Myriad 6 in 1 Information

[Hounder]

Since we're on the whole subject here, check out this article posted today about NTDEC:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D91631F936A15756C0A9659582 60

For those of you that don't know, NTDEC is believed to be the same company as Mega Soft who created the Caltron games and sold the carts off to Myriad. Pretty interesting that they are just now paying for it.

[Speedy_NES]

Since we're on the whole subject here, check out this article posted today about NTDEC:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D91631F936A15756C0A9659582 60

For those of you that don't know, NTDEC is believed to be the same company as Mega Soft who created the Caltron games and sold the carts off to Myriad. Pretty interesting that they are just now paying for it.
Nice article :) That makes me wonder, does NTDEC stand for NinTenDo Electronic Company? Sounds to me like they are both the same company :)

[Hounder]

That could be Speedy. NTDEC, Mega Soft, and Nintendo Electronic Company could indeed be all one in the same company :)

[Speedy_NES]

That could be Speedy. NTDEC, Mega Soft, and Nintendo Electronic Company could indeed be all one in the same company :)
You can also add Caltron to that list (especially since some releases outside the US carry the Caltron copyright on the titlescreens, so it was not just a US subsidiary) ;)

[Hounder]

Could add that to the list as well. Here's wikipedia's answer:

Caltron Industries Inc. was a Taiwan-based video game company that produced at least one unlicensed cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and developed multiple others. There is a direct link between Caltron Ind. Inc. and the video game companies NTDEC and MegaSoft. All three are believed to be the same company. This company developed more than twenty original games released worldwide, some in the form of unlicensed Famicom cartridges, and some in the form of unlicensed NES cartridges.
So apparently Caltron was just their name in Taiwan while Mega Soft, NTDEC, and Nintendo Electronic Company (?) were their "American" names. Very interesting....:)

[Speedy_NES]

Could add that to the list as well. Here's wikipedia's answer:

Caltron Industries Inc. was a Taiwan-based video game company that produced at least one unlicensed cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and developed multiple others. There is a direct link between Caltron Ind. Inc. and the video game companies NTDEC and MegaSoft. All three are believed to be the same company. This company developed more than twenty original games released worldwide, some in the form of unlicensed Famicom cartridges, and some in the form of unlicensed NES cartridges.
So apparently Caltron was just their name in Taiwan while Mega Soft, NTDEC, and Nintendo Electronic Company (?) were their "American" names. Very interesting....:)
Mega Soft and NTDEC are also their foreign names, I think they are either all very closely connected or the same company just using different names for piracy reasons. I don't know where the author of that wikipedia entry got the info from that Caltron is a Taiwan-based video game company. The entry had some other false info on there that I edited not too long ago, so it could be that this author was just making speculations and assumptions sound like facts ;)

[Hounder]

I wondered the same thing about Caltron. My conclusion after I read the article was that Caltron was a Taiwanese based company and that Mega Soft was the American version company and released the Caltron games. Hence, why they are NTSC unlicensed games.

But as you state, the info is wrong. As I've already stated and agree with you, I think it's all one in the same company but different names for piracy reasons as well.

[vintagegamecrazy]

This whole topic got me very curious, I don't have any great input here but maybe we can turn to other sources for info. Where is that thread at that was posted here where someone discovered those unknown games at the time that were from somewhere in Europe and used the same cartridge casing as the Caltron/Myriad? We need that topic pulled up and some research done on those and maybe there is some info to be had there.

[Speedy_NES]

This whole topic got me very curious, I don't have any great input here but maybe we can turn to other sources for info. Where is that thread at that was posted here where someone discovered those unknown games at the time that were from somewhere in Europe and used the same cartridge casing as the Caltron/Myriad? We need that topic pulled up and some research done on those and maybe there is some info to be had there.

I was the one that discovered those carts :) I found a bunch more since then, but haven't really bothered updating the thread.

jbholio put up pics and screenshots of these games at his site, here is a link:

http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin//fd491499/nintendo/nes/glukvideo/

I tried to track down the company presumably behind the Gluk Video brand, but have not had much success. Apparently it no longer exists, and that's where my path ended. I'll try and dig up some more info in the summer.

