Scott Stilphen

Would't it have been a grand idea to wire up those Walmart kiosks to use some of the TVs just to the right??  Nah....

Is it possible to like a post more than once?
 
Well put, LD.  Too many history books have been filled with opinions, when all they should have included were facts, and history books w/o a list of sources to back up their information are worthless and should be placed in the fiction sections of every library.  Sources of information should be available to all, and not just a select few.  Both Ross and myself are doing just that, so that people can truly verify information for themselves should they choose to.

Nice job with that, Justin.  I particularly like the side "wings"

http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html

Nice job with that, Justin.  I particularly like the side "wings"

http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html

http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/atari_tube/atari_tube.html

*** This is sold ***

Last updated 1-27-2024
 
All cartridges are tested before shipping.  Photos of cartridges available upon request.
 
ATARI
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (missing end label)
Adventure (picture label - missing end label)
Air-Sea Battle
Air-Sea Battle (picture label)
Asteroids
Asteroids (no copyright onscreen)
Backgammon (picture label)
BASIC Programming (missing end label)
Basketball (yellow text)
Basketball (orange text)
 Basketball (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Basketball (picture label)
Battlezone (screw hole exposed)
Berzerk
Blackjack
Bowling (red text)
Bowling (picture label)
Breakout
Breakout (picture label)
Canyon Bomber
Canyon Bomber (picture label)
Championship Soccer (missing end label)
Circus Atari
Circus Atari (picture label)
 Combat
 Combat (with box and manual) ($3)
 Combat (picture label)
 Crystal Castles (missing end label)
 Defender
 Demons to Diamonds
 Dodge 'Em
 Dodge 'Em (picture label)
 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (orig. label variation)
 Flag Capture (green text)
Flag Capture (orange text)
Flag Capture (red text)
Football (green text)
Football (picture label)
Galaxian
Galaxian (missing end label)
Golf
Golf (picture label)
Haunted House
Home Run
Home Run (picture label)
Human Cannonball (picture label)
Indy 500 (picture label)
Indy 500 (missing end label)
Indy 500 (spring dust cover) (1988 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Jungle Hunt
  Kangaroo (1988 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Maze Craze (picture label)
 Miniature Golf
 Missile Command (lower-case letters)
 Missile Command (lower-case end label only)
 Missile Command (upper-case letters)
 Missile Command (no "RF" Easter egg variant!) ($5)
 Ms. Pac-Man (missing end label)
 Ms. Pac-Man (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Ms. Pac-Man (1988 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Night Driver
 Outlaw
 Outlaw (picture label)
 Pac-Man
 Pac-Man (dust spring cover) ($2)
 Phoenix
 Pole Position
 Raiders of the Lost Ark
 RealSports Baseball
 RealSports Baseball (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 RealSports Football
 RealSports Football (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 RealSports Soccer
 RealSports Tennis ($2)
 RealSports Volleyball
 Sky Diver (1986 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Space Invaders (text w/o Taito copyright)
 Space Invaders (text w Taito copyright)
 Space Invaders (picture label)
Space War (missing end label)
Space War (picture label)
Star Raiders
Street Racer (yellow text)
Super Breakout
 Super Breakout (1987 Atari Corp.) ($3)
 Superman (picture label)
 Surround
 SwordQuest EarthWorld
SwordQuest FireWorld
Vanguard
Video Checkers (missing end label)
Video Olympics
Video Olympics (picture label - green end label)
Video Olympics (picture label - yellow end label) Video Olympics (picture label - yellow end label)
 Video Pinball  (1987 Atari Corp) (screw hole exposed) ($2)
 Warlords
 Yars' Revenge


20th Century Fox
 M*A*S*H
Meltdown ($15)


ACTIVISION
Bloody Human Freeway ($15)
Boxing
  Dragster
 Enduro ($3)
Grand Prix
Ice Hockey
Megamania (with box) ($5)
Laser Blast
Stampede ($2)
Starmaster
Tennis


COLECO
Carnival
Donkey Kong
 
DATA AGE
 Airlock
 Bermuda Triangle ($3)
 Journey Escape
 
GAMES BY APOLLO
 Infiltrate (Apollo variant - missing top label)
 Spacechase personalized/monogrammed edition ($35)


IMAGIC
Atlantis (daylabel version)
Cosmic Ark
Demon Attack (text)


M NETWORK
Air Raiders (missing label)
Armor Ambush
 Astroblast
 Dark Cavern
Football
Lock 'N' Chase
 Space Attack
 Super Challenge Baseball
 Super Challenge Football


PARKER BROTHERS
Amidar ($2)
 Star Wars: Jedi Arena ($3)


