Rom Hunter Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Good idea. Will bring this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Featuring both guides (in our Navigation panel) now: http://www.atarimania.com/accueil_2600-MENU-2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 Here's the first part of Control Video Corporation's Gameline catalog: http://www.atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDIT...ATALOGUE_ID=262 More to come... Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) More: http://atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDITEUR_...ATALOGUE_ID=262 Including Save the Whales (with extra gameplay hints)! Edited November 17, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 (edited) Ok, the complete catalog (no less than 76 fully described VCS games!) has now been scanned: http://atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDITEUR_...ATALOGUE_ID=262 Enjoy. Edited November 17, 2008 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user42 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Ok, the complete catalog (no less than 76 fully described VCS games!) has now been scanned:http://atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDITEUR_...ATALOGUE_ID=262 Enjoy. Way cool! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Ok, the complete catalog (no less than 76 fully described VCS games!) has now been scanned:http://atarimania.com/det_cat.php?EDITEUR_...ATALOGUE_ID=262 Enjoy. That's awesome. This may be a dumb question. But how do you get to that page when you're on Atarimania.com? In other words, if I didn't have the link provided here, what do you have to click to get there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 This may be a dumb question. But how do you get to that page when you're on Atarimania.com? In other words, if I didn't have the link provided here, what do you have to click to get there? Not a dumb question at all. I think a lot of Atari fans don't know how much info is actually 'hidden' in our database. On our homepage, click on 2600 first. Then click on Catalogs in our Navigation window. After that, click on Control Video Corporation in the Company window (I admit, not every fan knows that company). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I didn't know anything about this catalog. Can you tell more, please? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 When you joined GameLine, you got the so called 'Master File' of game instructions. It's shown in this ad: http://www.atarimania.com/zoom_frame.php?T...=PUB&ID=145 It's the black binder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 This may be a dumb question. But how do you get to that page when you're on Atarimania.com? In other words, if I didn't have the link provided here, what do you have to click to get there? Not a dumb question at all. I think a lot of Atari fans don't know how much info is actually 'hidden' in our database. On our homepage, click on 2600 first. Then click on Catalogs in our Navigation window. After that, click on Control Video Corporation in the Company window (I admit, not every fan knows that company). Very cool. Thank you. Do you plan on adding more scanned manuals to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Do you plan on adding more scanned manuals to it?Absolutely. But carts and boxes have first priority now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 http://www.atarimania.com/documents-atari-2600-vcs-internal-documents_4_2.html Enjoy. Much more to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 http://www.atarimania.com/documents-atari-2600-vcs-internal-documents_4_2.html Enjoy. Much more to come. Very cool, Rom Hunter. If you have any more stuff like the CES report, please post it. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) http://www.atarimania.com/documents-atari-2600-vcs-internal-documents_4_2.html Enjoy. Much more to come. Very cool, thanks for posting. It's interesting how the Data Age section has quite a bit of information about Survival Run (including artwork and story line!). I wonder if it was completed after all Edited May 31, 2010 by Wickeycolumbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Very cool, thanks for posting. It's interesting how the Data Age section has quite a bit of information about Survival Run (including artwork and story line!). I wonder if it was completed after all Could very well be. Well, at least we now know what the gameplay was supposed to be. Also, I found the list of the U.S. Games titles and their model numbers quite interesting: 1007 (Name This Game) is called Untitled, while 1008 is called Guardians of Treasure (which AFAIK was the WIP title of Name This Game). Also notice that Eggomania is still called Weird Bird and carries a different model number. And Entombed is still called Maze Chase and also carries a different model number. Squeeze Box and Gopher Attack (Gopher) also carry different model numbers. Edited May 31, 2010 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) Tempest, Maybe it's time to update Survival Run page with this background history. Edited May 31, 2010 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwalden Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 [snip] Also, I found the list of the U.S. Games titles and their model numbers quite interesting: 1007 (Name This Game) is called Untitled, while 1008 is called Guardians of Treasure (which AFAIK was the WIP title of Name This Game). Also notice that Eggomania is still called Weird Bird and carries a different model number. And Entombed is still