Also, talking about Caltron and such, it might be worthwhile to note that Caltron 6-in-1 pirates have been spotted in Australia. They are identical to the NTSC Caltron releases, aside from a generic pirate back-label and lacking the switch on the back of the cartridge. IIRC, someone tested them successfully on a NTSC frontloader so they are likely NTSC and not PAL-A.

[vintagegamecrazy]

Here is my educated guess on the history of these.

We are having a terrible time coming up with info on the origin of these games. There seems to be a group of companies that have published everyone of those games and they all have copyrights on the title screen. Correct? Pirates have never listed a copyright on anyone of these. There doesn't seem to be a paper trail for Caltron at all in the states either, These companies seem to be all one big company at the heart. My guess is that the company started in Taiwan under Megasoft of Caltron or NTDEC and wanted to make truly unique games but not pay royalties to Nintendo or have any tax overhead whatsoever. I'm guessing the started with one name and used it for a while til' someone was hot on their trail and then they changed their name to something else to cover up their tracks and released their games in another company name. If you think about it the cart casing is made using an injection molding machine and all they would have to do is change the dye mold in the maching and the cartridge would look 100% different, this would also be far cheaper then paying taxes and royalties. By the time they were done and out of business they would have so many different names and carts and game name changes that there would be so much confusion that Nintendo and the Government would be so cunfused they wouldn't know where to start or who to take to court explaining why that article was just posted in 2003. Could it also be possible that Caltron was a basement operation using a bogus address and not even having a tax ID and then when the pressure was on they changed to Myriad for a short time before folding altogether? I am not basing this on facts but speculation, it is entireley possible.

It is also possible that this is one of the few unlicensed (not pirate) companies to release games outside of the states?

[Hounder]

The whole address thing might just in fact be bogus. Just something they added to make themselves look like a business. As for Myriad being just another name for Caltron, that would explain why we can't find out anything in Kingwood, TX on them. Because Caltron was located in CA but could have used a bogus address in TX.

Michael242 found one of the Caltrons released in Australia and they've also been found in Brazil (most likely pirates though).

I will tell you one thing, this game just puzzles and confuses me. I need to get off my butt and do some more research today.

[Speedy_NES]

Michael242 found one of the Caltrons released in Australia and they've also been found in Brazil (most likely pirates though).
Well, the 6-in-1 from Brazil is, I think, an unlicensed copy, but its label and cart are both a bit different from the NTSC release due to being distributed by a different company there. I'm sure jbholio can add more to that. As for the Australian one, it may very well be identical to the US release aside from the backlabel and switch...we need some people to open m up and compare the two. Michael is also not the first to buy one from Australia...there was another, identical Caltron 6-in-1 with the same pirate backlabel on the Australian eBay not too long ago.

[vintagegamecrazy]

I have a US caltron release, I can pop it open and take some scans and post them here I will do so soon.

[Hounder]

Someone needs to play one of the games all the way through and look at the credits. Perhaps we could get some names that way to get in contact with.....

[vintagegamecrazy]

I'm on it, do it in the next few days

[rbudrick]

When I was a tenn, the local video stor had a Caltron ^-in-1. My sister worked there, so when the place was a bout to close for good, my sis called me and told me they were selling all the rental games for $5-10. I rushed down there and the complete Caltron 6-in-1 was already sold. God damn it.

ABout that bakery...get a hold of the landlord and see if he records of who rented the place. Even iof you find out, they may not wanna talk to you. It was probably some Taiwanese dude who was, like mentioned earlier, evading taxes and hiding from certain authorities. Anyone speak Taiwanese? If we can find the Asian contacts, then it might help to have a translator, heh heh.

Also, iirc, this game was only sold to video/game rental stores. If you remember any video stores in your own area that had the game, then get a hold of the owner, and they may remember the distributor. If you can get a hold of the distributor, then you may find some Myriad/Caltron contacts.

I have no idea how to get a hold of the old owner of my video store...I think she moved to EBF.