SPARROW
Arkyology ($20)


TELE-GAMES
Asteroids (64 variations)
 Asteroids (64 variations)(no copyright onscreen)
 Asteroids (66 variations)
 Basketball
 Blackjack
 Breakaway IV (missing end label)
 Canyon Bomber (missing end label)
 Chase (missing end label)
 Circus (missing end label)
 Haunted House ($3)
 Missile Command
 Poker Plus (missing end label)
 Space Combat ($2)
Space Invaders
 Speedway II (missing end label)
 Tank Plus (missing end label)
 Target Fun (yellow text)


U.S. GAMES
Commando Raid ($3)
 Space Jockey
 Towering Inferno
 Word Zapper


XONOX
Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks ($10)
  
  Price:
$1 each unless noted otherwise + S&H
$10 minimum order
 
PM me to order or with any questions

He never said he couldn't do it - he said a straight port of Star Castle would have sucked given the limitations of the VCS.

Last updated 1-27-2024
 
All cartridges are tested before shipping.  Photos of cartridges available upon request.
 
ATARI
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (missing end label)
Adventure (picture label - missing end label)
Air-Sea Battle
Air-Sea Battle (picture label)
Asteroids
Asteroids (no copyright onscreen)
Backgammon (picture label)
BASIC Programming (missing end label)
Basketball (yellow text)
Basketball (orange text)
 Basketball (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Basketball (picture label)
Battlezone (screw hole exposed)
Berzerk
Blackjack
Bowling (red text)
Bowling (picture label)
Breakout
Breakout (picture label)
Canyon Bomber
Canyon Bomber (picture label)
Championship Soccer (missing end label)
Circus Atari
Circus Atari (picture label)
 Combat
 Combat (with box and manual) ($3)
 Combat (picture label)
 Crystal Castles (missing end label)
 Defender
 Demons to Diamonds
 Dodge 'Em
 Dodge 'Em (picture label)
 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (orig. label variation)
 Flag Capture (green text)
Flag Capture (orange text)
Flag Capture (red text)
Football (green text)
Football (picture label)
Galaxian
Galaxian (missing end label)
Golf
Golf (picture label)
Haunted House
Home Run
Home Run (picture label)
Human Cannonball (picture label)
Indy 500 (picture label)
Indy 500 (missing end label)
Indy 500 (spring dust cover) (1988 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Jungle Hunt
  Kangaroo (1988 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Maze Craze (picture label)
 Miniature Golf
 Missile Command (lower-case letters)
 Missile Command (lower-case end label only)
 Missile Command (upper-case letters)
 Missile Command (no "RF" Easter egg variant!) ($5)
 Ms. Pac-Man (missing end label)
 Ms. Pac-Man (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Ms. Pac-Man (1988 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Night Driver
 Outlaw
 Outlaw (picture label)
 Pac-Man
 Pac-Man (dust spring cover) ($2)
 Phoenix
 Pole Position
 Raiders of the Lost Ark
 RealSports Baseball
 RealSports Baseball (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 RealSports Football
 RealSports Football (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 RealSports Soccer
 RealSports Tennis ($2)
 RealSports Volleyball
 Sky Diver (1986 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Space Invaders (text w/o Taito copyright)
 Space Invaders (text w Taito copyright)
 Space Invaders (picture label)
Space War (missing end label)
Space War (picture label)
Star Raiders
Street Racer (yellow text)
Super Breakout
 Super Breakout (1987 Atari Corp.) ($3)
 Superman (picture label)
 Surround
 SwordQuest EarthWorld
SwordQuest FireWorld
Vanguard
Video Checkers (missing end label)
Video Olympics
Video Olympics (picture label - green end label)
Video Olympics (picture label - yellow end label) Video Olympics (picture label - yellow end label)
 Video Pinball  (1987 Atari Corp) (screw hole exposed) ($2)
 Warlords
 Yars' Revenge


20th Century Fox
 M*A*S*H
Meltdown ($15)


ACTIVISION
Bloody Human Freeway ($15)
Boxing
  Dragster
 Enduro ($3)
Grand Prix
Ice Hockey
Megamania (with box) ($5)
Laser Blast
Stampede ($2)
Starmaster
Tennis


COLECO
Carnival
Donkey Kong
 
DATA AGE
 Airlock
 Bermuda Triangle ($3)
 Journey Escape
 
GAMES BY APOLLO
 Infiltrate (Apollo variant - missing top label)
 Spacechase personalized/monogrammed edition ($35)


IMAGIC
Atlantis (daylabel version)
Cosmic Ark
Demon Attack (text)


