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staxx
09-01-2010, 07:48 PM
Does anyone have any info on this Atari 2600 cart? It has sticker with "Video Game Program" as the title and two switches on top of the cart with Bac Man and Motocross, Football and Fish Derby.

Thanks
todesengel
09-01-2010, 08:16 PM
Pirate cart maybe?
BenG76
09-01-2010, 08:18 PM
Looks neat. I have never seen that one. Maybe a pirate cart or something. If you have'nt already I would post this over at Atari Age as well to see what they think.
Clownzilla
09-01-2010, 08:20 PM
Could be a bootleg (an odd bootleg). It's still a good find though and worth the pickup if you didn't pay too much for it.
Steve W
09-01-2010, 09:40 PM
It's a bootleg. A cool one, too. I've seen them with switches on the face, but not on the end like that. I personally love finding cartridges like that. I love to see how they hacked the games into something weird or barely recognizable.
Superman
09-02-2010, 02:13 AM
That's a nice looking cart. A pirate one, but certainly good looking. The switches add a unique touch.

I'm trying to think, did any Atari 2600 games have switches like were anything like this one? There were the double enders that you had to flip the game to switch games and then there were the carts that you switched on the system itself, but I can't think of any 2600 games that had a switch system anything like this.
PingvinBlueJeans
09-02-2010, 02:32 AM
Pirate mult-cart, probably of Brazilian origin.
tom
09-02-2010, 03:22 AM
most likely Taiwan pirate multi cart, it's a small cart version too.
Jaruff
09-02-2010, 12:22 PM
Bac Man and Fish Derby sound fun.
Steve W
09-02-2010, 07:41 PM
I can't think of any 2600 games that had a switch system anything like this.
I've seen one or two before, in the collection of our own 98PaceCar.
staxx
09-02-2010, 08:42 PM
Thanks a lot for your responses. Yeah on line I can't find it anywhere. I don't even know what these are worth. A strange find indeed and there isn't much info on them.
tom
09-03-2010, 08:52 AM
Those 4 in 1 carts are not that much worth without box and instructions
I got this one recently boxed with instructions in a multi lot, but a boxed version on its own a time before went for $50 approx.
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=354590&g2_serialNumber=1

But get in touch with AtariMania about your cart, it's not in their database, a scan would be most welcome.
megasdkirby
09-03-2010, 08:54 AM
But why do they go so high if they are simply pirates?
Zing
09-06-2010, 10:16 AM
But why do they go so high if they are simply pirates?

It's one of life's mysteries. Who in the hell is paying anything for these pirate hacks that are usually no fun to play and sometimes don't even work properly. I guess they aren't paying to play, but then, why do the carts even have collector value?
Rom Hunter
09-07-2010, 04:57 AM
Does anyone have any info on this Atari 2600 cart? It has sticker with "Video Game Program" as the title and two switches on top of the cart with Bac Man and Motocross, Football and Fish Derby.

Thanks
Belongs in this series:
http://www.atarimania.com/screenshots_games_atari-2600-vcs-p_total-page-step-publisher_49-1-200-1526_2_G.html

Nice one.

I'll add it to our database asap.

Thanks for sharing.

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