-Rob

-Rob

[Speedy_NES]

Someone needs to play one of the games all the way through and look at the credits. Perhaps we could get some names that way to get in contact with.....

jbholio already did this with Skate Boy. Just check the Skate Boy page from the link I posted earlier. Unfortunately, only the first names are listed...so it doesn't help much ;)

I also already played through Sea of Dreamland, but there were no credits at the end...

[Hounder]

Hmmm....maybe one of the other games then perhaps? Even first names might help somewhat....you never know ;)

Also, I got an email back from the newspaper in Kingwood, TX. They are going to let me place an ad in the paper which is I believe distrubted to all of Houston and it's suburbs (Kingwood is one of 'em). So I'm going to call 'em up on Monday and set it all up. Hopefully something good will come out of it and I won't be wasting my money :)

[Qixmaster]

I wasn't going to post this, but NGD and I did some work as well.

I called the chamber of commerace for the city of kingwood/humble TX. There is nothing under the name myriad. No history, nada, zip, zilch. Ain't there. like a ghost, it didn't exisit.

The nice lady there directed me to a site where I could search all business that would have had to register with the county. Here I searched assumed business names in the DBA (Doing Business As) database.

I couldn't find anything at first, but I got to thinking... what if Myriad was actually Caltron? We know that Caltron wasn't the real name.... so i decided to punch in NTDEC. Nothing.

I tried Myriad.... and came up with Myriad Personnell Resources... Their license was registered 4/23/1990 and has since then expired. No names were given.

I thought hrmmm....still not enough information.

I typed in MegaSoft. BAM!
A company... NAMED MegaSoft, registered with the county DBA not 5 months later on 9/24/1990.

Now, It seems odd that TWO business that have names that could be affiliated with Caltron/Megasoft/NTDEC/Myriad would have registered so close together and it is fitting that both licenses are expired. It is also interesting that these two companies would have been registering in the

NGD and I have a few names and possibly some numbers, however, I am hesitant to call anyone as it could just be a dead lead... but com'n...

To me, It makes complete sense what vintagegamecrazy was saying;

Caltron is Myriad just like Finkle is Eyhorn

from research It is my gut instinct that myriad and caltron are synonomous. MegaSoft/NTDEC were possibly on the run and after Caltron (which appeared to have some minor sucess, possibly in the video store rental market) might have come under survalience by the big N, they once again tried to recreate their game under a different name, different box, different manual...and a shitty different paper label.

just my thoughts :)

-Josh

[smork]

Since we're on the whole subject here, check out this article posted today about NTDEC:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3D91631F936A15756C0A9659582 60

For those of you that don't know, NTDEC is believed to be the same company as Mega Soft who created the Caltron games and sold the carts off to Myriad. Pretty interesting that they are just now paying for it.

Just for clarity's sake -- that article linked to is dated from 1993, not currently. I doubt anyone's pursuing 15 year old copyright infringement cases these days.

I'm curious to see how this all works out, as I grew up in the Humble/Kingwood area... Wonder if they're from my backyard?

[Speedy_NES]

Thanks for the info Josh. What doesn't make sense to me is why Myriad Personnel Resources was registered PRIOR to MegaSoft. This only shows that these companies were both registered around the same time and in the same region, which can also support the assumption that MegaSoft sold its leftover stock to Myriad Personnel Resources who then sold it under the Myriad Games name (or it could support that Myriad Personnel has no connection with MegaSoft). Another interesting note is that the Myriad 6-in-1 has no barcode anywhere on the box, whereas the Caltron does have one. Shouldn't every product from a registered company carry a barcode? Or is that only for products sold (or intended to be sold) in retail outlets?

What also got me thinking is the release date of the Caltron/Myriad. Where does the widely spread 1992 release date originate from? From the copyright info on the titlescreens? If the 6-in-1s were released in 1992, then what was MegaSoft doing in those two years from 1990-1992? If I'm not mistaken, the games found in Europe that are also on the 6-in-1, carry a 1991 copyright on the titlescreens, so the games were already developed prior to their US release.

[Qixmaster]

maybe Megasoft had always been set up in Texas... and had Caltron sell the games from California and Myriad sell the games from there. Maybe they were trying to keep a low key with two business names?

