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Arcade Antics
11-16-2005, 11:09 PM
Color me curious. I know all the early Atari releases had overlays (Missile Command, Pac-Man, etc.) but did they get lazy near the end of the 5200's lifespan and drop them to save on costs? Does Ms. Pac have an overlay? What 'bout Rescue on Fractalus?

Which games never had overlays? 8-)

philosophyst
11-16-2005, 11:39 PM
These titles definately have overlays:

Blue Print
Centipede
Countermeasure
Defender
Frogger
Galaxian
Gorf
Kaboom!
Missile Command
Mountain King
Pac-Man
Qix
Realsports Baseball
Realsports Football
Realsports Soccer
Realsports Tennis
River Raid
Space Invaders
Space Shuttle
Star Raiders
Super Breakout
Wizard of Wor

I believe all others were released without overlays.

boatofcar
11-17-2005, 01:11 AM
Holy cow! I had no idea 5200 games came with overlays....come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a boxed 5200 game before :embarrassed:

How big are the overlays?

<boatofcar thinks for a second>

Ooohh, controller overlays... I thought we were talking television overlays a la Intellivision or O2...I sure feel smart :)

Pac Man overlay=useless.


http://www.atariage.com/5200/overlays/o_PacMan_1.jpg