doing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Wow, this reminds of that old Geraldo Rivera special- Al Capone's secret vault.....hopefully the results are different. MUAHAHAHA. Answer comes tommorow Ha! I knew it, it's an EPROM cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) Well we know it is an EPROM because of the inverter chip on there... Damn, WIZ beat me to it.. Edited May 17, 2006 by bjk7382 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylabyss Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 Well we know it is an EPROM because of the inverter chip on there... Damn, WIZ beat me to it.. Whoa whats Does eprom cart mean? Does it make it Non USA and just a hack ? I swear to you i haven't peaked just making this fun and suspenseful!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Wow, this reminds of that old Geraldo Rivera special- Al Capone's secret vault.....hopefully the results are different. MUAHAHAHA. Answer comes tommorow Ha! I knew it, it's an EPROM cart. What does it mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) It means that all "Air Raids" are EPROMS. Well, at least this one is... It probably just means it was a low run since it was much more expensive to make a masked ROM in the long run. I just hope there is a maker on the chip so we can see trace it back and see who really made this stupid game. In the long run, this isn't a US release even if it turns out to be NTSC. There is no way this game was ever advertised, promoted, or offered for sale in the US. If anyone can prove me wrong, we should add it to the US released games list, otherwise it should be a taiwanese poo-stick. Edited May 17, 2006 by MattG/Snyper2099 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 (edited) It doesn't mean it is junk or non-usa. It just means, as mattG pointed out, that is was a low production run and didnt' warrant making mask roms (which is very expensive) I am willing to bet that that board has some type of identifying marks on it, and maybe the chip has a sticker on it like most protos do. Who knows... I like how they put a red dot on there to mark the "pin 1" location. So the stupid people soldering them in didn't put them in the wrong way. Edit- And just for the record I believe all the NTSC, usa released Bomb carts are eproms. CPUWIZ can verify this I am sure. That just shows that there are legitimate ntsc eprom carts out there that are extremely rare. Edited May 17, 2006 by bjk7382 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Da Vinci coded Air Raid? He's even smarter than I thought. It may be a primitive game, but it's very advanced for the 16th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylabyss Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 It means that all "Air Raids" are EPROMS. Well, at least this one is... It probably just means it was a low run since it was much more expensive to make a masked ROM in the long run. I just hope there is a maker on the chip so we can see trace it back and see who really made this stupid game. In the long run, this isn't a US release even if it turns out to be NTSC. There is no way this game was ever advertised, promoted, or offered for sale in the US. If anyone can prove me wrong, we should add it to the US released games list, otherwise it should be a taiwanese poo-stick. So your saying a startup USA Group of guys in the early 80's would never have have done this ? Say Starting out with a low run to see if it sold ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylabyss Posted May 17, 2006 Author Share Posted May 17, 2006 Da Vinci coded Air Raid? He's even smarter than I thought. It may be a primitive game, but it's very advanced for the 16th century. Heh couldn't pass that up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64squares Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 It means that all "Air Raids" are EPROMS. Well, at least this one is... It probably just means it was a low run since it was much more expensive to make a masked ROM in the long run. I just hope there is a maker on the chip so we can see trace it back and see who really made this stupid game. In the long run, this isn't a US release even if it turns out to be NTSC. There is no way this game was ever advertised, promoted, or offered for sale in the US. If anyone can prove me wrong, we should add it to the US released games list, otherwise it should be a taiwanese poo-stick. So your saying a startup USA Group of guys in the early 80's would never have have done this ? Say Starting out with a low run to see if it sold ? Both Magicard and Video Life are in fact EPROMS as well. AFAIK, the fact that it's an EPROM only means that it was probably produced in low numbers and doesn't mean it wasn't a US release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 It means that all "Air Raids" are EPROMS. Well, at least this one is... It probably just means it was a low run since it was much more expensive to make a masked ROM in the long run. I just hope there is a maker on the chip so we can see trace it back and see who really made this stupid game. In the long run, this isn't a US release even if it turns out to be NTSC. There is no way this game was ever advertised, promoted, or offered for sale in the US. If anyone can prove me wrong, we should add it to the US released games list, otherwise it should be a taiwanese poo-stick. So your saying a startup USA Group of guys in the early 80's would never have have done this ? Say Starting out with a low run to see if it sold ? Both Magicard and Video Life are in fact EPROMS as well. AFAIK, the fact that it's an EPROM only means that it was probably produced in low numbers and doesn't mean it wasn't a US release. Dont forget CTCW .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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