Does *anyone* have the Atari 7800 HES/Salu Baseball case cover? Also Tank Command/Water Ski..

[Kirkland]

I'm working on colorizing all the Atari 7800 manuals for a project.
(started a year ago..)

I am down to missing scans of the PAL Baseball release (the cover slick/inside with instructions) and 600dpi+ scans of Tank Command and Water Ski.
There are decent scans of those two Froggo games available- which is my fallback plan, but I'd like to match the quality of the rest of the set- and there are no pics anywhere for Baseball.
Any help or info on who might help would be greatly appreciated!

A7800-wip.pdf

[+MrZarniwoop]

Looks like @Marc Oberhäuser sells a reproduction of the box:

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/889771176/baseball-box-for-the-atari-7800-game

 

[Kirkland]

That's all I've really been able to find as well, but that doesn't get me closer to the instructions printed on the inside

 

[gambler172]

There are two different Baseball boxes, but my cam is too bad 😭

Edited October 24, 2023 by gambler172

[+MrZarniwoop]

2 hours ago, Kirkland said:

That's all I've really been able to find as well, but that doesn't get me closer to the instructions printed on the inside

This post has more pics of it to tease you around what's inside.

[Kirkland]

4 hours ago, gambler172 said:

There are two different Baseball boxes, but my cam is too bad 😭

I could easily stitch together a handful of pictures taken with your phone of the instructions side.  I'm getting pretty good at editing 😉

[Kirkland]

2 hours ago, MrZarniwoop said:

This post has more pics of it to tease you around what's inside.

I know CincYnoTi sold off most (all?) of his PAL stuff a few years back.  Not sure if he held onto it or not.  And like some other long term members, he hasn't visited in months.   
I think we're getting old. 🤔

[gambler172]

2 hours ago, Kirkland said:

I could easily stitch together a handful of pictures taken with your phone of the instructions side.  I'm getting pretty good at editing 😉

Well, I try at weekend...

[gambler172]

Hi Kirk

hope this is ok

[gambler172]

And here the Paper Box manual and a french manual

[+Propane13]

Water ski scans at 1200 DPI.  That's the highest I can go.  Sorry that these are huge.  I can drop to 600 DPI if preferred.  You'll have to stitch them together, since my scanner isn't long enough.

 

Scan 1:

Scan 2:

Scan 3:

Scan 4:

[gambler172]

If my Handy Photos are ok, I could take pictures of Tank Command.

Just lmk

[Kirkland]

On 10/25/2023 at 6:50 PM, Propane13 said:

Water ski scans at 1200 DPI.  That's the highest I can go.  Sorry that these are huge.  I can drop to 600 DPI if preferred.  You'll have to stitch them together, since my scanner isn't long enough.

 

Scan 1:

Scan 2:

Scan 3:

Scan 4:

Excellent!! Thank you!!

 

[Kirkland]

On 10/25/2023 at 12:01 PM, gambler172 said:

Hi Kirk

hope this is ok

Your camera is just fine.  Could I get you to retake the manual one with just the left side in one pic and just the right side in one pic?  Might have to place a book on the top and bottom edges to gently flatten it so it doesn't glare from where it wraps around the case.

Otherwise, this is great- I can make this work! Thanks!!

[Kirkland]

Roughly halfway done.  Progress report attached for those interested.

Table of contents isn't finalized yet (of course) and Baseball is a placeholder.

 

Any questions/comments/critiques would be appreciated.

 

A7800-wip3.pdf

[Trebor]

2 hours ago, Kirkland said:

Any questions/comments/critiques would be appreciated.

It looks fantastic - very well colorized and put together nicely. 

 

If interested for inclusion, the spoiler contains all the possible paths for Crossbow completion without repeating screens.  Highlights shown outside the spoiler are:

 

-The quickest path (4 steps).

-Two longest paths that cover all areas and avoids repeating screens (8 steps).

 

Inside the spoiler are the above mentioned highlights, as well as, all the 5, 6, and 7 steps paths.

 

4 STEPS [QUICKEST]:
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Green Path (Desert)
Green Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern}
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

Spoiler

4 STEPS [QUICKEST]:
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Blue Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Green Path (Desert)
Red Path (Volcano)
Blue Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Green Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Blue Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

6 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Green Path (River/Lake)
Red Path (Volcano)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

6 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Blue Path (Desert)
Red Path (Volcano)
Blue Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

6 STEPS [USED AFTER "4 STEPS [QUICKEST]" COVERS ALL AREAS WITH ONLY UNAVOIDABLE REPEATS]:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

7 STEPS:
Green Path (Desert)
Green Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

7 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Blue Path (Desert)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Green Path (Desert)
Green Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern}
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

[Kirkland]

4 hours ago, Trebor said:

It looks fantastic - very well colorized and put together nicely. 

