Atari_Bill Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 As promised, here's the earliest system inserts/brochures Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MattelAquarius Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 As promised, here's the earliest system inserts/brochures Wowzers to inflation! The survey card question for yearly family income topped out at $20k or more. How much did the Studio II originally retail for? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Just a heads up for everyone, the seller who had the Bingo sample just delisted all of the other games from the lot that he obtained from Joseph Santone's daughters: http://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?isRefine=true&_pgn=1&_nkw=seller%3Aawcleanout&_sasl=awcleanout&_sop=10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 Wowzers to inflation! The survey card question for yearly family income topped out at $20k or more. How much did the Studio II originally retail for? I believe $149, but poor sales led to quick price reductions and clearances. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Looks like 2016 wasn't finished with us yet for surprises: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RCA-Studio-II-Console-with-games-/332077629823? FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T BID ON THIS- I'M ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE SELLER SO WE CAN GET THIS CARTRIDGE DUMPED AND PRESERVED!!! HOLD OFF ON THE BIDDING FOR NOW!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) Looks like 2016 wasn't finished with us yet for surprises: http://www.ebay.com/itm/RCA-Studio-II-Console-with-games-/332077629823? FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T BID ON THIS- I'M ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE SELLER SO WE CAN GET THIS CARTRIDGE DUMPED AND PRESERVED!!! HOLD OFF ON THE BIDDING FOR NOW!!! I've heard back from the seller, who granted permission to share the following information with the thread here: The seller confirmed that his parents purchased the system, games, and Demonstration new back in 1977 from a hardware store in Cavalier, North Dakota for him and his brother and it has been in their family ever since. Prior to this, all of the sightings, real or possible, had been in and around South Jersey and Philly, near Deptford. It's a big deal that one of these, even an incomplete copy, has turned up so far from where it would be expected to have with confirmation that it really was obtained back in the day in such a far removed from New Jersey area. Edited January 1, 2017 by Blazing Lazers 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decle Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Happy New Year to the Studio II Community! In the absence of a specific forum this seems to be the de-facto Studio II news thread, so I thought I would post here. I'm sorry if this is a breach of etiquette.As 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the Studio II, I felt there was an opportunity for the Intellivision fraternity to share a little love. With this in mind, I have released StudioVision, an RCA Studio II emulator that runs on the Mattel Intellivision. If you want to know more or give it a go, full details and ROMs can be found on the AtariAge Intellivision Programming forum.Any feedback is most welcome.Thanksdecle 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I've heard back from the seller, who granted permission to share the following information with the thread here: The seller confirmed that his parents purchased the system, games, and Demonstration new back in 1977 from a hardware store in Cavalier, North Dakota for him and his brother and it has been in their family ever since. Prior to this, all of the sightings, real or possible, had been in and around South Jersey and Philly, near Deptford. It's a big deal that one of these, even an incomplete copy, has turned up so far from where it would be expected to have with confirmation that it really was obtained back in the day in such a far removed from New Jersey area. Very interesting stuff! I still have flips dumper if I can be of any help getting it dumped and I know ed would be happy to send his to someone who could dump it! Happy New Year to the Studio II Community! In the absence of a specific forum this seems to be the de-facto Studio II news thread, so I thought I would post here. I'm sorry if this is a breach of etiquette. As 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the Studio II, I felt there was an opportunity for the Intellivision fraternity to share a little love. With this in mind, I have released StudioVision, an RCA Studio II emulator that runs on the Mattel Intellivision. If you want to know more or give it a go, full details and ROMs can be found on the AtariAge Intellivision Programming forum. Any feedback is most welcome. Thanks decle That's quite amazing, I never would have imagined such a thing! Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLD1985 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I've heard back from the seller, who granted permission to share the following information with the thread here: The seller confirmed that his parents purchased the system, games, and Demonstration new back in 1977 from a hardware store in Cavalier, North Dakota for him and his brother and it has been in their family ever since. Prior to this, all of the sightings, real or possible, had been in and around South Jersey and Philly, near Deptford. It's a big deal that one of these, even an incomplete copy, has turned up so far from where it would be expected to have with confirmation that it really was obtained back in the day in such a far removed from New Jersey area. I don't think it's surprising for demonstration carts to appear elsewhere as I assume they were given to shops/sales people to demonstrate what the systems can do. Possibly some shops sold their demo cart when they were getting rid of their stock. Would be really interesting to get it dumped and find out what it actually does. Only one left then will be the diagnostics cartridge. Which if any survive are probably in some old electricians tool box in a shed/loft/attic/storage somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Schooltranny strikes again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 We knew she would Have you had any luck figuring out how we can obtain this for dumping? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLD1985 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 $486 at the moment. On the topic of the cartridge itself. If it does get dumped. I'd be interested to see if its actually a "colour" cartridge or not. As going by the label part number it was one of the later releases so may have been intended for the "studio iii" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 $486 at the moment. On the topic of the cartridge itself. If it does get dumped. I'd be interested to see if its actually a "colour" cartridge or not. As going by the label part number it was one of the later releases so may have been intended for the "studio iii" I hadn't thought of that... Yeah, it could be in color and forward compatible with the S3. Come to think of it, is it known who programmed this Demonstration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) Schooltranny strikes again... Hopefully Schoolgirl doesn't get their greedy dealer hands on this. Hopefully it will be one of us that will appreciate it and not just look at it as the next payday. Very cool find. Edited January 2, 2017 by Atari_Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLD1985 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 bidding hasn't ended tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 bidding hasn't ended tho Yeah my mistake. Edited post. