Marco Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Hi all, There used to be a time when you could find pirate or import Atari 2600 games all over the place. Newsgroups, trades en eBay all had a fair share of these weird and unusual games. But lately, it has gotten more and more difficult to find these oddities. Sure, there's still the occasional Brazilian auction on eBay, but where have all the Asian, Australian and other S-American goodies gone? I know that interest in these (mostly PAL) games is on a low, but does that completely explain the lack of supply in this genre? Any thoughts? Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Must be because I decided to collect them. Personally I find all the pirate carts quite interesting, as they have some funky variations - like the pirate 2001-in-1 console I posted about in another thread - which has things like Frostbite with a girl instead of the bloke, or Mariana which is Seaquest but different! I`m sort of wanting to get all the pirate carts, but there's such little research done into them it's a bit of a black art. I agree, though, they're nothing like as common as people seem to think - not these days, anyway. Most annoying is when there's a console or game you want where the seller only posts to Germany or Australia or something, and most of the pirate carts seem to be like that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeV0 Posted August 13, 2003 Share Posted August 13, 2003 Hey Marco Pirate 2600 carts are alive and well here, I have my eye on a cart labelled "Aussie Rally" It is gonna be a long time before i can identify my pirate collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 13, 2003 Author Share Posted August 13, 2003 Hey DeV0, We really need to do some trading some time! I just love those weird Australian pirates Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 Maybe there is not enough of a market for them to be viable so they have gone onto much more lucrative markets. That is just a guess by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 I'd say that, too. Except for us serious collectors, I think they're mostly avoided, probably because people just looking for good games have never heard of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted August 29, 2003 Share Posted August 29, 2003 I'm big into PAL and pirate carts. I love 'em. One of my favorites is a Fast Eddie cart with a picture of Mr. T on it! I don't have hardly any of the good Brazillian stuff, though; usually it costs a fortune to ship it and it takes forever. If there's anyone in the US with a bunch of Brazillian stuff to unload, LMK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 I have 2 boxed carts from Brazil.....Pitfall and Bobby is Going Home. I'm not sure but they have CCE logos in place of the Activision and whatever else logo. That's about all I have. I couldn't justify collecting more as my budget just can't handle it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 Are Brazilian cartridges NTSC or PAL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 30, 2003 Share Posted August 30, 2003 Are Brazilian cartridges NTSC or PAL? PAL-M which is almost identical to NTSC, they don't roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I think the pirate carts are harder to find because I started collecting them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I would collect them more except that I don't think I have the space for them. I already have so many 2600 carts that I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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