called Maze Chase and also carries a different model number. Squeeze Box and Gopher Attack (Gopher) also carry different model numbers. Yesterday I was going to send the following message but didn't get a chance. <BEGIN UN-SENT MESSAGE> I noticed some interesting things on .pdf page 85 of 205 in the VIDTEC U.S. Games information: VC-1005 Weird Bird It's the strangest looking varmint you've ever seen... it's Weird Bird! Weird Bird just loves to lay eggs so watch out, if an egg hits the floor before you can catch it the yolk is on you. Think you've got a clear shot at the crafty critter? Have at it and watch those feathers fly. Get Weird Bird mad enough and he moves in even closer... now you're in big trouble. Weird Bird is High Flying egg-citement for the whole brood. (Screen shot) Also, the following "Coming Soon" game names and/or part numbers... VC 1006 Squeeze Box VC 1007 Untitled VC 1008 Guardians of Treasure VC 1010 Gopher Attack VC 1011 Maze Chase ...differ from those here: http://www.atariage.com/company_page.html?SystemID=2600&CompanyID=41 <END UN-SENT MESSAGE> As you can see, I did my best at transcribing the text from the Weird Bird description. There may be slight errors due to the unclear source. I had thought that Weird Bird might not have been released, but that is not the case. (see below) As a result of your message covering the VIDTEC U.S. Games information, I created the following list: * VC 1001 Space Jockey * VC 1002 Sneak n' Peek * VC 1003 Word Zapper * VC 1004 Commando Raid - VC 1005 Weird Bird -> VC 2003 Eggomania - VC 1006 Squeeze Box -> VC 2002 Squeeze Box * VC 1007 Name This Game (was VC 1007 Untitled) ? VC 1008 Guardians of Treasure ????? * VC 1009 Towering Inferno - VC 1010 Gopher Attack -> VC 2001 Gopher - VC 1011 Maze Chase -> VC 2007 Entombed * VC 1012 M.A.D. * VC 2001 Gopher * VC 2002 Squeeze Box * VC 2003 Eggomania * VC 2004 Picnic * VC 2005 Piece o' Cake * VC 2006 Raft Rider * VC 2007 Entombed Key: * = Published game - = Reassigned game ? = Unknown If your statements are correct, assuming that there was no VC 1013 (or greater), no VC 2008 (or greater), and no other games in the works, there are only 14 (VIDTEC U.S. Games) games to be found with a small chance of there being a prototype of the game called Guardians of Treasure. Apparently, Guardians of Treasure must be a different game than Untitled / Name This Game since they are both on the same list with different part numbers. I had always wondered what was up with the five skipped part numbers. Thanks for digging up that old Atari document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player 3 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Great addition to the Grandius Atarius Encyclopedi...us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Apparently, Guardians of Treasure must be a different game than Untitled / Name This Game since they are both on the same list with different part numbers. Yes, this is what interests me the most. On the other hand: In an article in the May 1983 issue of Electronic Fun With Computers & Games, Ron Dubren states the concept of this game was originally done in February 1982 and offered to Parker Brothers for use with their Jaws license. After they lost the licence, he showed it to Jim Wickstead (of James Wickstead Design Associates), who accepted it in August. A team of 5 worked to fully develop it, and finished it in October. "Treasures of the Deep" was the original name, then it was "Guardians of the Deep". After being advised not to use "The Deep" in the title, it was submitted to US Games who changed it to "Guardians of Treasure". Marketing then decided to have a contest to name it - a $10,000 dollar first prize was offered to the person who could come up with the most original name. The deadline was April 30, 1983. We've also seen it referred to elsewhere as "Galleon's Gold" (on Amiga's Power Play Arcade #2), "Guard of Treasure" (in VideOlivery ads), "Guardians of the Treasure", and "Guardian of the Deep". A prototype also exists labeled as "Octopussy". From DP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 There is a Name This Game prototype marked "Guardians" (turned out to be the final version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 (edited) Yes, I know. It must be the same game as Name This Game. Even the manual talks about guardians and treasure. Still, it's weird that 1007 (the model no. of Name This Game) was announced as Untitled back in 1982, while 1008 was called Guardians of Treasure. Edited June 1, 2010 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 A possible conclusion from this is that the VC 1008 project was reassigned to product number VC 1007 and that the "Untitled" version of VC 1007 actually has never been seen outside the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 A possible conclusion from this is that the VC 1008 project was reassigned to product number VC 1007 and that the "Untitled" version of VC 1007 actually has never been seen outside the company. Must be something like that. Well, there are some rumored titles like Darts (mentioned in 1982) and Number Zapper. Perhaps these had something to do with the Untitled game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 On 6/2/2010 at 12:32 AM, Rom Hunter said: Well, there are some rumored titles like Darts (mentioned in 1982) and Number Zapper. Perhaps these had something to do with the Untitled game. The 3-D Zapper demo that never really went anywhere is another likely candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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