bfollowell Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I've been thinking back to my college years in the mid to late-80s and remembering all the pirating I did. It started me wondering about bootleg releases of titles. The two most famous that come to mind are The Last Starfighter/Star Raiders II and Behind Jaggi Lines/Rescue at Fractalus! I'm sure there are others I've forgotten and maybe even more that I've never know about. What others are you guys aware of? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Landscape Early version of Stealth. I got Landscape in a bunch of disks that came with a pair of 1050's I bought back in around 1985. I didn't even know about Stealth until I got back into things after 2004. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Ballblaster, early less complete version of Ballblazer. Though I'd not realised at the time, Glenn the 5200 man's conversions of games we'd otherwise not have gotten. Otherwise, not a great deal. There was the occasional game with trainers but practically nothing with a cracktro. The usual was there wasn't even a modification or splash screen announcing who supplied the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 See, that's what I mean. I'd never heard of that one. If I'm being completely honest, I'm not familiar with either one. I'll have to check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Actually, I'm surprised Ballblaster, Landscape, and Behind Jaggi Lines don't have reviews on @Tempest's AtariProtos.com website, since these are all well-established prototype versions of these great, famous games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+gnusto Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Everybody I knew had Berzerk for the 8-bits much earlier than its 5200 release and thought it was awesome (which it really was as a port in that time). Berzerk was never released for the 8bits. The version we played was not a Glen conversion and only worked on 400/800s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peri Noid Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I think, the leaked version of Montezuma's Revenge is one. You know, this unfinished one, with the statue of Montezuma in the last chamber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Yes, probably. And one of those rare occasions where the actual release was a disappointment in comparison. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13matt Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I had a copy of Fractalus called "Behind the Jedi Lines" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Does fit "Zombies" -> "Realm of Impossibility" into this category? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Why? Zombies was officially released. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 22 hours ago, Irgendwer said: Does fit "Zombies" -> "Realm of Impossibility" into this category? I wouldn't think so. Wasn't Zombies an official release and Realms was a rerelease? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfollowell Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 (edited) On 1/22/2024 at 1:10 PM, 13matt said: I had a copy of Fractalus called "Behind the Jedi Lines" I can't say I ever saw that one, just the more common Jaggi Lines version. I wonder if it was just a hacker playing around with the already released bootleg version? Edited January 25 by bfollowell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, bfollowell said: I wouldn't think so. Wasn't Zombies an official release and Realms was a rerelease? That's right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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