Joel D. Park Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Hey guys, I picked up some homemade copies of a few rare games, and I was going to make some labels for them, currently they just say the game in marker.. The games are: Col 'n' Ski Hunt Mangia NUTS Pharo's Curse I found label scans for everything but Col 'n', does anyone have a scan of this game, otherwize can you tell me what the heck the game is about and who the alien is, so I can come up with my own label? Any additional art for these besides the cart scans would be cool too. Thanks, Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 I think I've seen it before. And I think it has a generic label. An island with a huge central mountain that looks like a skull. I'll look for a pic... Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Pitfall Harry: I think I've seen it before. And I think it has a generic label. An island with a huge central mountain that looks like a skull. That shouldn't be it, the real Homevision games come in a white case with Homevision molded into the back, and have nice, black labels with unique picture and big game number. I think you are referring to a Hi-Score game by Action Hi-Tech, Ben. There's a picture of some boxes on the box of the Homevision repro cart, but Col'N isn't one of them, unfortunately. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 You're right, Marco. Homevision distributed Col 'N, and they are sure to have put a fancy Homevision style label on it. I cannot find a pic of it either. The label I was thinking of looks like this. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Pitfall Harry: The label I was thinking of looks like this.Ben Yup, that's Hi-Score (and Zellers) allright Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted May 23, 2002 Author Share Posted May 23, 2002 Anyone got instructions or anything for the game, it's really confusing, I have no idea what I'm trying to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Joel D. Park: Anyone got instructions or anything for the game, it's really confusing, I have no idea what I'm trying to do. OK, here is what I've found out. There are 8 containers on the screen. 4 of them contain parts of the alien's spaceship, the other 4 contain monsters that are trying to kill the alien. If you step into a container with a spaceship part, you have to press the button to pick it up. When you step out of the container a small dot will appear in one of the corners. This is where you have to take the part to. But the spaceship has to be assembled in the right order. When you press the button over the dot, you will be shown the part you carrying at the bottom of the screen. If the part is currently needed, the alien will leave it in the corner. Otherwise you'll have to take it back to the container where you found it. Occasionally a block will appear in the center of the screen. If you pick it up, you can leave temporary barriers in the maze, which will block the monsters. But you can only place them by pushing the button when you are not carrying a spaceship part. When you have assembled the spaceship completely, the bonus counter will be added to your score and the game will start over. There are four game variations: one player slow, two players slow, one player fast and two players fast. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted May 24, 2002 Author Share Posted May 24, 2002 Awesome, that explains alot. Do you have any idea what Col'n means?? Does it mean something in German or something, or is that the name of the Alien or what?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaselbrains Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 quote Yup, that's Hi-Score (and Zellers) allright Are you sure these are Hi-Score carts? I don't own any boxed Hi-Score carts and I don't claim to be any authority on the matter, but any Hi-Score carts I have seen that are boxed always have smaller labels than this and have a v-shape molded into the top of the cart. I have quite a few carts with this style of label but I have never seen one of them in its box. I have a boxed cartridge similar to this but it has a different picture on the label, and on the box it just says Atari compatible. Does anyone have any thoughts on who might make these cartridges if it is not Action Hi Tech? I'd be interested to know Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Joel D. Park: Do you have any idea what Col'n means?? Does it mean something in German or something, or is that the name of the Alien or what?? Sorry, I don't know. I only have the Quelle version of this game which is called "Das Raumschiff" (the spaceship). "Col'n" doesn't have any meaning in German that I know of. Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco(2) Posted May 24, 2002 Share Posted May 24, 2002 quote: Originally posted by weaselbrains: Are you sure these are Hi-Score carts? I don't own any boxed Hi-Score carts and I don't claim to be any authority on the matter, but any Hi-Score carts I have seen that are boxed always have smaller labels than this and have a v-shape molded into the top of the cart. I have quite a few carts with this style of label but I have never seen one of them in its box. I have a boxed cartridge similar to this but it has a different picture on the label, and on the box it just says Atari compatible. Does anyone have any thoughts on who might make these cartridges if it is not Action Hi Tech? I'd be interested to know I was talking about the label only. You are right, this is not a Hi-Score cart. As you say, they come in the V-shaped cases. As for this one, it's a Zellers cart but it could also be a generic (sic!) Taiwanese pirate. Cheers, Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Joel, Col 'N is the same game as Alien's Return by ITT Family Games. You may want to use the front page of the manual as a source for your homemade label art. The instructions may be found here... Page 2 Page 3 Page 6 Page 7 Note: The omitted manual pages are for other languages. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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