Possible, but unlikely. This whole thing is just a mess and it makes me sick thinking about it. There was also another company set up in the county in texas by the name of MegaSoft Business Systems. They registered on May 7th of 1992. Their license is expired, but the owner has since gone on to open up a store in 2002 that appears to still be in business.

maybe he might be the lead we need?

-Josh

[Speedy_NES]

maybe Megasoft had always been set up in Texas... and had Caltron sell the games from California and Myriad sell the games from there. Maybe they were trying to keep a low key with two business names?

Possible, but unlikely. This whole thing is just a mess and it makes me sick thinking about it. There was also another company set up in the county in texas by the name of MegaSoft Business Systems. They registered on May 7th of 1992. Their license is expired, but the owner has since gone on to open up a store in 2002 that appears to still be in business.

maybe he might be the lead we need?

-Josh
That's interesting, sounds like it would be worthwhile trying to get ahold of that person. Do you know the owner's e-mail address or phone number? Or maybe someone from the same area could pay the store a visit?

[Hounder]

Wow.....some interesting info :) Josh, if at all possible, try to get a hold of that guy to see if he might be any lead. Also, might as well call the numbers you got because you just never know if someone will have some info. I might hold off on the ad right now if we have this much info as of right now. We might be able to figure this out and my money would have gone to waste in the Kingwood newspapers.

[nationgamesdepot]

Just as soon as I get my cell phone working properly again, I plan on calling some of the leads that me and Qixmaster tracked down. I think it is prob a complete waste of time cause I think they will hang up on me, but we shall soon see I guess. More to come. . . . .
~~NGD

[jbholio]

The 6 in 1 from Brazil was published by Dynacom. It comes in a plastic box. The label has the same artwork as the Caltron 6 in 1 and even has the CN-11 ID number. I found it weird that it's the only NES game made by Dynacom, all their other games being pirate famicom stuff (except Magic Carpet). Also, the title screen of Magic Carpet and 6 in 1 are the only games without hacked title screen. I don't own a lot of Dynacom games, but all my other games by this company have the copyrights removed.

When Speedy found his 4 Gluk games I posted this in the other thread :
Such arrangement can be found in Nintendo of America, Inc. vs. NTDEC case for copyright infringement and trademark damages (Sun, 1998). The accused infringers are NTDEC, Nintendo Electronic Co. (located in Taiwan), Mega Soft Inc. (a California company served as a front for the defendants) and four other individuals (all citizens of Taiwan). The defendants openly acknowledged that they had knowingly sold counterfeit Nintendo video game cartridge to the United States and elsewhere from at least as early as 1990 and they knew their action were illegal. Nintendo Co. Ltd. of Japan used to seek Taiwan's enforcement of its rights, but since Japan has only a limited reciprocal arrangement with Taiwan, it only filed the claim through its subsidiary, Nintendo of America, Inc. which locates in the United States. In the default judgment, the district court held the defendants liable both jointly and severally and awarded Nintendo of America Inc. more than US$24 million in damages and US$109,000 for attorney fees.

Speedy is right when saying most of the games found on the 6 in 1 have 1991 copyright year. I've seen Cosmos Cop, Bookyman, Balloon Monster and Magic Carpet with 1991 as the year on the title screen.

Here are the names of the people working on Mega Soft games :
http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/ef491443/screenshots/skateboy7.pnghttp://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/ef491443/screenshots/porter1.pnghttp://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/6in1/6-6.jpg

[rbudrick]

That would suck if they hung up on you. Maybe say you are doing a documentary on rare games or some shit.

-Rob

[Speedy_NES]

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever beaten Cosmos Cop? I've managed to get to the final end boss, but lost all 3 lives I still had at that point trying to beat him...

[jbholio]

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever beaten Cosmos Cop? I've managed to get to the final end boss, but lost all 3 lives I still had at that point trying to beat him...

