+nanochess Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Hi everybody, I now had an Atari 2600 Jr, I've made the composite video adaptation and finally I've buyed my first Atari cartridges at a flea market, I've got: Tanque Robot (not working, missing half top label) Seesaw (not working, slightly smaller) Firebird Keystone Kapers (not working) Taz Real Football Yars Revenge Sky Jinks (not working) At the Atariage's database doesn't appear sticker info of Tanque Robot, Seesaw or Firebird, so find annex a big photo, and a small photo of each others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Those carts must have had a rough time, they are in bad condition. You could try cleaning the carts, to see if they start working again. You could try atarimania for info about the labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Welcome to the forums! Looks like you have an ok start. Now to get out there and start building up your collection. Those bad carts will eventually get replaced with better ones naturally as you collect. Where's a pic of your console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Very interesting! I was able to find Seesaw and Tanque Robot in the Atarimania database, so those are known, but I didn't find Firebird. There are two games marked Fire Bird, and one marked Fire Birds, but none of them match the cartridge artwork you scanned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Added: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-firebird_27476.html Thanks. Nanochess, is Firebird the same game as MegaMania? http://www.atarimania.com/game-megamania_s6884.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Added: http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-firebird_27476.html Thanks. Nanochess, is Firebird the same game as MegaMania? http://www.atarimania.com/game-megamania_s6884.html I've checked it again, it says "FIRE BIRD" in top label, I overlooked the space, no further info available. The game itself doesn't look like Megamania, it has several blue birds flying in different lines shooting the magenta ship in bottom, when a bird is destroyed it "regenerates" from left and right of screen, when the ship is destroyed it explodes like fireworks. Welcome to the forums! Looks like you have an ok start. Now to get out there and start building up your collection. Those bad carts will eventually get replaced with better ones naturally as you collect. Where's a pic of your console? And the picture of my Atari, I buyed it for US$3, no joysticks/cables/power supply, it was brown of dust, I've cleaned it though still some dust in wrinkles, you can see my modification with the RCA Jacks for video/audio, I didn't make any holes in case. The case has a crack underneath from center to top, someone sit over it , fortunately the PCB is all right and pretty clean . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzbard Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Added: http://www.atarimani...bird_27476.html Thanks. Nanochess, is Firebird the same game as MegaMania? http://www.atarimani...ania_s6884.html I've checked it again, it says "FIRE BIRD" in top label, I overlooked the space, no further info available. The game itself doesn't look like Megamania, it has several blue birds flying in different lines shooting the magenta ship in bottom, when a bird is destroyed it "regenerates" from left and right of screen, when the ship is destroyed it explodes like fireworks. Your description of "Fire Bird" sounds like Demon Attack to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Added: http://www.atarimani...bird_27476.html Thanks. Nanochess, is Firebird the same game as MegaMania? http://www.atarimani...ania_s6884.html I've checked it again, it says "FIRE BIRD" in top label, I overlooked the space, no further info available. The game itself doesn't look like Megamania, it has several blue birds flying in different lines shooting the magenta ship in bottom, when a bird is destroyed it "regenerates" from left and right of screen, when the ship is destroyed it explodes like fireworks. Your description of "Fire Bird" sounds like Demon Attack to me. Yes, it looks like Demon Attack but I don't remember to see the logo, I will check it again later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Is that Robot Tank a pirate version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Is that Robot Tank a pirate version? It appears to be original, as the screws are exposed I've removed them, the PCB is green with mask, white letters and it has a small microchip covered with epoxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.O.T.S Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 A good feeling when you get your first system/carts and hopefully this is the start of an interesting journey for you ,some of those carts do look a little beaten but then again Activision carts very often look like that anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 Using a lot of isopropilic alcohol I've managed to get working the other four cartridges , now I've discovered that the Select/Reset buttons of my Atari doesn't work . Seesaw looks like Atari Circus, but has man changed to a clown, and Fire Bird is like Demon Attack but with the original logo removed, now I'm pretty sure both are Taiwanese bootlegs, PCB is yellowish with plated lines. On the other way I've reopened Tanque Robot and took a picture of PCB, looks original, gold plated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 I've buyed other eight cartridges, four are Taiwanese bootlegs. o Little Bear. o River Raid. o Fantastic Game (32 in 1), not working. o Tooth Brush, not working. o Mountain King. o Dark Chambers (pretty good state) o Amidar o Fire Fly (apparently sun borrowed colors) Tooth Brush and Fantastic Game aren't working. I'm thinking about replacing oxidized screws with new screws. Not able to test further with my non-working Reset/Select buttons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtshark7 Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 What was wrong with the other 4 cartridges? Using a lot of isopropilic alcohol I've managed to get working the other four cartridges , now I've discovered that the Select/Reset buttons of my Atari doesn't work . Seesaw looks like Atari Circus, but has man changed to a clown, and Fire Bird is like Demon Attack but with the original logo removed, now I'm pretty sure both are Taiwanese bootlegs, PCB is yellowish with plated lines. On the other way I've reopened Tanque Robot and took a picture of PCB, looks original, gold plated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 What was wrong with the other 4 cartridges? Using a lot of isopropilic alcohol I've managed to get working the other four cartridges , now I've discovered that the Select/Reset buttons of my Atari doesn't work . Seesaw looks like Atari Circus, but has man changed to a clown, and Fire Bird is like Demon Attack but with the original logo removed, now I'm pretty sure both are Taiwanese bootlegs, PCB is yellowish with plated lines. On the other way I've reopened Tanque Robot and took a picture of PCB, looks original, gold plated. Them simply didn't worked, black screen with vertical red line at left, and vertical green line at right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtshark7 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Is there anyway to fix that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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