WIP Halloween and Starpath games found, looking for info

[clarkus]

I'm hoping to find out as much as possible about a handful of games I rediscovered. Please see details in my original post. Thanks!

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/174969-demounfinished-versions-of-games-found/page__st__25

[Rom Hunter]

I'm hoping to find out as much as possible about a handful of games I rediscovered. Please see details in my original post. Thanks!

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/174969-demounfinished-versions-of-games-found/page__st__25

Clarkus,

 

If you want to know more about the carts and tapes, you have to make .bin copies of their contents and let these be examined and compared with the officially released versions.

 

All your carts are prototypes.

 

The Halloween carts are different from the released version and there's a small chance that your Telesys carts are also slightly different.

 

Good info about proto's can be found on Tempest's site:

http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/2600software.htm

 

The tapes could very well contain the preview version of a certain Starpath game (Starpath used to put self-played previews of their games on their released tapes as an advertising method).

 

The previews of Sweat - The Decathlon Game, Sword of Saros and Survival Island were AFAIK never officially released.

 

In fact: Sweat - The Decathlon Game (the inspiration for Summer Games, btw) was never officially released.

 

It only exists as WIP parts:

http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-sweat-the-decathlon-game_13631.html

 

But again: you'll have to examine and compare the .bins to know more.

 

Edited January 10, 2011 by Rom Hunter

[clarkus]

Cool. As always, thanks for your help and patience (I know there's a lot of info out here, and that I've asked the same questions in a couple places).

 

Thank you!