 

If interested for inclusion, the spoiler contains all the possible paths for Crossbow completion without repeating screens.  Highlights shown outside the spoiler are:

 

-The quickest path (4 steps).

-Two longest paths that cover all areas and avoids repeating screens (8 steps).

 

Inside the spoiler are the above mentioned highlights, as well as, all the 5, 6, and 7 steps paths.

 

4 STEPS [QUICKEST]:
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Green Path (Desert)
Green Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern}
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

Niiice.

I felt bad for just sliding the map for Crossbow into the Jinks maps page, now I can blow it up and put that on page 55 that needs some filler space. I'm trying to keep the individual manuals on facing pages, but the 4 and 12 page ones throw me a gap.  I'm sure I'll have a few more filler pages in the back half for even more stuff, while still keeping this under 200 pages.

I printed this off at work on the company laser printer, and it still looks quite legible in this scaled-down version (which was my big fear that four 5"x7" pages scaled to 3.9"x5.5" to fit in a 8.5"x11" book would just be too tiny to read.) Will print through lulu.com for edge-to-edge like my other books.

Edited October 28, 2023 by Kirkland

[gambler172]

Hope this is ok?

[Kirkland]

20 minutes ago, gambler172 said:

Hope this is ok?

Yessir- thanks!!

[gambler172]

Lmk, if you need other manuals

[Kirkland]

On 10/28/2023 at 6:11 AM, Trebor said:

It looks fantastic - very well colorized and put together nicely. 

 

If interested for inclusion, the spoiler contains all the possible paths for Crossbow completion without repeating screens.  Highlights shown outside the spoiler are:

 

-The quickest path (4 steps).

-Two longest paths that cover all areas and avoids repeating screens (8 steps).

 

Inside the spoiler are the above mentioned highlights, as well as, all the 5, 6, and 7 steps paths.

 

4 STEPS [QUICKEST]:
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Green Path (Desert)
Green Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern}
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

  Hide contents

4 STEPS [QUICKEST]:
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Blue Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Green Path (Desert)
Red Path (Volcano)
Blue Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Green Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

5 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Blue Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

6 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Green Path (River/Lake)
Red Path (Volcano)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

6 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Blue Path (Desert)
Red Path (Volcano)
Blue Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

6 STEPS [USED AFTER "4 STEPS [QUICKEST]" COVERS ALL AREAS WITH ONLY UNAVOIDABLE REPEATS]:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

7 STEPS:
Green Path (Desert)
Green Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

7 STEPS:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Blue Path (Desert)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Red Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Green Path (Desert)
Green Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern}
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

8 STEPS [COVERS ALL AREAS - NO REPEATS]:
Red Path (Village/Town)
Red Path (Volcano)
Red Path (River/Lake)
Green Path (Jungle)
Green Path (Desert)
Blue Path (Cave/Cavern)
Blue Path (Castle Drawbridge Entrance)
Red Path (Inside Castle Hall)

 

So I made it pretty, but of course ran out of room to have a master map with all possible paths.  Will stick that on another page with the pics of all the Adventurers..

Danger Zone Paths.tif

[Kirkland]

Good news is- I'm making good progress.

Bad news is- the guy I was getting the Summer Games manual from backed out.  Saw there was only one sale in Pricecharting history, so now it's not for sale.  The hunt continues..

 

http://www.atensionspan.com/KML/Atari7800/A7800-wip4.pdf

Table of contents updated, page numbers added, placeholders all filled in.

Now it's just editing and dropping pages into the correct spot for the remaining manuals.

Still have 2 pages of Filler Space that need something.

And have to come up for something to scribble on the back cover.

Also decide if I want to put a copy of the Atari 7800 console manual at the back.  Enough games say, "follow the instructions in your Owner's Manual." 

Thoughts? Comments? Anybody with a Summer Games manual and a scanner?...

[+Propane13]

Does that mean you need a Summer Games manual scan? Happy to provide one if you need it.

 

Also, I never would have considered Summer Games rare. What a strange development.

[Kirkland]

1 hour ago, Propane13 said:

Does that mean you need a Summer Games manual scan? Happy to provide one if you need it.

 

Also, I never would have considered Summer Games rare. What a strange development.

Yes, I would greatly appreciate a Summer Games manual scan.  You can trip over the Atari 2600/7800/Sears version manual everywhere, while the 7800 specific version isn't quite "L00K R4R3!"-  it just doesn't surface often.

Edited November 1, 2023 by Kirkland

[+Propane13]

Any others you need?  I can't help with a Tank Command manual, but I can help with most of the others.