keyngs Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 The 2600 catalog #s are numbered in sequential order right? like Combat is 2601 Air Sea Battle is 2602 and so on..... I just realized this today. WOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 The 2600 catalog #s are numbered in sequential order right? Well kinda. The first nine releases were actually all over the map: CX-2601 Combat CX-2602 Air Sea Battle CX-2603 Star Ship CX-2611 Indy 500 CX-2612 Street Racer CX-2621 Video Olympics CX-2641 Surround CX-2651 Blackjack CX-2661 Basic Math This is because Atari was originally planning on putting games of similar genres together. CX-2601 through CX-2610 would be Action titles, CX-2611 through CX-2620 would be racing games, CX-2650 through CX-2655 would be Gambling, CX-2661 through CX-2665 would be educational (BTW these numebrs aren't right but you get the idea, I don't have part list in front of me at the moment). However Atari abandoned this idea after the first year or so and started placing games in an almost sequential order after that (filling in holes where they had them). I actually did a fairly accurate analysis on this subject awhile back, I'll see if I can find it. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I actually did a fairly accurate analysis on this subject awhile back, I'll see if I can find it. I would like to see that! BTW, I started a very short-lived thread on this topic way back when I first joined up (May 2002)... http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8230 But I never miss a chance to discuss this arcane topic, as for some reason I find it fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyngs Posted October 29, 2003 Author Share Posted October 29, 2003 yes me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I'll see if I can dig it up, but if you look at the games released between 77 and 80 and then order then by part number, some obvious patterns jump out (all the gambling games clusterd around CX-2650, all the educational games clustered around CX-2660, etc.). It's actually kinda cool. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Here's another thread about it. It's kind of funny because Tempest mentions his old thread in that one too. http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8198 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I always assumed they were in release date order too, I never really looked that close although I do log the numbers in my file I keep for my collection - I don't know why but numbers always facinate me. I look forward to your post containing your research Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Yes Ben put it exactly as I had in my old thread (which I think may have been on DP or something as I can't find it here). There are more patterns than that though, you just have to look. Keep in mind though that Atari abandoned this idea around 79-80 so after that they were fairly sequential. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Ben? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Ben? Pitfall Harry Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 That's who I figured you meant, but I didn't see where the reference to him came into this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 That's who I figured you meant, but I didn't see where the reference to him came into this thread. No not this thread, the one that Keir linked to. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyngs Posted October 30, 2003 Author Share Posted October 30, 2003 I was putting these games in my table when i noticed the numbers. thanks for the reasearch. im glad i wasnt the only one who was curious about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keir Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Here's a list of all CX numbers, compiled from various sources. Noted are prototypes (P) and games that were never released (NR) or only released in PAL format (PAL). CX2601 Combat CX2602 Air-Sea Battle CX2603 Star Ship CX2604 Space War CX2605 Outlaw CX2606 Slot Racers CX2607 Canyon Bomber CX2608 Super Breakout CX2609 Defender CX2610 Warlords CX2611 Indy 500 CX2612 Street Racer CX2613 Adventure CX2614 Steeplechase (NR) CX2615 Demons To Diamonds CX2616 Championship Soccer / Pele's Soccer CX2617 