froggger2 Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Sears Text Carts With Stamps: Asteroids 361 Breakaway IV 012 Steeplechase 461 Stellar Track 032 Warlords 451 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keitaro Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Hi In picture labels, I have many, but in text label, the only I have is Basic programming, with 34 1 R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 HiIn picture labels, I have many, but in text label, the only I have is Basic programming, with 34 1 R Added. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 7, 2005 Author Share Posted November 7, 2005 Unfortunately, only two of my Sears text labels have date stamps: Asteroids 441 Warlords 042 Speculating about the Atari text labels with date stamps, I'd say that the transition to picture labels was staggered over the course of 1981 and early 1982. Some titles appear to have made the transition in mid-1981, while others don't appear to have made the transition until early 1982 (Human Cannnonball). As an example, shining slade has a text label Bowling with a date stamp 33 1. I have a picture label Bowling with a date stamp 42 1. Thus, Bowling was transitioned somewhere between the 33rd and 41st weeks of 1981. The earliest date stamp I can find on a Picture label for which a text label was also produced for the same title is 37 1 (Night Driver, Slot Racers, Video Pinball, and Video Olympics). Concentration, Blackjack, Fun with Numbers, and, possibly, Flag Capture don't appear to have been discontinued or transitioned to picture labels in 1981-82. It appears that Atari continued to produce these titles as text label carts until 1983. I reckon a similar transition pattern holds true for the Sears carts, with the transitions occurring in early 1982. As I said previously, I'm very curious about the date ranges on Sears picture labels. Just speculating, but I'd say several titles have only of few different date codes. Maybe some Sears picture labels were produced for only one or two weeks. I realize that not everyone here shares my appetite for this sort of minutiae, but if a few other folks are curious about this too, I can start another thread devoted to the Sears picture labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Ok, here we go for Sears Picture labels: Arcade Pinball 222 Asteroids 212 Baseball 222 Berzerk 272 Blackjack 212 Breakaway IV 182 Chase 182 Defender Red Text 182 Demons To Diamonds 352 Gunslinger 412 Math Gran Prix 422 Missile Command 222 Night Driver 222 Outer Space 352 Pac-Man 092 Poker Plus 222 Pong Sports 22 (It's stamped near the edge of the label so it's possible to have been 3 digits originally) Race 222 Space Combat 132 Speedway II 182 Star Raiders 342 & 402 Submarine Commander 222 Warlords 142 Yars Revenge Red Text 182 Yars Revenge Orange Text 182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 Ok, here we go for Sears Picture labels:Arcade Pinball 222 Asteroids 212 Baseball 222 Berzerk 272 Blackjack 212 Breakaway IV 182 Chase 182 Defender Red Text 182 Demons To Diamonds 352 Gunslinger 412 Math Gran Prix 422 Missile Command 222 Night Driver 222 Outer Space 352 Pac-Man 092 Poker Plus 222 Pong Sports 22 (It's stamped near the edge of the label so it's possible to have been 3 digits originally) Race 222 Space Combat 132 Speedway II 182 Star Raiders 342 & 402 Submarine Commander 222 Warlords 142 Yars Revenge Red Text 182 Yars Revenge Orange Text 182 Thanks. I've started a new thread for the Sears picture labels based on these numbers, the numbers on my cartridges, and numbers on the cartridges in the rarity database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 I may have missed it and if I did then sorry for asking but does the R at the end mean anyting worth knowing? thanks WM Ahh, it's no trouble. I'm kinda bored right now anyway. Here are the 6 text labels:Asteroids 421 Bowling 461 Breakaway IV 481 Soccer 481 Speedway II 501 Warlords 441 961407[/snapback] Sears? 961427[/snapback] Yep 961443[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 I may have missed it and if I did then sorry for asking but does the R at the end mean anyting worth knowing? thanks WM I've wondered about the letter suffixes too. I've seen D also. In another thread, the speculation was that they represented a specific production locale, similar to the letters found next to the date on coins. Another theory is that the R stands for 'revision'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wester Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Did you want the Sears Text labels stamps here too? If so I have a Football 481 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 I have very few Sears text label date stamps Arcade Pinball 012 Asteroids 431 Space Invaders 052 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchysuperman Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Sears text labels: Asteroids ("64" - 4975163) 361 Asteroids ("66" - 4975163) 501 Baseball (4975125) 022 Breakaway IV (4975107) 401 Checkers (4975156) 052 - stamped in the correct corner, but stamped upside-down Dodger Cars (4975158) E511 Maze Mania (4975157) 621 Pong Sports (4975104) 441 Speedway II (yellow 4975103) 501 Tank Plus (4975124) 401 Warlords (no end label copyright 4975127) 441 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospeedde Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Atari Text Label carts Concentration - 172R Fun With Numbers - 072 Sears Text Label carts Dodger Cars - 331 Maze Mania - 022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari2600guru Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I checked my loose cart collection and found the following Atari text labels with date codes: Blackjack: 492R Circus Atari: 331R Football: 331R (stamped upside down) Fun With Numbers: 492R Maze Craze: 331R Video Olympics: 321 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 Bumping this thread in case some people missed it the first time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5x7 Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Bump for atari Blackjack text (yellow) 331 Concentration text 062 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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