Atari 2600 tutorial video

[gulag picture radio]

Hi there. I was at a performance in February of several electronic groups who use video games for their sound. They had a video running in the background of all kinds of video game era detritus (including the abominable Pac-Man Christmas special).

 

One item that they showed was a tutorial video for getting better scores on 2600 games. It was everything that you'd expect an 80's direct-to-video production would be, bad sweaters, big hair, cheesy mustaches... and the guys looked just as bad!

 

I talked to the owner of the tape. It was a dupe that he'd swapped for and he really wanted to swap me something for it. He hasn't answered my emails, so I guess that I don't have anything of interest to him.

 

I figured that someone out there must have this tape. I remember it giving scoring tips on Atlantis, Missile Command, Space Invaders, and Demon Atack among others. I'd love to see this tape again.

 

Here's what I can offer. I'm a video editor/producer by trade. Even if you have an original VHS, it's probably deterioriating. I can dupe it onto a digital format and even do some restoration work to it. If someone would like to lend me their copy, I'll fix it up and mail back a new and improved copy along with your original.

 

Any takers? Anyone even know the tape that I'm talking about?

[NE146]

If it's the same one I'm thinking about you might have some luck checking your local libraries. We have it here at ours and I did rent it once. I watched it and it totally gummied up my vcr heads! A quick cleaning fixed it up easily but it does show those tapes are deteriorating pretty quickly.

 

Here's the info as I found it:

[krisjohn]

That'd make a cool "extra" on a games magazine cover DVD...

[mvigor]

I'm pretty sure that I got ahold of a copy of that 5 or 6 years ago. I'll have to look for it after I clean up my home office. Remind me, please.

[Scott Stilphen]

I have all 3 videos. Lmk if you'd like a copy of them.