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I recently purchased a T Handle Karate and Condor Attack by Funvision, not Ultravision. For those that are not familiar with the PAL versions of these games, they are very rare in PAL format, and have a "Funvision" sticker stuck over the Ultravision label. For years these were thought to have been released as PAL only, and the seller had posted them in the PAL rarity thread, so I thought I was buying PAL copies. They were sold to me as 'untested' as the seller did not have a console to test them on and I thought my 5 years of searching for these PAL T handles had come to an end. The one confusing aspect about the carts was that the seller was not a collector and he told me he bought these at a flea market in the US 15 years ago, so I was a little unsure of how these PAL carts ended up in the States.

I had them sent to a friend of mine in the US (a well-known member here) who tested them and told me they were PAL. He sent them to me along with some other purchases I had made. I tested them on my NTSC Atari portable which is alls I have set up at the moment, and which is good for checking PAL v NTSC games. I was suprised that the games didnt roll on the portable, when I was sure my PAL Ultravision carts did roll.

I did a comparison and confirmed that the PAL coies I had were rolling, but these did not. When I raised it with my friend, he said that when he tested them on his TV the colors seemed off which happens with PAL games on an LCD screen. I did notice that the colors of these games apear to be a little off compared to the colors of the NTSC screenshots in Atarimania, but that could just be the screenshots in Atarimaina compared to a portable. Also, the colors are far more closely aligned with the NTSC versions on Atarimania rather than the PAL version. A dump which will come in the following weeks will confirm the contents of the roms.

So there you have it, 2 Funvision games in NTSC format.

I have posted pics below of the NTSC and PAL games in action. The early photos are NTSC and the last 3 are PAL.

Interestingly, the seller also had a Funvision Space Monster T Handle for sale. I didnt buy it at the time as I aleardy had a PAL copy and had assumed it was PAL. I've let the owner know that if he hasn't sold it, that it may be NTSC also. Hopefully the contents of that cart can be confimed too.

Going cheap!

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