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander1175 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hello Studio II community. I have been asked by one of your members to post on here. I am the person with the demonstration cartridge for sale on eBay. Being new to this I had no idea the value and significance of the cartridge I have for sale. Although I have received some explanation to importance of this cartridge, I still don't fully understand why it is so important. I have been asked for pictures of the cartridge by a few people so I thought I would share them with you. I am not sure if I can answer any of your questions but please feel free to ask any you may have. The quick back story is that my parents bought this unit, with the four games and the demonstration cartridge, at a hardware store in Cavalier, ND. In talking with my father tonight he seems to recall that the store was going out of business. We have had it in our family ever since then in 1977. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLD1985 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Hi. Thanks for posting! It's extremely important to us for software/video game preservation. As what you have is a cartridge for a system that has yet to be rom-dumped (which basically means a copy of the software on the chip). We would love to get this cartridge rom dumped for historic preseveation. Then once dumped you're free to do whatever you want with it. One person on here has made a rom-dumper that they are willing to send so that you could do it yourself. However from memory what does this cartridge do? what things does it display or allow you to do? edit: personally I would cancel the auction... auction the main unit and other games. Help us preserve the demo-cart.. once that's done auction it again separately. Edited January 3, 2017 by TLD1985 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekeefe Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hello Xander1175, I have an RCA Studio II cartridge dumper. Here are some pictures of it: I would be happy to send it overnight to you tomorrow morning. You would have it Wednesday. I can include instructions on how to use it. I can even be available to walk you through using it. Once you have it dumped, just send my dumper back to me. I would pay for all postage both ways. If you'd like to discuss this with me, PM me and I can send you my phone number. ED 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander1175 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hi. Thanks for posting! It's extremely important to us for software/video game preservation. As what you have is a cartridge for a system that has yet to be rom-dumped (which basically means a copy of the software on the chip). We would love to get this cartridge rom dumped for historic preseveation. Then once dumped you're free to do whatever you want with it. One person on here has made a rom-dumper that they are willing to send so that you could do it yourself. However from memory what does this cartridge do? what things does it display or allow you to do? edit: personally I would cancel the auction... auction the main unit and other games. Help us preserve the demo-cart.. once that's done auction it again separately. From memory I honestly don't remember what it does. I haven't used this unit in over 30 years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 It would be wonderful if you would work with Ed to dump this important part of history! It's really quite easy to do. I am also sure there are a few people here besides myself who would be happy to send you some additional funds for your time as well. Thanks for joining and sharing as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hello Studio II community. I have been asked by one of your members to post on here. I am the person with the demonstration cartridge for sale on eBay. Being new to this I had no idea the value and significance of the cartridge I have for sale. Although I have received some explanation to importance of this cartridge, I still don't fully understand why it is so important. I have been asked for pictures of the cartridge by a few people so I thought I would share them with you. I am not sure if I can answer any of your questions but please feel free to ask any you may have. The quick back story is that my parents bought this unit, with the four games and the demonstration cartridge, at a hardware store in Cavalier, ND. In talking with my father tonight he seems to recall that the store was going out of business. We have had it in our family ever since then in 1977. You made it!!! Again, thank you so very much for joining and helping us to try and preserve the data on this cartridge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLD1985 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 From memory I honestly don't remember what it does. I haven't used this unit in over 30 years. Can you remember your opinion on it? I would assume it was... "this is boring" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I would assume it's similar to the channel f demo carts. Where it rotates thru the various games for demo and isn't really interactive at all. But who knows for sure! Can we tell when it may have come out based on the part numbers? I have not analyzed that yet. I would think it would have been earlier in the systems life, so probably not color enabled? But would be interesting to find this out. And it makes sense if this was purchased from a closing store. Could very likely be the only system and games the store got and they just sold it all as a group at closing. I would think that a good number of these would have been made and sent to larger stores. But then probably nearly all were tossed out when stores stopped selling them. Chances are they were never sold publicly or privately. So any more that turn up are going to be from very old stores that now close, which are getting few and far between but are still out there. One of my favorite items is something from a situation like this. I got a unused magnavox odyssey dealer display set still in the shipping container when an old electronics store closed. Also another old electronics store found a few sealed copies of odyssey precepts still in the box that had been stashed away when they were cleaning out. So these last few stores that exist are probably the last vestiges for finding these rarities. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLD1985 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) These are the label numbers.. the demo cart has one of the later-type part numbers. I would guess the diagnostics cart has an earlier part number (if its ever found). Games in colour are in Bold. Part # Game (Side) Copyright1808517-24 TV Bingo (front) none1808517-23 TV Bingo (back) none1808517-22 Biorhythm (front) 19771808517-21 Biorhythm (back) 19771808517-20 Demonstration Cart (f) none1808517-19 Demonstration Cart (b) none1808517-18 Blackjack (front) 19771808517-17 Blackjack (back) 19771808517-16 Math Fun (front) 19771808517-15 Math Fun (back) 19771808517-14 Gunfighter/Moonship (f) 19771808517-13 Gunfighter/Moonship (b) 19771808517-12 Speedway/Tag (front) 19771808517-11 Speedway/Tag (back) 19771808517-10 Baseball (back) 19771808517-9 Baseball (front) 1977SPS-3122 Tennis/Squash (front) 1977SPS-3121 Tennis/Squash (back) 1977SPS-3070 School House I (back) 1976SPS-3069 School House I (front) 1976SPS-3068 Fun with Numbers (b) 1976SPS-3067 Fun with Numbers (f) 1976SPS-3066 Space War (back) 1976SPS-3065 Space War (front) 1976 Edited January 3, 2017 by TLD1985 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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