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I created a new site just for my videogames. I know many of you were willing or are willing to help me keep this list as complete as possible. I was hoping Albert would add scans of all the variations, but so far he hasn't fully decided that.
What I have is as follows. I have all the Atari made carts, manuals, and boxes at my disposal now on the list. I have all 3rd party carts and boxes, and within 1 week will have all the manuals added at my disposal.
What I need at this time is as follows:
Any Atari made cart, manual, or box not on the list. I own many sealed games, so I may be missing a manual for that game completely. If you own an open copy, or have a loose manual, I'd appreciate a scan. All 3rd party manuals will be added by week's end, so once you see manuals for these companies on the site, feel free to send missing items.
Info needed most for any submission would be a scan foremost.
For a cartridge, the front label and side label should do, and if the mold of the cart has variation, such as M Network (read the variation list), then that info would be needed too. Also, knowing if a cartridge such as Atari made is CART1, CART2, or CART3, or Activision with or without springs is also needed. Be as thorough as possible.
For a manual, a scan of the front and rear covers is best. I would also need info that I cannot read on the covers like copyright year, Rev # or letter, how many total pages the manual has, whether it is stapled or folded, and the color of the cover, though I may figure that out. Also, I'd like the dimensions of a page, width x height. See my examples in the list for info. Also, I'm trying to note if a manual has a b&w version vs a color one.
For boxes, a front and back scan is good. Copyright info, color of box, where it was printed, whether it opens like a book or is standard box, size if it isn't standard, and Rev letter or # on flaps. Also any side or bottom of box info if it varies from what is listed and should be noted. Also, I look for any types of stickers added, or special bars or notations printed on the box that varies from other versions.
The list will be available for anyone to copy off the website, or I can email you the word document that I have and edit. The list has been an ongoing thing for about 10 years now by many collectors out there. I had a mini war with "one of the owners" last year about the list, so I've modified it considerably so it varies from the VGR list out there. My list has much more information and will be even more detailed than that list will probably ever be. No one wants the task of keeping up with the list it seems and I've been cheered on to work on it by many collectors, including ones that are closely involved with the list. I'm not mentioning names at all either here nor on the list.
But anyway, items I most want on the list is as follows:
Any red label variations of games along with manuals and boxes.
Any manuals completely missing from a game.
Manuals for Rev that seem to be missing. Like if I have Rev 1 and 3, there should be a 2.
Any carts for years where I may have a box for and vice versa. i.e. a 1987 cart, but no box listed, or a 1988 box, but no 1988 cart listed.
Sears items. Seems there is a shortage on manuals and boxes, so I'd like to fill in holes.
Rare cart manuals and boxes. I ask the most advanced collectors out there to help me out on this.
Any ad slicks, extra inserts, etc. I've added Asteroids, ET, and Raiders ot Lost Ark extra items already, along with a Bridge 2nd helpful manual. I don't know if there are others.
Overlays I may be missing. I can see the fronts of the Basic Programming scanned here on Atari Age, but I don't see the backs. I'd like to know if there are Rev # on the back, so I haven't added that to the list.
There are a couple of items I'll be adding by the end of the month. First are the comics for the Swordquest series. I forgot to add them, but listed the Yars and Centipede comics. I'm probably also going to list the 5 comics with their descriptions listed under the respective games that they came with.
After all that, I'll be going through the manuals for the Atari unit themselves, along with all catalogs that I can get ahold of. I may make a section at the end for these, since putting them with the respective companies may be confusing. I'm considering also adding warranty slicks with their revisions, along with any other miscellaneous documentation that came with the games or units. In fact, I may add the units themselves too, but I'll wait and see how long everything else takes.
Just note the manuals on the 3rd party software are not on the website yet, so wait till it gets up by the end of the week before sending any scans. Also, if you send a scan, please send it to my email pdispenza@verizon.net and not post it here. If you want a copy of the list, PM me and when I finish by week's end, I'll send the copy. While I get new additions or possible revisions, I'll send an update possibly once a month to keep you collectors informed.
Some variations may slip by me, so if you deal with these items in quantity, you may find something I overlooked. I almost missed an anomoly on the Kaboom manual. I found Rev 2 has 2 variations on the back cover, which I think they should have put to Rev 3 instead. It will be noted on the update, so you will see what I'm talking about at the end of the week.
I thank everyone who's contributed and will contribute to this guide. I know it's a project that takes a lot of effort on all parts. And hopefully we can convince Albert to host scans of all these variations.
One last note, any cartridge listed with a ?, I'd like to physically see a scan of if you own that particular one.
Any questions or comments, feel free to post.
Phil
Edited by Philflound, Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:53 PM.
