I have UFO Patrol/X'Mission is the game rare or is it just me?

[ShinigamiKiba]

This is all that's left of my huge Atari 2600 collection from back in the day, a few of these games I bought couple years back but most are from when I was a kid.

 

Now, UFO Patrol was always one of my favorite Atari 2600 games, I loved it so much as a kid I tried putting it in backwards so I could see the image lol ended up breaking those plastic pegs or whatever but it still works perfectly.

 

So I'm working on a gaming youtube channel now and was recording gameplay of UFO Patrol and figured I'd look it up online since sometimes I find it to be mixed up with Time Warp in ROM collections, sometimes the game labeled as Time Warp is this game I own and sometimes another depending on the ROM collection. Anyway my latest Atari 2600 ROM collection had the game labeled as UFO Patrol(X'Mission) and sure enough it was the game I own, tried to find gameplay or reviews on youtube just to see what people think and only found ONE terrible gameplay video on youtube:

 

I only found one copy of the game sold on ebay under UFO Patrol and poor game sold for only about 3 bucks.

 

I played mine on my Atari 2600 Jr. and it still works like a charm

No I don't sell games, ever

 

I can't wait to put up my review and everything of the game when I launch my gaming channel in the next month or two, seems I've had a real gem all these years.

Edited September 18, 2015 by ShinigamiKiba

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

http://www.atariboxed.com/index.php?go=detail&modul_refnumber=535

 

Here ist is. Not really as rare than X'Mission, the original version.

[Philflound]

I gather that the UFO Patrol you have is about $10.

[ShinigamiKiba]

I see, it does seem to be an unknown game at least since as I said I've never been able to find video reviews or anything.

So my game was a part of a double package which came with two cartridges?

 

What about this game then? This is ALSO labeled as UFO Patrol sometimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWldyuXFXw

but it's a different game, I don't have this one

[Andromeda Stardust]

I did a search on the AA database. "ufo" does not appear anywhere in the database. Is this PAL or NTSC?

[ShinigamiKiba]

It's PAL, it does show up here

http://www.atariboxed.com/index.php?go=database

seems I have a more common version. I'm glad I own this game, it's just so much fun and I've never been able to find it on flea markets or anything in all these years.

[Rom Hunter]

If you ever find the original one:
http://www.atarimania.com/game-x-mission_s10549.html

 

please let us know, because it's extremely rare.

 

[Philflound]

Atarimania is probably the best site to search for any game as the database is extremely comprehensive. Atariboxed is building themselves and so far as I know is all PAL releases. UFO Patrol was released by at least 3 companies, which are listed in the Digital Press Price Guide under Quelle, Rainbow Vision, and Suntek. I think your version would be the Quelle from what I see. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Phil

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

His version was sold by Otto Versand, not Quelle.

[Philflound]

I wish I could get my hands on more foreign carts. Hard to find them in the states for reasonable prices, and paying overseas shipping isn't much of an option.