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Frogger (it won't fit!!!)


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#1 Cauldron OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Apr 6, 2002 6:49 PM

I have a Frogger game that matches the look of the label scan on this site. The question I had is this:

WHY WON'T IT FIT??? Most Atari carts are square at the connection point, this one has slanted sides. It is the same width, length, depth, etc. of an Atari cart, but because of that slant, it won't fit in the unit. I have compared it to other console systems, and it doesn't fit either.

Any ideas? Could this be a PAL version that mysteriously ended up in my local thrift store?

A normal card: ___________
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|__________|

Frogger cart: _____________
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|____________|

Any ideas? Is this rare? Or am I just stupid and haven't found the right console for it yet?

#2 Mitch OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Apr 6, 2002 9:29 PM

It sounds like a Colecovision cart.

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#3 Albert OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Apr 6, 2002 9:38 PM

Here is a picture of a 2600 Frogger:

Posted Image

Now here is the ColecoVision cart:

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..Al

#4 King Atari OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat Apr 6, 2002 10:58 PM

I'd say it's Colecovision. I remember going into a thrift and seeing Colecovision Donkey Kong. At first I didn't realize it wasn't 2600 and got all excited think I found a proto or rare label variation, then I saw Colecovision on it, and threw it at the clerk.



Okay, that isn't totally true, but it did have the slant you described on your Frogger cart.

#5 jahfish OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 7, 2002 12:34 AM

i did the same error on an auction for frogger2 and miners 1

and marco just bid 50$ on a coleco box with an atari Miner's 2049er ... just because of the microfun sticker i guess ...

you see ... nobody's perfect

#6 MattyXB OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 7, 2002 3:27 AM

Me too, I have buy in a store a game calls Frantic Freddy. Never hear this before. And I know why, it Coleco Vision too.

In the store I have wonder me, that the board is bigger. But the Lable look like a pirated Keystone Kaper that I know, so I have buy it.

Now it lay in my room for month, and I can't do anything with it.

#7 Marco(2) OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 7, 2002 3:35 AM

quote:


Originally posted by jahfish:
i did the same error on an auction for frogger2 and miners 1

and marco just bid 50$ on a coleco box with an atari Miner's 2049er ... just because of the microfun sticker i guess ...

you see ... nobody's perfect



Yeah, yeah, rub it in, rub it in!

Cheers,

Marco

#8 jahfish OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 7, 2002 3:55 AM

hehe, now franc is also with us in the boat ... he's the highest bidder now that you have retracted the bid




send him a mail saying "sorry for underbidding you"



[ 04-07-2002: Message edited by: jahfish ]

#9 Cauldron OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun Apr 7, 2002 10:22 AM

Okay, so I'm stupid.. It's a Colecovision cart. Next time I will look a little more closely before I tell my wife she can buy it. :P

BTW, if anyone is looking for any Odyssey2 carts, I found about 5 at the same thrift store...

#10 fmctm1sw OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon Apr 8, 2002 6:09 AM

quote:


Originally posted by Cauldron:
Okay, so I'm stupid.. It's a Colecovision cart. Next time I will look a little more closely before I tell my wife she can buy it. :P

BTW, if anyone is looking for any Odyssey2 carts, I found about 5 at the same thrift store...



What are they?

#11 The Piper OFFLINE  

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Posted Wed May 1, 2002 6:39 PM

I'll give you 2600 frogger and popeye for that coleco frogger!




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