M NETWORK
Air Raiders (missing label)
Armor Ambush
 Astroblast
 Dark Cavern
Football
Lock 'N' Chase
 Space Attack
 Super Challenge Baseball
 Super Challenge Football


PARKER BROTHERS
Amidar ($2)
 Star Wars: Jedi Arena ($3)


SPARROW
Arkyology ($20)


TELE-GAMES
Asteroids (64 variations)
 Asteroids (64 variations)(no copyright onscreen)
 Asteroids (66 variations)
 Basketball
 Blackjack
 Breakaway IV (missing end label)
 Canyon Bomber (missing end label)
 Chase (missing end label)
 Circus (missing end label)
 Haunted House ($3)
 Missile Command
 Poker Plus (missing end label)
 Space Combat ($2)
Space Invaders
 Speedway II (missing end label)
 Tank Plus (missing end label)
 Target Fun (yellow text)


U.S. GAMES
Commando Raid ($3)
 Space Jockey
 Towering Inferno
 Word Zapper


XONOX
Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks ($10)
  
  Price:
$1 each unless noted otherwise + S&H
$10 minimum order
 
PM me to order or with any questions

*** This is sold ***

*** This is sold ***

Last updated 1-27-2024
 
All cartridges are tested before shipping.  Photos of cartridges available upon request.
 
ATARI
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (missing end label)
Adventure (picture label - missing end label)
Air-Sea Battle
Air-Sea Battle (picture label)
Asteroids
Asteroids (no copyright onscreen)
Backgammon (picture label)
BASIC Programming (missing end label)
Basketball (yellow text)
Basketball (orange text)
 Basketball (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Basketball (picture label)
Battlezone (screw hole exposed)
Berzerk
Blackjack
Bowling (red text)
Bowling (picture label)
Breakout
Breakout (picture label)
Canyon Bomber
Canyon Bomber (picture label)
Championship Soccer (missing end label)
Circus Atari
Circus Atari (picture label)
 Combat
 Combat (with box and manual) ($3)
 Combat (picture label)
 Crystal Castles (missing end label)
 Defender
 Demons to Diamonds
 Dodge 'Em
 Dodge 'Em (picture label)
 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (orig. label variation)
 Flag Capture (green text)
Flag Capture (orange text)
Flag Capture (red text)
Football (green text)
Football (picture label)
Galaxian
Galaxian (missing end label)
Golf
Golf (picture label)
Haunted House
Home Run
Home Run (picture label)
Human Cannonball (picture label)
Indy 500 (picture label)
Indy 500 (missing end label)
Indy 500 (spring dust cover) (1988 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Jungle Hunt
  Kangaroo (1988 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Maze Craze (picture label)
 Miniature Golf
 Missile Command (lower-case letters)
 Missile Command (lower-case end label only)
 Missile Command (upper-case letters)
 Missile Command (no "RF" Easter egg variant!) ($5)
 Ms. Pac-Man (missing end label)
 Ms. Pac-Man (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Ms. Pac-Man (1988 Atari Corp) ($2)
 Night Driver
 Outlaw
 Outlaw (picture label)
 Pac-Man
 Pac-Man (dust spring cover) ($2)
 Phoenix
 Pole Position
 Raiders of the Lost Ark
 RealSports Baseball
 RealSports Baseball (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 RealSports Football
 RealSports Football (1987 Atari Corp) ($2)
 RealSports Soccer
 RealSports Tennis ($2)
 RealSports Volleyball
 Sky Diver (1986 Atari Corp) ($3)
 Space Invaders (text w/o Taito copyright)
 Space Invaders (text w Taito copyright)
 Space Invaders (picture label)
Space War (missing end label)
Space War (picture label)
Star Raiders
Street Racer (yellow text)
Super Breakout
 Super Breakout (1987 Atari Corp.) ($3)
 Superman (picture label)
 Surround
 SwordQuest EarthWorld
SwordQuest FireWorld
Vanguard
Video Checkers (missing end label)
Video Olympics
Video Olympics (picture label - green end label)
Video Olympics (picture label - yellow end label) Video Olympics (picture label - yellow end label)
 Video Pinball  (1987 Atari Corp) (screw hole exposed) ($2)
 Warlords
 Yars' Revenge


20th Century Fox
 M*A*S*H
Meltdown ($15)


ACTIVISION
Bloody Human Freeway ($15)
Boxing
  Dragster
 Enduro ($3)
Grand Prix
Ice Hockey
Megamania (with box) ($5)
Laser Blast
Stampede ($2)
Starmaster
Tennis


