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[thecapn]

Been emailing tempest to see what these are, he believes they may be test/demo cartridges.

Any input?

[thecapn]

Games are:

Vanguard
slot machine
Swordquest
Football: Real Sports
and the ornage on is Coke wins!

[CPUWIZ]

These are very interesting indeed, they seem to be from some kind of ROM manufacturer selection test.

OKI
NCR
AMI
etc.

Each one is made by a different manufacturer and they seem to be only days apart in labeling. I think you may have a genuine Coke Wins mask ROM on your hands.

[nonner242]

I have a yellow cart just like that. I got it in a lot of Goodwill auctions I thought someone just painted and cut a notch in it
.
Damn I have to go thru stuff to get pics...
Im pretty sure it say OKI on it.

[thecapn]

Uh........so apparently I have a lot more of these in this box, so much for my attention to detail

Bowling
Hangman
Basic Programming ????
Human Cannonball
Basketball
Space combat
3-d tic tac toe
Superman
Realsports volleyball
Outlaw
Blackjack
Maze Craze
Berzerk
Chase
Video Olympics
Air Sea Battle
Pele's Soccer

These all have the top label, no front label, just stickers with gibberish and dates/manufacturer info

Most are yellow, 3 are orange, blackjack is red

[Wonder007]

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.........

[Wickeycolumbus]

Those are really cool, nice find

[nonner242]

Where did you get them?
Mine came from a Lot on Goodwill about 6 months ago. They had another but I loss.

[thecapn]

My mother was a huge garage sale fan. She bought them in the early 90's from an Atari Rep's sale (or so my brother says) We played them every once and a while (Outlaw being one of my all time favorites) I'll post some more pictures, you guys seem to enjoy them

Thanks for all the input. I've always been a video game fanatic.

[nonner242]

thecapn, on Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:34 PM, said:

My mother was a huge garage sale fan. She bought them in the early 90's from an Atari Rep's sale (or so my brother says) We played them every once and a while (Outlaw being one of my all time favorites) I'll post some more pictures, you guys seem to enjoy them

Thanks for all the input. I've always been a video game fanatic.

Thats Awesome!

[thecapn]

[thecapn]

The games missing front stickers are space combat, bowling, pele soccer, and outlaw

Looks like i have othello also

[CPUWIZ]

Someone, hand Jose a napkin.

[Wickeycolumbus]

Thank you for the pictures

CPUWIZ, on Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:47 PM, said:

Someone, hand Jose a napkin.

[Rom Hunter]

Funky stuff.

Thanks for sharing.

Pepsi Invaders (Coke Wins) is a great find.

Curious what Tempest has to say about these.


Somehow I remember seeing a picture of a similar looking yellow painted cart before.

Wasn't there some yellow painted Diagnostic Test cart out there?


Edit: found it
http://www.atariage....ost__p__1083492

Edited by Rom Hunter, Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:29 AM.

[horseboy]

Thank you Rom. I haven't heard Pancake Boy in years. I totally forgot about it. Classic.

[thecapn]

Inside of Basketball cartridge # on white out is 862

Tabs were glued on cartridge. It was a total PITA

Edited by thecapn, Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:25 PM.

[Bruce Tomlin]

I'm guessing that the saw cut is there to mean "not for sale" or somesuch.

It would be a "cut out", just like remaindered LPs (and LDs) would have a saw cut along the side of the sleeve (where there was no disc), CDs would have a notch bitten out of the jewel case spine, and unsold books would have covers removed. (I may have seen a "cut out" DVD, but if I did, I don't remember how it was done.)

[thecapn]

Bruce Tomlin, on Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:14 AM, said:

I'm guessing that the saw cut is there to mean "not for sale" or somesuch.

It would be a "cut out", just like remaindered LPs (and LDs) would have a saw cut along the side of the sleeve (where there was no disc), CDs would have a notch bitten out of the jewel case spine, and unsold books would have covers removed. (I may have seen a "cut out" DVD, but if I did, I don't remember how it was done.)

Interesting theory, I had wondered about the notch

[thecapn]

First is chip inside maze craze, Second and third are Pepsi Invaders.

So are these final copies and not prototypes?

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

Man, that´s sweet stuff!

[Wickeycolumbus]

Thanks for all of the pictures, cool stuff!

thecapn, on Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:42 PM, said:

So are these final copies and not prototypes?

I would guess they are final, since they are mask ROMs. Prototypes would be on EPROMs.

[Shawn Sr.]

Congrats on the legit Pepsi Invaders.

[Bruce Tomlin]

Wickeycolumbus, on Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:49 PM, said:

I would guess they are final, since they are mask ROMs. Prototypes would be on EPROMs.

These aren't development prototypes, they're production prototypes. But without the matching cases you wouldn't be able to tell. There is still a chance that they could be different from the final release, though it is unlikely.

Anyone got a can of Krylon and a hacksaw lying around in their garage? I can probably dig up a few old labels. (ha ha)

[Crimefighter]

Bruce Tomlin, on Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:12 AM, said:

Wickeycolumbus, on Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:49 PM, said:

I would guess they are final, since they are mask ROMs. Prototypes would be on EPROMs.

These aren't development prototypes, they're production prototypes. But without the matching cases you wouldn't be able to tell. There is still a chance that they could be different from the final release, though it is unlikely.

Anyone got a can of Krylon and a hacksaw lying around in their garage? I can probably dig up a few old labels. (ha ha)

Methinks Tempest has gone MIA...thre's been a bunch of protos found but he's not reviewed a single one lately...