ren.dhark Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 Last week I got a couple of games from England: Paris Attack, Free Way, Sea Quest, Bermuda and Mr. Postmann. They have all the same box style (like the picture) with different colors. Does anybody know which company produced the games? Thanks Günther "We are closed, now!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videotwit Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 Looks like a box that was distributed by Quelle in Germany. Might want to ask Marco or Jah Fish on this one, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 Actually, they look like the Pirated carts, either called Cooper Black or Taiwan A in the rarity books. I kind of started collecting them: http://www.atari2600.net/aspDisplayPicture...TFMrPostman.jpg http://www.atari2600.net/aspDisplayPicture...nBobbyFront.jpg http://www.atari2600.net/aspDisplayPicture...rateDKFront.jpg Later, Joel D. Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 I have a number of carts in that style, and I don't know who to attribute them to. It seems to be an unknown, unlicensed Taiwanese company. Also, I wouldn't call them Cooper Black. That was a descriptive term someone came up with to describe the color of the end label. However, there are many games that use that same generic end label that I don't think should be lumped together (incorporating many different companies). In many cases, the only way to tell exactly what company it came from is if you have the box. Although in this case, even that doesn't completely answer the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ren.dhark Posted September 26, 2001 Author Share Posted September 26, 2001 Thanks for your help. I have some Quelle Boxes and they look very similar, but the Quelle Boxes have only a german text (the carts have the box color), and the unknown have english text. Joel, my Mr. Postman box looks like yours. Thanks again Günther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 I got my Mr. Postman in the states and it's in NTSC format. The Cart inside is extra short little cart. Is your NTSC too or PAL. Thanks, Joel D. Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ren.dhark Posted September 26, 2001 Author Share Posted September 26, 2001 Joel, mine is PAL and the cart has a normal size. Günther Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted September 26, 2001 Share Posted September 26, 2001 Hi guys, To my knowledge the picture is as follows. Quelle sold at least five types of Atari 2600 games: German titles, serial numbers like 123.456.7 and Quelle credited on the manual, e.g. Die Ente und der Wolf Double-Game Packages, one regular and one short case in one box, English titles, very simple instruction sheets in English and German, e.g. My Way / Mr.T "regular" pirates, English titles, boxes in several colors with three stripes on top, short or regular case, e.g. World End. These were also sold in England and Holland. "regular" pirates, German titles, short case, boxes in several colors with three stripes on top, e.g. Wachroboter Jagt Jupy pirate-previously-known-as-Starsoft, German titles, case with infamous S.S. on the back, Quelle-like boxes but different type of serial number, e.g. Super Ferrari Confusing? Hell yeah! Don't forget, Quelle is a store, not a real manufacturer like Imagic. More like a big supermarket with its own brands. I bet Quelle sold even more different games. I'm still trying to figure out who sold the Bit, Puzzy and "Video Game Programm" carts in Germany. Any of the German collectors remember what it was like to go into a Quelle store in the eighties? Cheers, Marco PS: ren.dhark, looks like someone in the UK found some new-old-stock of those pirates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 27, 2001 Share Posted September 27, 2001 Quelle was(is) mainly selling by catalog, but they also had(have) stores. I still have an Atari 2600 related page, torn out of one of their old catalogs lying arround. If somebody is interested (I think it's not very useful) I could try to scan and post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratfink Posted September 27, 2001 Share Posted September 27, 2001 I have one of these called "Little Bear." It's a pirated version of Activision's "Frostbite" with the "Activision" blacked out at the bottom of the screen. It uses that same font. It's currently up on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videotwit Posted September 28, 2001 Share Posted September 28, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Thomas Jentzsch: I still have an Atari 2600 related page, torn out of one of their old catalogs lying arround. If somebody is interested (I think it's not very useful) I could try to scan and post it. I for one would like to see this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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