King Atari Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Reading through the current issue of GI, I noticed a little mistake. In the back they have an article about CGE 2003. Okay, that's cool. I came upon a little summary about a promotional beach ball for Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes. So far, so good. But then, at the end of the paragraph, they say "The game was never released, but an emulation of the title is now widely available". Huh? Did they do any research on the game at all? It's listed as a 4 here. http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=406 So, does anyone want to contact them about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadivision Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I'm just going to pretend that what they said is true. Which means I have an unreleased prototype! (I know that it has been released, but please don't interrupt my delusion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I like chads idea, since that would be my first proto :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Ditto here!! We're one of the elite collectors now gentlemen. It feels great!!! Thanks Game Informer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I wonder how long before someone puts theis "prototype" up for auction with a link to that article I'm also relishing in my CIB prototypical glory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 I guess that means I passed up a proto too many times on ebay, then . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariman Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Ditto here!! We're one of the elite collectors now gentlemen.It feels great!!! Thanks Game Informer!! does that mean that everyone with one of these can be in an exclusive club? I suppose it wouldn't be good to start that again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadivision Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 You can be in an exclusive club, but I am the only one in the ultra-exclusive club for owners of the much sought-after E.T. cartridge. There's only one in the world and I have it in a safe deposit box in an undisclosed location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Actually only the copies of Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes that were sent to the press (including me) following the beach ball and other goodies is a rare unrelease edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Sheesh... even I own a copy of Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 I'm upset, I had a sealed Prototype, and I opened it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 ill have to re-read that section, cause I just got my GI last nite and iirc there was some other glaring innacuracy.... but i have a bad head cold and my memory has failed me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 You can be in an exclusive club, but I am the only one in the ultra-exclusive club for owners of the much sought-after E.T. cartridge. There's only one in the world and I have it in a safe deposit box in an undisclosed location.You may want to check that box sometime, because I'm the current owner of that cart. I also own the ultra-rare Pacman and Combat carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadivision Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Ok, you caught me. I just took one of those common "loaner" cartridges that I have lying around an put an E.T. label on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 Please, I got all of you beat, I have an unreleased version of Space Invaders. How do I know? Because the label is all text, no picture! Duh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy the Atarian Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Please, I got all of you beat, I have an unreleased version of Space Invaders. How do I know? Because the label is all text, no picture! Duh! I've got something even more extremely-ultra-rare than that...it's called the Atari 2600 "jr.", a smaller, more compact version of the 2600. I'm not sure why Atari never released this to the public! Bet I could make tons of $$$ on eBay with this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Yeah, I read that, but thought they meant the ball was never produced. Maybe it was to be a pack in like the MASH t-shirt? That ball looks like an eye poking machine.... Now that I look at that, it also does not mention the last POLO release in the auction report (but does mention Atarinuts SQWW ) Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Yeah, I read that, but thought they meant the ball was never produced. Maybe it was to be a pack in like the MASH t-shirt? That ball looks like an eye poking machine.... If you want Cassidy, I'll trade you the ball for your Computer Space machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 You can be in an exclusive club, but I am the only one in the ultra-exclusive club for owners of the much sought-after E.T. cartridge. There's only one in the world and I have it in a safe deposit box in an undisclosed location. I have a hunch your "undisclosed location" is somewhere in New Mexico... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I have an unreleased version of Turbo for the 2600... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 Yeah, I read that, but thought they meant the ball was never produced. Maybe it was to be a pack in like the MASH t-shirt? That ball looks like an eye poking machine.... I thought that at first, too, but after re-reading it, I realized they were talking about the game. After all, how could emulation of a beach ball be widely available? I mean, I know it's been done in some parts of Hong Kong, but in the US? Nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 You can be in an exclusive club, but I am the only one in the ultra-exclusive club for owners of the much sought-after E.T. cartridge. There's only one in the world and I have it in a safe deposit box in an undisclosed location. I have a hunch your "undisclosed location" is somewhere in New Mexico... ... in a safe deposit "box" about 20-something feet below the earth's surface, covered with a concrete slab. Along with about x-thousand more elusive E.T. carts inside... Geez... you really are lucky. You got more of those things than you thought you had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 E.T. is the one who has the cartridges from New Mexico. He gives them out as greeting cards for Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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