kuifje76 Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 anybody know this game? there's nothing on it except a pic of a boy some scene, dunno if it's for a 2600, but the dude who sold met this said so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I think I need glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuifje76 Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 no, you don't, I need a new camera.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 There we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I tried Google and got this: http://www.atariguide.com/16/1665.htm and that's all. Not much help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 That sure looks like some sort of pirate cart, but I have never heard of that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Probably a Taiwan Cooper or Quelle pirate, from the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 anybody know this game? If you take a blurry picture of your TV while playing the game it might help to ID it. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeV0 Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 This wouldnt by any chance have ss written anywhere on it?? Ive been pulling hair looking for the missing ss numbers for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Well, it would really help us if you could tell us what the words are. Because I think you have the super-ultra-rare "blurry label" variation! It could be worth hundreds of dollars! Anyhow, the second word seems to be "wanders", but a quick 2600 title search didn't show anything. It looks like a "Cooper Black", so named because that's the font they used for the game title. Hmm, according to Google, the term "Cooper Black" is entirely my fault. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 The picture is the same as "Bobby is going home" by BitCorp. Since the game is called "Niky Wanders", that would fit too. The cartridge looks like it might be one of those shorter "S.S." cases. So this game is probably one of the generic "Cooper Black" pirates of "Bobby is going home". Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuifje76 Posted June 2, 2004 Author Share Posted June 2, 2004 Well, there's no ss on it, it's a little thicker around than atari cartridges..... Like my River raid 2 (wich is inserted in the vcs, with the label at the front, not as usually at the back), BUT IT DOESN'T WORK, I dunno why, I cleaned it, and I try again later. From what I can see.... It has from 2/3 to the top, on the edges 6 horizontal bars in the plastic, at all 4 corners, onlt at the front they are smaller because of the place where the label is. I can see through the label, 2 screwholes, but they are still covered, and between them from half way to the top 2 rows of 5 holes, still covered too. If I insert the cartridge, it's really difficult, because it's a little bigger, and when I turn on the vcs, I get bars and strange beeps. When I try another vcs, it's the same, woody, vader or junior, all the same. Then the strange thing: When I turn the vcs off, and pull the cartridge out, turn it on again without a cartridge, I still get the weird bars..... only after 4 or 5 times it's all black again.... just some (blurry) pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I'd put money on it being Bobby is Going Home (Bobby Geht Heim in its more common German form) by BitCorp. However, it sounds like the cart is just dirty, and the +5V line isn't reaching the ROM so it's behaving as though the ROM isn't there (which it effectively isn't, if it's getting no power). Keep cleaning it or get someone on here to take a look.. I find myself that my NES cartridge cleaning kit works a treat on my Atari carts too, FWIW. Congrats on finding a scarce cart, though - it's not one I've seen before and even the DP guide doesn't have it listed... if you want someone to take it off your hands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Congrats on finding a scarce cart, though - it's not one I've seen before and even the DP guide doesn't have it listed... if you want someone to take it off your hands... Then he still has me. I could pick it up in person and save him the walk to the post office. From what I can make up from the label it does look a bit like Bobby is going home indeed. I don't have the cart myself though. As for not getting an image, I have a few steps of cleaning my carts. First I do the q-tip with alcohol thing. Works like a charm on 95% of the carts. For those other ones, I use a sharp screwdriver or a pair of scisors to gently scrape over the contacts. My third option would be fine sandpaper, but I've never had to resort to that yet. I now have 2 carts that are working, but they act strange. I have a Robot Tank with flickering colors on my Jr. (plays fine on my 6-switch) and a Moonsweeper which I thought only played in black and white, but now I found out that I switch it on and off about 10 times thares about 1 time I get the colors. I've cleaned and scraped the contacts to no avail. Perhaps it's a bad contact inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I concur with the others, that is probably a Bobby is Going Home variation of some crazy kind. Good find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 ... Moonsweeper which I thought only played in black and white' date=' but now I found out that I switch it on and off about 10 times thares about 1 time I get the colors. I've cleaned and scraped the contacts to no avail. Perhaps it's a bad contact inside.[/quote'] That's not a bad cart contact. That's either a dodgy colour/B&W switch, or more likely a dodgily-coded game. I know my TV sometimes sets itself to Black and White on games with really dodgy scanrates, as it thinks the game is NTSC or something and gets confused - I usually find I can get colour by changing channel away and then back again... try that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I think we have a match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Incidentally, is this Niky cart PAL or NTSC? If the former I can add it to my PAL rarity list... (as a rarity 10, naturally, as it's the only confirmed one to exist at the moment. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Cool, is my "Sparker Gardon" (Flash Gordon) cart a 10 too then? It's PAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuifje76 Posted June 2, 2004 Author Share Posted June 2, 2004 I live in the Netherlands, so it's most likely a pal, as in the thread: Selling PAL cart and insinuating that it is NTSC? http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51250 But what do I know......I think Whisper has to test.... BTW, Do I have to make a scan of the cart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Cool' date=' is my "Sparker Gardon" (Flash Gordon) cart a 10 too then? It's PAL.[/quote'] Nope, sorry... it's mentioned in the DP guide, at a stupidly low Rarity 3 which puts it at being more common than Flash Gordon! I've not seen Sparker Gardon, though, so I'd imagine it's rarity about 7 or 8 at the moment, but that can easily change. That's the problem with making a PAL rarity guide, it takes ages as there's so many carts out there no-one knows the first thing about. Which is also what makes it interesting, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 one of those shorter "S.S." cases What are you trying to insinuate here? I swear, I had just gotten out of the pool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Whats with all the blurry pix. Jeez. Someone go take photography 101 fer pete's sake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susuwatari Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 It's not the photographer, it's the camera itself. Some $20 camera are OK for taking pictures but they really stink at closeups. A decent digital camera that can take closeup often starts at $100 unless you're looking at used camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuifje76 Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Got this cam for free, it's really nice for selling cars, they look allright from a pic, and I always tell the people how bad they are but people always show. And I always have to say: I told you it is bad.... I only had once that someone didn't take the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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