DJK Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Hey all, I need some help here I got a Atari 2600 clone, pic below, and now I'm searching for 2 things, 1 is information about this console itself, (what company made it, in which year etc), second and most important is the names of the build in games ... This is the closest I got : http://www.pelikonepeijoonit.net/vcc.html This one looks quite similar to mine but I suspect is a earlier model as it has less games build in. Here is a picture of mine : http://www.users.skynet.be/bk237499/560.JPG Any info really appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 This one looks quite similar to mine but I suspect is a earlier model as it has less games build in. Here is a picture of mine : http://www.users.skynet.be/bk237499/560.JPG Hey, that looks like mine! Does it say Rinco at the bottom? What are the games? Here is my list: +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | +----------------------------+ | | | | | 1. Demon Attack Ski Hunt The Earth Dies Screaming Motocross 2. Mafia Gopher Mission 3000 A.D. Pyramid War 3. Pooyan Panda Chase Hole Hunt Nuts 4. Galatic (Nexar) Mega Force Fire Spinner "Defender-Clone" 5. Mr. Postman Jawbreaker Spiderdroid Pac Kong 6. Submarine (M*A*S*H) Barnstorming Krieg der Sterne (Atlantis) World End 7. Sub Scan Plaque Attack Tom Boy Thunderground 8. Dragon Fire Grand Prix Video Pinball Fire Fighter 9. International Soccer Snail Against Squirrel Commando Raid Dancing Plates 10. Super Ferrari Maze Craze Oink! Frostbite 11. "Underwater" Spider Fighter "Phoenix" Icehockey 12. RealSports Volleyball Missile Control Bi! Bi! Space Raid 13. Superman Infiltrate Astrowar (Dimax) River Raid Clone 14. Space Robots Fast Food Donkey Kong River Raid Clone 15. Cross Force Planet Patrol Cosmic Ark Lock 'n Chase 16. Room Of Doom Starmaster Strategy X Venture Clone 17. Challenge Bowling Farmyard Criminal Pursuit 18. Keystone Kapers Circus Atari Zoo Fun IQ-180 19. Berzerk Dodge 'Em Frogs And Flies (better!) Word Zapper 20. Worm War 1 Bobby Is Going Home Parachute M.A.D. 21. Mariana (Seaquest) Boom Bang Time Warp Master Builder 22. Duck Shoot Great Escape Immies & Aggies Clown Downtown 23. Dragon Defender River Raid Clone Traffic Bermuda 24. Alien Return Pac Man Base Attack Frogger 25. Space Cavern Atlantis Clone Spiderman Tuby Bird 26. SpaceMaster X7 Open Sesame Bank Heist Towering Inferno 27. Yar's Revenge Hey! Stop! (Keystone Kapers) Fast Eddie Carnival 28. Bobby Is Going Home Brick Kick Defender Threshold 29. Gas Hog Racquetball Octopus Air Raiders 30. Tanks But No Tanks Laser Gates Trick Shot Sea Hawk 31. Karate Super Challenge Baseball Q*Bert Cosmic Creeps 32. Missile Command Clone Megamania Fire Birds Save Our Ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israelg Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 I have an Atari Jr clone with 160 games builtin with two banks switch 1. first bank Same as Thomas list 128 games... 2. The second bank is same as 32 in 1 card... Israel Geron T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJK Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 Hey Don't think it's that one, don't see that anywhere, on the back is a sticker with : TV Game Compatible 2600B NO. 910698389 and in the console itself "Made In Tawain" Also on the front the two stickers say "560 games included" while your list is far shorter ... Could be I'm wrong though and it is this one you have to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 and in the console itself "Made In Tawain" Nothing directly about that one? Also on the front the two stickers say "560 games included" while your list is far shorter ... That means nothing. Mine says 360 games. Go and count your games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJK Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 Hey What you mean about "nothing directly" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 What you mean about "nothing directly" ? On my console "RINCO" is printed directly above "Made in Taiwan". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 That box looks similar to mine, except the clone is a Jr and not a vader unit and the writing is nly in English and Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJK Posted March 5, 2004 Author Share Posted March 5, 2004 nope no ringo so I have a JR model ? well I'll go trough the list of games tomorrow and look if it corresponds with what I get, trouble is most if not practically all screenies don't have a name or title screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Ah. yes, the Taiwanese PAL-B clones that always seem to have a different number of games, yet always the same ones.... Attached is a photo of mine.... how they managed to justify putting "2001 games" on one of them I don't know! Incidentally, I have a 208 games console that doesn't have the little silver circles, and actually *does* have 208 games, but the others all tend to be the same. I think they just made up a number when they made them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Ah. yes, the Taiwanese PAL-B clones that always seem to have a different number of games, yet always the same ones.... Have you checked the games list? Is that one also identical? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 The list posted above does look very familiar. Most of the clones have exactly the same games on them - though some differ (my 64-in-1 Australian Jr. clone has more Atari games on it IIRC, and my 208-in-1 has the extra 80 games made up of Atari games and the like. The 128-in-1s like that one tend to avoid the earlier Atari games I think. Incidentally, they're almost always hacks, not copies... i.e. Keystone Kapers below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Re: number of games That is relative...are the variations considered to be "games"? They are on Atari boxes. The Space Invaders cart -alone- is 112 games. That would be 224 games if you counted the b/w versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 Correction: 448 games if you count playing with one eye closed and drinking a bottle of Gin. 896 games if you alternate between that and chain-smoking cigarettes at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 That is relative...are the variations considered to be "games"? They are on Atari boxes. The Space Invaders cart -alone- is 112 games. And it just happens to come to 2001? And the same games also happen to come to 444? Always a round number.. suspicious! Nah, they just made it up, I reckon..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 7, 2004 Share Posted March 7, 2004 No...2000 game variations. The 2001st game is where you swing the console around like an olympic hammer and try for distance. That's the one you play if you discover that you suck at all the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFonck Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 A few days ago I stumbled at, what I thought, was a genuine 2600 at a local flea market. Upon second glance it turned out to be a clone with 128 games built in. I was really happy with this find as I allways just wanted to have an Atari VCS to re-live childhood memories and the only game I ever played on the VCS was Pac-Man and River Raid as far as I can remember, which are both included though the colours in River Raid are off. I opened it up to have a look at the PCB and it says 2600B 3 in 1 rev 1.0 There is room on the PCB for the ROM-select switch and an additional couple of ROMS but it just has the one with 128 games on it. Good thing about these clones is that they give a better image quality than the average original VCS, though I'm still hoping to be able to be able to add S-video output to it for even better image quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 How rare are these clones by the way? Are they mostly PAL systems and thus sold overseas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Not what I'd call "rare" but not common either.... they're about rarity 4 I'd say, they come up pretty frequently. They're worth it for the curiosity itself.. I was just browsing one of my 208-in-1s (my favourite one as it's got the most games in!) and realised that Lock'n'Chase wasn't actually Lock'n'Chase per se, but a hack - two of the cops are animated men, and the player is a small bird. Weeird (and hence interesting!). Or then there's the Space Jockey hack by Sunteck Co. which puts your helicopter against AWACs and stuff like that... all good fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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