Dmc88877 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Hello, I was wondering if this version of Frogger for the Atari 8bit Computers is unique? Its a Commodore/Atari Flip Diskette. I don't see it available on eBay, and on Atarimania I think it might be this version https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-frogger_12181.html. Is this a rare find? It loads up with a green title screen, then shows high scores, and then goes into a black screen with a bunch of options before going to the game. If its something worth preserving I can take scans of the Disk/Packaging it came with. I was able to make a copy of the game, but I don't have a Sio2PC currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I'd have it preserved, it looks like the high score table is still empty so it's a good chance the disk hasn't been fiddled with or written to. Some snapshot of the DISK itself and related materials would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 They usually mention on the AtariMania site when a particular version is as such. Often flippy type disks might be US Gold releases which were mainly for the UK. At the least it'd be worth archiving so it could be compared to what's already up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 5 hours ago, Dmc88877 said: I don't see it available on eBay, and on Atarimania I think it might be this version https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-frogger_12181.html. Is this a rare find? Yes, it is that version. It seems pretty rare but I am certainly no expert in that field. Btw. @www.atarimania.com your link to FastRobPlus' blog is dead and can only be reached via WayBack Machine. Here is a dump from a8preservation Frogger (The Official) (1981)(Sierra On-Line)(US)[a].atr which would be happy if there was a second authentic dump for verification. Plus we do not have any scans or pictures of box, manual or disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmc88877 Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 Very interesting. I picked this up in a Facebook marketplace pickup with a bunch of other "Shareware" programs. I'll scan the Floppy Disk and the "sleeve" it came with tonight and post here? I certainly do not mind making a copy of the disk available just currently do not have a way to do so. I'll have to look into getting a sio2pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abbotkinneydude Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 That's the Chuck Benton version. Quite a find. I just bought an identical loose copy from a French Canadian seller in Québec, it will be interesting to compare. There's a sealed copy for $69.99 (OBO) if anybody's interested. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334441466308 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmc88877 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 (edited) Very cool. Yeah once yours arrives it will cool to compare. This lot had a lot of "shareware" things on disk. I'm going to have to go through it and see if there is anything else on the disks (not retail stuff) that is not archived. Funny enough theres another "loose" copy for sale on ebay as well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/315326302096?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D272611%2C271354%26meid%3Dece47290f39c49acb3cf213357c883a5%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D334441466308%26itm%3D315326302096%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimVIDwebV3WithCPCExpansion&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851&itmprp=cksum%3A315326302096ece47290f39c49acb3cf213357c883a5|enc%3AAQAJAAABAKAOBbj8c9I6eO4vPyI9FfMl8NhNqsULUU1TfDUZ7khlOLj1dfIx2Y63cmOZ%2BVi5pBafaPt96zDpkfX2eXHAS1559vsZg%2FkWJt07nfRnFmGo1xwJ29pDOH78k5mJMcPhmtNStuprFyQPSPyJk%2Brldrxd0UQUgYW40Y15QwWlEyA1XBe2xPm5zo0PM%2Fa8cDQZWcPmuclz9ny5ZX4vifNrWDNcstgLEMV3wOlVRCBAqozN9YdC2RiOq4pNiXm9NA2kRa9L52%2BHz%2B3dfACIQrEFJBBJImEE8I2fJ4JecVumbcQuLr75uytiEU38sJeNDA7TbBFjD%2FNRbvOyCslavN2JfDE%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01J71TYS6QJ41N6XGSBZBB3SDE Edited September 5 by Dmc88877 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 On 9/5/2024 at 3:39 PM, Dmc88877 said: theres another "loose" copy for sale on ebay as well. Yeah, but that's for Sega Genesis. 🤭 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StaxX28 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 On 9/4/2024 at 8:39 PM, DjayBee said: which would be happy if there was a second authentic dump for verification. Hi, I have this version too. I tried to do a dump (ATR, PRO) with Ape Prosystem, but unfortunately it doesn't work "Unusual error. [Error identifying disk format]". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Try the flip side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StaxX28 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 I tested the game on my 1050, it works perfectly. The other side (A side) is for the C64 version 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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