Ocean City -- variant? bootleg??

[gaterooze]

Hi,

 

I was about to sell this cart when I did a little more research and realized it wasn't 'just' Ocean City Defender after all (although the game is the same, the cart is a variant of some kind):

 

 

Is this a bootleg?

 

I'm in Australia if that helps to identify it.

 

How rare is this cart? Any idea what kind of price range I should be looking at if I sold it?

 

Thanks!

[Rick Weis]

i see these many times on ebay.. i would say worth 10-15$ as far as who makes it i think it's hi-score cart!

 

Take care,

 

Rick

[krisjohn]

Are these labels the origin of the word "Pirate" to describe copied games and software? I've seen a few labels like this and I found a "Crab Control" cart with this label a while ago that I sold on eBay.

[Albert]

Are these labels the origin of the word "Pirate" to describe copied games and software?  I've seen a few labels like this and I found a "Crab Control" cart with this label a while ago that I sold on eBay.

 

This seems to be one of the most commonly used images on pirate labels. We've seen it on quite a few different carts. I have no idea how the term "Pirate" came to describe pirated games, but I doubt this label had anything to do with it.

 

..Al

[Fretwobbler]

I have no idea how the term "Pirate" came to describe pirated games, but I doubt this label had anything to do with it.  

 

..Al

 

That'll be from days of old when Pirates stole things.

 

If something is commercially exploited, like a Spanish ship on its way back from south America full of gold, the people doing the thieving are called pirates. So in modern day terms, when you copy or steal a CD, film, game or anything you are pirating it.

 

 

Ship ahoy me ole hearties!

 

Adam

[krisjohn]

That'll be from days of old when Pirates stole things.

 

But it's an awfully big jump from murder on the high seas to making a copy of 4k of code.

[Fretwobbler]

That'll be from days of old when Pirates stole things.

 

But it's an awfully big jump from murder on the high seas to making a copy of 4k of code.

 

Its an aaaawwwwwwffffuuuulllllyyyy big jump from a 1MHz Z80 to a 2GHz Pentium 4 but they are both still called processors.

 

Word for word the Oxford English Dictionary definition of 'piracy' is -

 

"pirate /seafaring robber attacking other ships.; a ship used by a pirate,; 2 one who infringes anothers copyright or business rights or who broadcasts without authorization. -v.t. - to plunder.; 3 to reproduce (a book etc) or trade (goods) without due authorization - Piracy,(n)."

 

Adam

[Ze_ro]

Interesting that they also stole the label design from a completely different game (namely, Inca Gold). Of course, I'm sure Zellers stole that label off of someone else too.

 

--Zero

[Marco(2)]

That's a Hi-Score game by Action Hi-Tech, an Australian 'pirate' company. Besides the pirate skull island label, they also used labels with flying saucers and Saturn rings. There must be about 25 titles by this company.

 

Cheers,

 

Marco