sealed 2600 Asterix IS NTSC!! - Look, NEW INFO!!

[Queen Of The Felines]

The playfield is in the exact middle of the screen. It looks like there's an approximately one inch black "border" at the top and bottom of the screen (kinda like how a wide-screen movie would look). The placement looks identical to some other NTSC games I have (meaning, right in the middle of the screen).

I'm currently looking at the screenshots on AtariAge and my colors are more blue, yellow, and red instead of pink and green.My screen colors look more along the lines of what's pictured on the box instead of the screenshot shown.

Kristine

[chadtower]

The shrinkwrap is on nice and tight, and also had a hang tag attached as well. The "line" runs right down the middle of the back. I just removed the top of the wrap in order to open the box up.

Kristine

I love that line down the middle of the back. It always reminds me of lingerie.

[slapdash]

I'm currently looking at the screenshots on AtariAge and my colors are more blue, yellow, and red instead of pink and green.My screen colors look more along the lines of what's pictured on the box instead of the screenshot shown.

I was just going to ask you about the colors... Because besides rolling, PAL games often have different colors. I'd say we definitely want to dump the cart and check the number of lines it draws compared to the PAL version. Or have a guy like Thomas Jentzsch take a look at a disassembly -- he's wrote a program for comparing ROMs, and can tell you 1) if it's different than the PAL version and 2) if it's really NTSC.

[Mayhem]

Yes, but is the palette in the 2600 emulators exact to that you see on the TV with a real 2600? I find it's not the case with C64 emus to the real machine, so this could also be the case. I'm trying to persuade QoF to "lend" me the cart to try on my PAL 2600

[Queen Of The Felines]

STEVE'S REPLY!!!!!

"Good to hear from you Kristine...Hmmmm weird stuff about the NTSC version...I got a case of these NTSC versions of Asterix when I completed both the Pal Version & the NTSC version...What may be the case here is that they intended to release the NTSC version for both America & Europe... It may be possible that it never got released! In that case you just made a killing of a deal!!!!!!! "

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!

Kristine

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Holy crap. Congrats!

As if last weekend wasn't proof, THIS is certainly proof that Steve is one of the coolest of the ex-Atari alums wandering the CGE floor.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Pics!

Front of box

Back of box

Top flap of box

Cart

End label

TV shot #1

TV shot #2 Note: The white "band" that appears in the middle of the screen does not actually appear. The screen is perfectly white except for the black band on the top and bottom.

Kristine

[Queen Of The Felines]

Btw, any luck with verifying that Journey cart you have?

Yeah, I compared that lab loaner with a released copy I had and they were the same.

Kristine

[Pop Culture Portal]

wow....just, wow

[sku_u]

Those pics are very nice indeed. You have a great item there.

[rbudrick]

So how many come in a case? What did he do witrh the rest of them?

-Rob

[Queen Of The Felines]

So how many come in a case? What did he do witrh the rest of them?

-Rob

I think he just kept them because he told me that he had some more lying around. Dunno exactly how many though...there's someone on ebay trying to sell a case of Mythicon games and I think there was twenty-something in that case, so maybe Steve has a similar amount.

If anyone wants to ask him stuff directly send me a PM and I'll give you his e-mail (and yes, I got permission to give it out ).

Kristine