Trooper Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Well, just a small question. I found a Dig Dug cart only at an online auction site. The dude selling it claims that it's rare, can't say anything about this since I don't know otherwise. However he's asking for $60 for it, my gut instinct is that that's an outrageous price. Am I wrong? Cheers! Troop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Well, I kept on looking through his auctions and I truly feel I'm dealing with a mental midget here. He's asking $60 for one(1) computer mag from 83 that allthough quite rare is worth nowhere near that kind of money. /Troop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Dunno about rarity on either of them offhand, but DigDug was released in two versions. An earlier one that tried to capture the original arcade's graphics (but ended up looking and playing like shiite), and a later one that corrected the problems (but changed all enemies into one-color sprites). The latter is probably more common...since the earlier version's unsold copies were returned AFAIK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Can you post any pics of the cart? Perhaps this is a label variation that we haven't seen before -- and therefore worth the inflated price -- though I would doubt that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Sure thing, it's quite a crappy pic but don't blame me, I'm not the photographer Cheers! Troop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Nothing rare about that - it could be the original crappy version - Collector or not, Iwould throw that cart in the trash ET is more fun to play! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Compare the attached screen shots to see which one you have. I'm still on the lookout for the original release but, either way, $60 is just insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 SS, I can prob dig up an atr of the original crappy one if you want - barf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 SS, I can prob dig up an atr of the original crappy one if you want - barf! Thanks but I'm looking for a cart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DamonicFury Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 I've been playing the "old" version since the early 80's and believe it or not, I always felt it was a decent port. Anyone happen to have an ATR file of the newer version? I'd love to try it out and compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 They both look pretty crappy to me! Actually the "newer" version looks just like the 5200 verison. Was this one of the games that they more-or-less directly ported to the 5200 from the 8-bit computer line? Dig Dug's one of those games where, in my opinion, nothing else really comes close to the real thing. MAME to the rescue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 They both look pretty crappy to me! Actually the "newer" version looks just like the 5200 verison. Was this one of the games that they more-or-less directly ported to the 5200 from the 8-bit computer line? Dig Dug's one of those games where, in my opinion, nothing else really comes close to the real thing. MAME to the rescue! This is prob a case where the 5200 version was back fitted to the 800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 This is prob a case where the 5200 version was back fitted to the 800. Yes this is correct. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 I've been playing the "old" version since the early 80's and believe it or not, I always felt it was a decent port. Anyone happen to have an ATR file of the newer version? I'd love to try it out and compare. Check your PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esc Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 I got the original (crappy) version on Cartridge. Looks like the cartridge image in this thread. If you are interested in that cartridge, make me an offer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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