Rom Hunter Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 Rick replied that Dead-Ray (a pirate of War 2000) also has the Home Vision logo on screen, instead of the Dimax logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Ok well that makes even less sense. The official War 2000 by Home Vision has Dimax on its screen while a pirate has the official Home Vision name on its screen. What is going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOK-dfa Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Could it be that carts for those companies were manufactured at the same place and somehow the ROM images / ROMs got mixed up? Or are Dimax and Homevision basically the same company (like Hot Shot and Goliath)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 Maybe you're right. I really don't know. All I know is that Robot Fight (AKA Space Robot from Dimax - Sinmax) and War 2000 (AKA Astrowar from Dimax - Sinmax) are the first two titles of the Home Vision serie. Maybe Home Vision didn't bother to put their own logo in at the beginning and later on they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Now that does make sense. Perhaps we were both thinking 2 dimensional on this one Rom. It would make perfect sense if the two companies were actually the same one. I think we are finally making progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 (edited) Now that does make sense. Perhaps we were both thinking 2 dimensional on this one Rom. It would make perfect sense if the two companies were actually the same one. I think we are finally making progress Home Vision games were made by Gem Int'l Corp. Taiwan (P.O. Box 3832 Taipei TLX 12430) Dimax - Sinmax games were also made in Taiwan: But then again: a lot of Atari VCS2600 games were made in Taiwan. Edited October 6, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 True but this does have a lot of weight being lended to it. I would run with this Rom for perhaps it is the answer we have been looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 (edited) Interesting facts: Goliath's first title (Space Robot) is the same game as Space Robot from Dimax - Sinmax: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=8557 Goliath's second title (Astrowar) is the same game as Astrowar from Dimax - Sinmax: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...VERSION_ID=8533 But the Goliath Group of Companies was located in Hong Kong (G.P.O. Box 12195), instead of Taiwan. Edited October 5, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Perhaps they moved There was certainly something strange taking place and Taiwan is not that far from Hong Kong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 (edited) From an old Dutch video game review book: Dimax has its origin on Taiwan. The there founded company also has other brands, ao: Puzzy, Bit, Sinmax and Funvision. It's possible that one can also find Dimax games, offered under the name Goliath. This concerns (perhaps illigal) duplicates of Dimax games by the Goliath Group of Companies in Hong Kong. Something else: If you take a look at the Rainbow Vision - Suntek list in this topic (post #11), http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...opic=67975&st=0 you can see that almost every game numbered higher than SS-020 is a Home Vision game. It could very well be that Dragon Defender (SS-021), Ski Run (SS-024), Spectracube Invasion (SS-025) and UFO Patrol (SS-031) are all Home Vision games. It certainly makes sense. Edited October 6, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Dimax certainly had its fingers in a lot of pies. So the question is, is Home Vision a sister company of Dimax or its own company and secondly did Hotshot license the games of Dimax, pirate them or were they too part of a bigger organisation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 (edited) I have an important question: Who can show me clear scans of the five game screenshots on the front of the Repro Cart box? Edited October 14, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) Two of the five screenshots on the Repro Cart box are 'recognizable': Topy Dragon Defender (Rainbow Vision) The Dragon Defender screenshot supports my theory that Dragon Defender (from Rainbow Vision) is indeed a Home Vision game (with most probably another game title). Now for the other three: Unknown Home Vision game 1 Unknown Home Vision game 2 Unknown Home Vision game 3 Any idea? BTW: clearer scans are more than welcome! Edited October 17, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 They look similar - but not the same - as Col 'N', Clown Down Town and Panda Chase but they're not identical.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) They look similar - but not the same - as Col 'N', Clown Down Town and Panda Chase but they're not identical.... True. Unknown games 1 and 3 look like mock-ups, but I'm not sure. It's really frustrating that I don't have clearer screenshot scans. Edited October 17, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 One could be Clown Down Town. The other two are either lost games or mock ups, hopefully the former. Nice work Rom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Funny thing is I don't remember my Repro cart having such screenshots. I'll take a look when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) I really would appreciate that, Spirantho. Thanks. Edited October 17, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOK-dfa Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Are you guys sure #2 is Clown Down Town? The screenshot in this thread looks totally different: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=63658 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I have to admit that you have a valid point there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Are you guys sure #2 is Clown Down Town? Absolutely not. But it's the best I match I can come up with right now, at least it resembles it what with the bright banded colours etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 (edited) I can't match any of the three screenshots with a game I know. Games 1 and 3 look too 'complicated', but game 2 could very well be an Atari 2600 game. Edited October 17, 2005 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Incidentally, if anyone's interested I can scan the box and instructions (and cart for that matter) in high resolution... though the instructions are for Parachute of course as that's what's on the cart.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 That would be great, Spirantho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirantho Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 The plot thickens.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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