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Scrimble
02-06-2009, 11:55 PM
I saw a couple of TRS-80 games today...at least I think they are. They don't look like any that I see on ebay or in searches. They are the same style cart but the labels were white and had plain text. They have the name of the game and Radio Shack printed with a Cat. No. on each one. I would provide pictures but I left them behind not knowing what they are.

Just wondering if any games were released with those labels or are they some sort of demo carts. Thanks for any help.

Atarileaf
02-07-2009, 07:51 AM
They could be late release carts. What were the games called?

Wookie
02-09-2009, 03:05 PM
Towards the end of the CoCo's life, you could go into a Radio Shaft store, tell them what cartridge game you wanted and they would asemble it using a blank case, appropriate card (apparently they had a stock of circuit cards with the games on them), and then they would print a label like you describe and afix it to the cart.

I've got a few of these, they're less common than regular coco carts but they aren't prototypes.

Unless of course you've got some unusual titles there.

Atarileaf
02-09-2009, 03:23 PM
I remember going into a Radio Shack in 91 or 92 and they were clearing out all their coco software for a buck each. I think I bought about 20 NIB carts and a crap load of disk software. Unfortunately I sold it all in the late 90's on ebay. In fact, IIRC it was my first ever ebay sale.

Scrimble
02-09-2009, 05:22 PM
OK thanks, that makes sense. One was called Stellar Line but I don't remember the other one, sorry.