Backgammon CX2618 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe CX2619 Stellar Track (NR) CX2620 BASIC Programming CX2621 Video Olympics CX2622 Breakout CX2623 Home Run CX2624 Basketball CX2625 Football CX2626 Miniature Golf CX2627 Human Cannonball CX2628 Bowling CX2629 Sky Diver CX2630 Circus Atari CX2631 Superman CX2632 Space Invaders CX2633 Night Driver CX2634 Golf CX2635 Maze Craze: A Game Of Cops And Robbers CX2636 Video Checkers CX2637 Dodge 'Em CX2638 Missile Command CX2639 Othello CX2640 Realsports Baseball CX2641 Surround CX2642 Hunt & Score / Concentration CX2643 Codebreaker CX2644 Flag Capture CX2645 Video Chess CX2646 Pac-Man CX2647 Submarine Commander (NR) CX2648 Video Pinball CX2649 Asteroids CX2650 Berzerk CX2651 Blackjack CX2652 Casino CX2653 Slot Machine CX2654 Haunted House CX2655 Yar's Revenge CX2656 Swordquest: Earthworld CX2657 Swordquest: Fireworld CX2658 Math Gran Prix CX2659 Raiders of the Lost Ark CX2660 Star Raiders CX2661 Basic Math / Fun With Numbers CX2662 Hangman CX2663 Road Runner CX2664 Brain Games CX2665 Frog Pond (P) CX2666 Realsports Volleyball CX2667 Realsports Soccer CX2668 Realsports Football CX2669 Vanguard CX2670 Video Cube CX2671 Swordquest: Waterworld CX2672 Swordquest: Airworld (NR) CX2673 Phoenix CX2674 ET: The Extra Terrestrial CX2675 Ms Pac-Man CX2676 Centipede CX2677 Dig Dug CX2678 Dukes Of Hazzard (P) CX2679 Realsports Basketball (P) CX2680 Realsports Tennis CX2681 Battlezone CX2682 Krull CX2683 Crazy Climber CX2684 Galaxian CX2685 Gravitar CX2686 Quadrun CX2687 Tempest (P) CX2688 Jungle Hunt CX2689 Kangaroo CX2690 Pengo CX2691 Joust CX2692 Moon Patrol CX2693 Food Fight (NR) CX2694 Pole Position CX2695 Xevious (P) CX2696 Asterix CX2697 Mario Bros CX2698 Rubik’s Cube CX2699 Taz CX26100 CX26101 Oscar's Trash Race CX26102 Cookie Monster Munch CX26103 Alpha Beam With Ernie CX26104 Big Bird's Egg Catch CX26105 3-D Asteroids (NR) CX26106 Grover's Music Maker (P) CX26107 Snow White (P) CX26108 Donald Duck's Speedboat (P) CX26109 Sorcerer's Apprentice CX26110 Crystal Castles CX26111 Snoopy & The Red Baron CX26112 Good Luck, Charlie Brown (P) CX26113 Miss Piggy's Wedding (P) CX26114 Pigs In Space CX26115 Dumbo's Flying Circus (P) CX26116 Galaga (NR) CX26117 Obelix (P) CX26118 Millipede CX26119 Saboteur (P) CX26120 Defender II / Stargate CX26121 Zookeeper (NR) CX26122 Sinistar (P) CX26123 Jr. Pac-Man CX26124 Choplifter! (NR) CX26125 Track & Field CX26126 Elevator Action (P) CX26127 Gremlins CX26128 Boing (or First Star?) (NR) CX26129 Midnight Magic CX26130 Honker Bonker (NR) CX26131 Monstercise (P) CX26132 Garfield (P) CX26133 A-Team, The (P) CX26134 Last Starfighter (NR) CX26135 Realsports Boxing CX26136 Solaris CX26137 Peek-A-Boo (P) CX26138 Super Soccer (NR) CX26139 Crossbow CX26140 Desert Falcon CX26141 Motorcycle (NR) CX26142 Crack'ed (P) CX26143 Donkey Kong CX26144 Donkey Kong Jr CX26145 Venture CX26146 Mouse Trap CX26147 Frogger (NR) CX26148 Turbo (NR) CX26149 Zaxxon (NR) CX26150 Q*bert CX26151 Dark Chambers CX26152 Super Baseball CX26153 Thunderfox (NR) CX26154 Super Football CX26155 Sprintmaster CX26156 Combat Two (P) CX26157 CX26158 Surround II (NR) CX26159 Double Dunk CX26160 CX26161 CX26162 Fatal Run (PAL) CX26163 32 in 1 (PAL) CX26164 CX26165 Jinks (NR) CX26166 CX26167 Street Fight (NR) CX26168 Off The Wall CX26169 Shooting Arcade (P) CX26170 Secret Quest CX26171 Motorodeo CX26172 Xenophobe CX26173 CX26174 CX26175 CX26176 Radar Lock CX26177 Ikari Warriors CX26178 Save Mary (P) CX26179 CX26180 CX26181 CX26182 CX26183 Sentinel CX26184 White Water Madness (NR) CX26185 CX26186 CX26187 CX26188 CX26189 CX26190 BMX Airmaster CX26191 CX26192 Klax (P) Lots of gaps at the end! Here are some Atari prototypes which do not have CX numbers: Aquaventure Bionic Breakthrough Bugs Bunny Computer Chess Dukes of Hazzard version 2 Dune Elk Attack Holey Moley Mind Maze Polo Rabbit Transit Rubik's Cube 3D Stunt Cycle Telepathy Wizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 !!! Turbo was listed as a red label? Methinks that the REAL Turbo will be discovered soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyngs Posted October 30, 2003 Author Share Posted October 30, 2003 impressive! Im satisfied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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