Pole Posit'n PAL Version - Pole Position Cartridge

[Buckaroo]

This is an unusual one, I've had literally hundreds of Pole Position carts and never one with the POLE POSITN* end label. 

 

This has been tested and is a PAL cartridge. 

 

It has a simple dust shield which is unusual on a silver labelled cartridge.  

 

I've found an NTSC version of this cartridge listed on Atari Age here. 

https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=366

 

I only have the cartridge, no box or instructions. 

 

Edited August 18, 2021 by Buckaroo

[Rom Hunter]

On 8/18/2021 at 5:41 PM, Buckaroo said:

This is an unusual one, I've had literally hundreds of Pole Position carts and never one with the POLE POSITN* end label. 

 

This has been tested and is a PAL cartridge. 

 

It has a simple dust shield which is unusual on a silver labelled cartridge.  

 

I've found an NTSC version of this cartridge listed on Atari Age here. 

https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=366

 

I only have the cartridge, no box or instructions. 

 

 

100% sure it's PAL?

 

 

[Buckaroo]

Yeah I've played it on my PAL system and the colours are correct. 

[Buckaroo]

On 8/19/2021 at 7:48 PM, Rom Hunter said:

 

100% sure it's PAL?

 

 

Definitely 100% now, just dumped it using an AtariMax programmer (find it attached). 

 

Compared the checksum of this against another PAL version and it appears to be different. 

 

I'm new to this so is there a program where you can compare 2 binaries side by side to see the differences?

Pole Posit'n PAL.bin

[Dionoid]

On 10/8/2021 at 11:49 PM, Buckaroo said:

I'm new to this so is there a program where you can compare 2 binaries side by side to see the differences?

I'm using WinMerge (a free tool) to compare rom binaries. In this case, I see only the F8 bankswitch hotspot values differ, which kind of depends on the tool you're using to dump the rom.

Btw. I've run into these "Pole Posit'n" PAL cartridges a couple of times, so I'm not sure if these are really rare.

[Buckaroo]

Thanks @Dionoid I'm clueless when it comes to comparing ROMS

[dwh]

I assume this PAL end label variant was also released in 1985 ,like it was in the NTSC areas. It took me cutting open a shrink-wrapped box to figure this out; Atari Corp sure confused everything.

[Buckaroo]

2 hours ago, dwh said:

I assume this PAL end label variant was also released in 1985 ,like it was in the NTSC areas. It took me cutting open a shrink-wrapped box to figure this out; Atari Corp sure confused everything.

Yes you're probably right. 

 

I've never had a PAL version with that end label and the original box but I'll probably find one at some point. 

 

I'll post back here if I do. 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Buckaroo

[Rom Hunter]

11 hours ago, dwh said:

I assume this PAL end label variant was also released in 1985 ,like it was in the NTSC areas. It took me cutting open a shrink-wrapped box to figure this out; Atari Corp sure confused everything.

Can you show me the back of that box?