Philflound Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Well since there is a 1986 Backgammon cart, there must be some box to it. Whether it's grey or an Atari Corp or maybe multi-language doesn't matter to me short of finding out exactly that the box exists in some form. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Can you get me a good scan of the front and back cover? Also, can you tell me the Rev # and on the bottom tiny flap, who is the printer and the date? Thanks. Phil My games are all boxed up because I'm moving next week, but I'll get you the pics and info later this month. It will actually be nice to have my Atari games out and accessible again. Well since there is a 1986 Backgammon cart, there must be some box to it. Whether it's grey or an Atari Corp or maybe multi-language doesn't matter to me short of finding out exactly that the box exists in some form. Phil I've seen references to Backgammon having a grey box, and while I've seen pics of the late release cart, I have not seen the box to confirm a grey release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I have the Backgammon 1986 scan of the cart and I've seen the 1986 black and white manual, so logically there must be a box. I never went ahead and put a rarity on the boxes with the list. I always left that up to other sites. Also, I could never judge how rare a foreign released box would be as I personally would not run across them too often, but there could be hundreds or thousands of copies in other countries. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I have the Backgammon 1986 scan of the cart and I've seen the 1986 black and white manual, so logically there must be a box. I never went ahead and put a rarity on the boxes with the list. I always left that up to other sites. Also, I could never judge how rare a foreign released box would be as I personally would not run across them too often, but there could be hundreds or thousands of copies in other countries. Phil It doesn't have to be B&W though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Does anybody have all of the grey box releases? These are the ones I know of: Backgammon BASIC Programming Basketball Blackjack Bowling Brain Games Canyon Bomber Codebreaker Demons to Diamonds Flag Capture Fun with Numbers A Game of Concentration Golf Home Run Maze Craze Night Driver Outlaw Pac-Man RealSports Volleyball Surround Swordquest - Earthworld Crap, I missed this post. I think I have 17 of those. SHIT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Crap, I missed this post. I think I have 17 of those. SHIT! I am missing Blackjack, Maze Craze, Pac-Man, Surround, and, if it exists, Backgammon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 mmmm backgammon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I am missing Blackjack, Maze Craze, Pac-Man, Surround, and, if it exists, Backgammon. I have Maze Craze and Pac-Man, but I don't have the other 3 either, I am almost sure that the Backgammon re-release comes in a colored box (like the red Berzerk). I've been too lazy to go in there to figure out exactly which ones I am missing. But we sure know, BlackJack is really rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 atari181 got a Blackjack back in February. That's the only one I've seen in many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Well, I had a source for many of the variations over the past couple of years. This person says he has the Backgammon grey box, but does not provide scans anymore. So it'll remain off my site until I can get it verified. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 atari181 got a Blackjack back in February. That's the only one I've seen in many years. Good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Defender Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 I have a question about Atari 2600 Pac-Man. In the manual it states that game number 2 is a slow moving Pac-Man, but in my testing I have found this to not be the case? What gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) atari181 got a Blackjack back in February. That's the only one I've seen in many years.SHHHH!!!! Edited July 9, 2015 by atari181 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) I am missing Blackjack, Maze Craze, Pac-Man, Surround, and, if it exists, Backgammon. I don't believe the grey box exists for Backgammon, even though I was told it does. I say this because I just picked up the 1986 Atari Corp box today and will be scanning and adding it on the page by tomorrow. I got it pretty cheap too. I'm a happy camper. It is actually sealed! I think I may keep this one. Sad thing is I don't know printer and printed date, nor know what the cart and manual inside looks like. Forgot to mention, but it actually has the black Special Edition bar on the front like the early release. Phil Decided to scan and not keep you in suspense. I did NOT remove the plastic tab which I am guessing is what tore the top of the box back. http://www.videogamevariations.com/AtariCompanies/AtariGames/Backgammon/backgammonboxes.htm Edited July 24, 2015 by Philflound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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