King Atari Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Look at this Ultravision ad: http://tomheroes.com/Video%20Games%20FS/ga...ds/ultravis.htm Are they full of it or what? State of the art? Whaaaaat? I'm surprised they even had an ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoman Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 yeah was that thing ever made ? almost looks like a front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Huh ? What do you mean was it ever made ? Are you referring to the coming soon or Condor Attack and Karate ? I have Condor Attack by Ultravision, it's exactly the same game as Vulture Attack by K-Tel which I also have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 mmmmmm... Steak of the art. the Xonox ad is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 wow! I drive by that area every day that I go to work. I wonder what exists at that sight right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 yeah was that thing ever made ? almost looks like a front It was shown at the 1983 Winter CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted October 20, 2002 Author Share Posted October 20, 2002 You have to wonder where they put out those ads. If they would've gotten larger publication, you'd think the games wouldn't be so rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 You have to wonder where they put out those ads. If they would've gotten larger publication, you'd think the games wouldn't be so rare. The rarities isn't because of the ads (or lack of them). It was because of the poor distribution of the games. I found my copy of Condor Attack in a little hole in the wall store in NYC totally by luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 . I found my copy of Condor Attack in a little hole in the wall store in NYC totally by luck. I got mine about 25 min from my house at a garage sale for $3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 You have to wonder where they put out those ads. If they would've gotten larger publication, you'd think the games wouldn't be so rare. The rarities isn't because of the ads (or lack of them). It was because of the poor distribution of the games. I found my copy of Condor Attack in a little hole in the wall store in NYC totally by luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 a Leader in Innovative and Entertaining Alternatives Presents... Well, at least they got the "alternative" part right... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted October 20, 2002 Author Share Posted October 20, 2002 The rarities isn't because of the ads (or lack of them). It was because of the poor distribution of the games. I found my copy of Condor Attack in a little hole in the wall store in NYC totally by luck. Forgot about that, but even then, if people wanted them, wouldn't they have called all over for them? But again, probably nobody had them. Just asking, but how much did it cost you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sly Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Besides myself and Marco just wondering how many here have Karate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Just asking, but how much did it cost you? I don't know. Perhaps $20.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted October 21, 2002 Author Share Posted October 21, 2002 Wow, only $20? Quite an investment you made, wouldn't you say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 I passed by the offices where Ultravision used to be. It seems that there are 3 buildings that are interconnected. I went upstairs via the elevator and there is a guard outside asking for visitors to sign in. He asked me what company I was looking for and I told him that I was looking for a video game company that used to work in that building and since I work in the area, I wanted to see who had their old offices today. He let me look at a corporate directory but there was no listing for box number 9 so it seems that currently no one has their old offices. The interesting thing was that he told me that there was another video game company in the building before by the name of Harvey but he was not sure what kind of video games that they used to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 Wow, only $20? Quite an investment you made, wouldn't you say? Not as much as on some other games: I got Magicard and Video Life for about $60 each. Malagai, Chase The Chuckwagon, Rescue Terra I, Tooth Protectors, and X-Man were among games that I got for free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted October 23, 2002 Author Share Posted October 23, 2002 FREE??? Now THAT'S lucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 But we must remember, UltraVision weren't the only ones full of shit... http://tomheroes.com/Video%20Games%20FS/ga...ds/swordque.htm CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted October 23, 2002 Share Posted October 23, 2002 But we must remember, UltraVision weren't the only ones full of shit...http://tomheroes.com/Video%20Games%20FS/ga...ds/swordque.htm Anyone into the newer stuff might remember that Active Enterprises was promoting a sytem that would play SNES and Genesis (and even TG-16 I think) games on the same box, for less than it would cost for one system normally. It think there was even more miraculous stuff it supposedly did. You could just smell the stink of vaporware on it, or maybe it was scam; I was never quite sure. I think they were a FL company too, which made me think of Ultravision when I went by their booth at the 93 (IIRC) CES show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted October 24, 2002 Author Share Posted October 24, 2002 What someone needs to do is put together a system that will take 2600/5200/7800 games, make up some special controllers, and sell it as a homebrew system. THAT would be cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted October 24, 2002 Share Posted October 24, 2002 What someone needs to do is put together a system that will take 2600/5200/7800 games, make up some special controllers, and sell it as a homebrew system. THAT would be cool! If Atari-on-a-Chip is ever finished, we'll be one third of the way there. I suspect it would actually be cheaper and easier to rig up a PC with just enough memory and power and shove it in a 2600 case though; I've seen several examples of PC-in-a-NES already online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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