Scott Stilphen

Dig Dug
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Game 1, Difficulty B
High Score: 3,315,000
May 15, 2020

Guardian
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Game 1, Difficulty B
High Score: 184,900
April 5th, 2012

Room of Doom
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Default, B/B
High Score: 51,450
October 1, 2010

Venture
Atari 2600
Difficulty: Skill Level 1
High Score: 104,400
April 29, 2020

Here's my maxout of VCS RealSports Football:
 
And of Vectrex Blitz!
 

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

Here's another ad featuring Shane, this time with Gauntlet:

And another one with Shane, this time with Marble Madness.

And another one with Shane, this time with Marble Madness.

Every VCS manual is on my site: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/manuals/vcs/manuals.html
Here's my interview with Stuart Ross, who was part of the team that made the game: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/stuart_ross/interview_stuart_ross.html
Here's the commercial for the game, which I archived from Stuart:
 
And lastly, a complete video of the game courtesy of Tunnel Runner master Jeff Adkins': 
 
 

Every VCS manual is on my site: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/manuals/vcs/manuals.html
Here's my interview with Stuart Ross, who was part of the team that made the game: http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/stuart_ross/interview_stuart_ross.html
Here's the commercial for the game, which I archived from Stuart:
 
And lastly, a complete video of the game courtesy of Tunnel Runner master Jeff Adkins': 
 
 

Probably just an early pre-production version.  But what's with the comic screenshots below it? lol

Latest article about the Trak-Ball controller, and Crystal Castles:
http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/trak-ball/trak-ball.html

Latest article about the Trak-Ball controller, and Crystal Castles:
http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/trak-ball/trak-ball.html

Atari announced it would be for all their consoles and computers in 1984, but as we know, only the VCS version was released.  A prototype version for the computers existed in 1984 (and was leaked out soon after Atari changed hands) and was later revamped and released in 1988, but neither version supported the trak-ball.  The game was unofficially converted to the 5200 and someone made a version of it that supports the trak-ball:
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/247585-crystal-castles-no-trackball-support/
 
Considering all the effort that was put into making and marketing the trak-ball controllers, it's shameful how little they were supported.  At the $45 retail price they were first advertised for, it was pretty much a sham, especially when Atari was telling people the controller "takes a good game (Phoenix, Missile Command, Galaxian, Space Invaders) and makes it awesome".  In the case of the VCS controller, it was never fully supported, as no games were ever made that took full advantage of it; all the controller ended up doing was translating the analog movement into the standard up/down/left/right movements.  Years later someone hacked a few VCS games to take advantage of analog movement:
http://home.ptd.net/~scottith15/trak-ball_series.zip

Atari announced it would be for all their consoles and computers in 1984, but as we know, only the VCS version was released.  A prototype version for the computers existed in 1984 (and was leaked out soon after Atari changed hands) and was later revamped and released in 1988, but neither version supported the trak-ball.  The game was unofficially converted to the 5200 and someone made a version of it that supports the trak-ball:
https://atariage.com/forums/topic/247585-crystal-castles-no-trackball-support/
 
Considering all the effort that was put into making and marketing the trak-ball controllers, it's shameful how little they were supported.  At the $45 retail price they were first advertised for, it was pretty much a sham, especially when Atari was telling people the controller "takes a good game (Phoenix, Missile Command, Galaxian, Space Invaders) and makes it awesome".  In the case of the VCS controller, it was never fully supported, as no games were ever made that took full advantage of it; all the controller ended up doing was translating the analog movement into the standard up/down/left/right movements.  Years later someone hacked a few VCS games to take advantage of analog movement:
http://home.ptd.net/~scottith15/trak-ball_series.zip

If you really want an arcade machine, get an original Atari CC.  Don't mess with those 1Ups.  You should be able to find an original in good working condition for less than $1k.  I don't know where you're located, but ask local amusement operators in your area, or look on KLOV, or check online auction sites like this one:
https://bid.captainsauctionwarehouse.com/m/lot-details/index/catalog/54/lot/13316?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F54
If you have to have it shipped, figure on adding another $200-$400.

I was expecting 'socrates' to come storming back at the end.  I posted in the scoreboard thread.  Let's see who can break 100k first!
This is actually a pretty good port of the arcade game, aside from the strange border around the screen.  Current WR champ George Riley has some videos of his Galaxian gameplay that are worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Disjaukifa63
 
 

96,830

86,270.

I was expecting 'socrates' to come storming back at the end.  I posted in the scoreboard thread.  Let's see who can break 100k first!
This is actually a pretty good port of the arcade game, aside from the strange border around the screen.  Current WR champ George Riley has some videos of his Galaxian gameplay that are worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Disjaukifa63
 
 

I was expecting 'socrates' to come storming back at the end.  I posted in the scoreboard thread.  Let's see who can break 100k first!
This is actually a pretty good port of the arcade game, aside from the strange border around the screen.  Current WR champ George Riley has some videos of his Galaxian gameplay that are worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Disjaukifa63
 
 

Galaxian
Atari 2600
Difficulty: B
High Score: 96,830
September 14, 2020

Galaxian
Atari 2600
Difficulty: B
High Score: 96,830
September 14, 2020

I was expecting 'socrates' to come storming back at the end.  I posted in the scoreboard thread.  Let's see who can break 100k first!
This is actually a pretty good port of the arcade game, aside from the strange border around the screen.  Current WR champ George Riley has some videos of his Galaxian gameplay that are worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Disjaukifa63