Kid A Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 So yesterday I got a box with 50 2600 games in it for free. Pretty awesome little score. I found a defender cart with a strange label on the front ( see attached ) where is this cart from. Whats it worth, if anything? Any help appreciated! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 So yesterday I got a box with 50 2600 games in it for free. Pretty awesome little score. I found a defender cart with a strange label on the front ( see attached ) where is this cart from. Whats it worth, if anything? Any help appreciated! Thanks! Earth Attack (Defender) is a Zellers cart. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/86934-completed-zellers/ Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Cool find in the wild. The Zellers and Taiwan Cooper carts are interesting discussion peices. As far as value, there are four listings for Earth Attack on eBay. Asking prices range from $9.99 to $124 (obviously speculator pricing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Asking prices range from $9.99 to $124 (obviously speculator pricing). just another "Delusional Ebay Videogame Seller"!!!!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1620992724795647/ Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid A Posted January 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Earth Attack (Defender) is a Zellers cart. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/86934-completed-zellers/ Great! Thanks for the info! I appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Great! Thanks for the info! I appreciate it! no problem Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 That Stargate is relatively rare, too -- the title was later changed to Defender II. I'm not entirely sure why; the mediocre movie called Stargate didn't come out until 1994. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Stargate was the follow-up to Defender in the arcades. It had little warp zones, was more difficult, but very similar to Defender. It's very interesting that Atari chose to change the name to Defender 2. I'll bet it's because a lot of people knew Defender, but never heard of Stargate. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_%28video_game%29 PS - IMO, Stargate/Defender 2 is the very best arcade conversion on the 2600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I remember the first time ever seeing "Stargate".....my local Showbiz Pizza Place (New Orleans, LA) had installed about 10 to 12 of them in a row!! I couldn't believe my eyes!! I had never seen that many copies of the same game lined up next to one another!! Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Stargate is indeed an awesome arcade game. I actually prefer it to Defender, as it's more interesting -- it's perhaps the first game to contain such enemy variety that the player has to approach each of them with different tactics. Also, it has the first "warp zone" that I'm aware of. I remember thinking that the skip-ahead trick was an incredibly cool idea back when the coin-op came out. There were some legal reasons for the name-change to Defender II, but I can't recall what they were. The 2600 version certainly looks amazing, but the ship doesn't fire fast enough for me. Part of the fun of either arcade game is that you can blanket the playfield with laser death, depending of course on your ability to rapidly push the fire button. I say all of this, however, without having given 2600 Stargate / DII much of a chance. Maybe I should take more time with it. I place it alongside Solaris as an amazing technical achievement, without a matching level of enjoyable game-play. Just my opinion -- but I guess that's obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Stargate is one I didn't have as a kid, and only played it recently. I'm blown away. It's everything Defender should have been and more. "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Stargate is one I didn't have as a kid, and only played it recently. I'm blown away. It's everything Defender should have been and more. Exactly. It's an amazing game for the 2600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 The Stargate movie is not mediocre. I love it. "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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