COLECO
Carnival
Donkey Kong
 
DATA AGE
 Airlock
 Bermuda Triangle ($3)
 Journey Escape
 
GAMES BY APOLLO
 Infiltrate (Apollo variant - missing top label)
 Spacechase personalized/monogrammed edition ($35)


IMAGIC
Atlantis (daylabel version)
Cosmic Ark
Demon Attack (text)


M NETWORK
Air Raiders (missing label)
Armor Ambush
 Astroblast
 Dark Cavern
Football
Lock 'N' Chase
 Space Attack
 Super Challenge Baseball
 Super Challenge Football


PARKER BROTHERS
Amidar ($2)
 Star Wars: Jedi Arena ($3)


SPARROW
Arkyology ($20)


TELE-GAMES
Asteroids (64 variations)
 Asteroids (64 variations)(no copyright onscreen)
 Asteroids (66 variations)
 Basketball
 Blackjack
 Breakaway IV (missing end label)
 Canyon Bomber (missing end label)
 Chase (missing end label)
 Circus (missing end label)
 Haunted House ($3)
 Missile Command
 Poker Plus (missing end label)
 Space Combat ($2)
Space Invaders
 Speedway II (missing end label)
 Tank Plus (missing end label)
 Target Fun (yellow text)


U.S. GAMES
Commando Raid ($3)
 Space Jockey
 Towering Inferno
 Word Zapper


XONOX
Artillery Duel/Chuck Norris Superkicks ($10)
  
  Price:
$1 each unless noted otherwise + S&H
$10 minimum order
 
PM me to order or with any questions

List updated

*** This is sold ***

Here's a link to the interview on my website: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/ed_fries/interview_ed_fries.html

Here's a link to the interview on my website: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/ed_fries/interview_ed_fries.html

Fixed link.  There's a link to an excerpt from Brian Bagnall's excellent book "On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore":
 
http://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/bagnall_vcs_keyboard.pdf
 
Soon after PVI was formed, Jack Tramiel heard PVI approached Atari and filed a ("exploratory") lawsuit against them, claiming they stole trade secrets.  PVI were forced to disclose details of their VCS project.  Tramiel insisted that was his product, and pursued the case.  The Graduate was ultimately cancelled by James Morgan when he took over as the new Atari CEO in 1983.  An ongoing lawsuit against PVI by Commodore was likely the main motivating reason for its cancellation.  PVI eventually won, but it cost them several years and approximately $300,000.
 
There were 3 other companies that worked on VCS keyboard peripherals, only one of which was released:
 
Entex:  http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#piggyback
Unitronics: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#expander
Spectravideo: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#compumate

Fixed link.  There's a link to an excerpt from Brian Bagnall's excellent book "On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Commodore":
 
http://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/bagnall_vcs_keyboard.pdf
 
Soon after PVI was formed, Jack Tramiel heard PVI approached Atari and filed a ("exploratory") lawsuit against them, claiming they stole trade secrets.  PVI were forced to disclose details of their VCS project.  Tramiel insisted that was his product, and pursued the case.  The Graduate was ultimately cancelled by James Morgan when he took over as the new Atari CEO in 1983.  An ongoing lawsuit against PVI by Commodore was likely the main motivating reason for its cancellation.  PVI eventually won, but it cost them several years and approximately $300,000.
 
There were 3 other companies that worked on VCS keyboard peripherals, only one of which was released:
 
Entex:  http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#piggyback
Unitronics: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#expander
Spectravideo: http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#compumate

More info about "My First Computer" AKA "2600 Computer" AKA "The Graduate":
 
http://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/unreleased/unreleased.html#graduate

Thanks for asking him.  I suspected it was something done only overseas (by Atari UK?), since no U.S. flyers used the same art.  Also not sure if it was only used in Germany, as Arcade Flyers database isn't complete (they rely on contributions).

Would love to know if you have anything VCS-related in your cache of material, Lance (btw, best wishes for a speedy recovery).
 
The story of the 3 remaining dealers buying everything (?) in Atari's final days is one I've heard before, and Atari still lives on through you 3.  I agree, the $100k Atari was originally asking for each game was absurd, knowing that Atari likely didn't pay anywhere that much for them.  I suppose you could have waited until nightfall, trespassed onto Atari's property, and stole the items... but that would be illegal

Cosmic Ark
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Game 1, Difficulty B
High Score: 24,130
February 21, 2017

I uploaded an article I had put together about 10 years ago about the site of Parker Brothers original headquarters: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/parker_brothers/parker_brothers.html
 
It's in the Archives section of my site, under Articles:
 
http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/articles.html