I beat the game. Use the "Special Hints" as said in the instructions manual (yes they give the cheats in the manual) :
When the game is in the pause mode:
Press Up, [SELECT], [B] at the same time, number of Life can be increased.
Press Down, [SELECT], [A] at the same time, number of Neutron Missle can be increased.
The names of the people who worked on the game appear when the last boss is beat. Once again, Martino with no last name did the music.

I beat Magic Carpet. It has 4 levels. The last boss is very tough. After the last boss is defeated, the name of the programmers appear on the screen.

I also beat Adam & Eve. There are 40 levels. After the 40th level, the game resets to the 1st level. There is no ending.

I'd like to know if anyone has beaten Porter. How many levels are there in the game?

[Speedy_NES]

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever beaten Cosmos Cop? I've managed to get to the final end boss, but lost all 3 lives I still had at that point trying to beat him...

I beat the game. Use the "Special Hints" as said in the instructions manual (yes they give the cheats in the manual) :
When the game is in the pause mode:
Press Up, [SELECT], [B] at the same time, number of Life can be increased.
Press Down, [SELECT], [A] at the same time, number of Neutron Missle can be increased.
The names of the people who worked on the game appear when the last boss is beat. Once again, Martino with no last name did the music.

I beat Magic Carpet. It has 4 levels. The last boss is very tough. After the last boss is defeated, the name of the programmers appear on the screen.

I also beat Adam & Eve. There are 40 levels. After the 40th level, the game resets to the 1st level. There is no ending.

I'd like to know if anyone has beaten Porter. How many levels are there in the game?

Thanks for the tip :) From what I remember, Sea of Dreamland also resets to the 1st level after the end boss is defeated...although it was a while ago that I beat it.

Have you beaten Balloon Monster by any chance?

[fennec fox]

Well, I'm glad everyone seems to be excited about ol' number 000514 years after I got rid of it! I don't even remember when I sold/traded/whatever'd it to Jason; maybe he broke into my place and stole it and I just never noticed ;) I can't explain why I didn't just let Jason have the box/manual, except that I used to keep those separate and I probably just forgot about it.

My memory's very hazy but I think I got the game off some random Usenet seller 8 or 9 years ago, right around the same time that Florida guy was flogging Cheetamen II carts on rgvc. I know I didn't pay very much, but I think I was the first one ever to write anything about it from a collector's standpoint, so.

I don't live too far from Kingwood. If you have the address maybe I can drive on up and see what it's like.

[Speedy_NES]

My memory's very hazy but I think I got the game off some random Usenet seller 8 or 9 years ago, right around the same time that Florida guy was flogging Cheetamen II carts on rgvc. I know I didn't pay very much, but I think I was the first one ever to write anything about it from a collector's standpoint, so.
Sounds like I got my Myriad and my Cheetahmen II from the same people you got them from :)

[atari_wizard]

I'd like to know if anyone has beaten Porter. How many levels are there in the game?

Me too! This game is very addicting, as I think it's far the best on the 6 in 1. I made it to level 18. I was searching for info on porter and 2 websites had different ending levels. 1 said 20 and the other said 25 levels. I still play porter from time to time, but that is about it. I may give the other 5 some game play soon.

[justabum]

I believe this is the austrailian or maybe pirated caltron you guys are talking about that michael had. I traded him for it. Here is a picture of the cart and board. I have absolutely no idea what you are need to see on the board so if you need different or better pictures just let me know. Hope this helps.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h54/justabum1/IMG_0540.jpg

[jbholio]

Thanks for the pic justabum. It's weird because the australian cart doesn't have the switch. Here is a pic of the board of Caltron 6 in 1 : Caltron Board (http://www.tripoint.org/kevtris/mappers/nnin1/MLT_6in1A.html)

Hounder: I think I found another Myriad cart. Is cart number 550 included in your list? Myriad #550 (http://www.consoledatabase.com/gameinfo/nes/caltronmyriad6in1/morepictures/index.html)

EDIT : Also found a pic of the box of #670
http://www.fossilweb.com/Nintendo/myriad6.gif

[aaron7]

I had the lowly Caltron version. Found it at a flea market, sold to someone on here for... $250 I think.

[Hounder]

Thanks jbholio but I don't know what numbers everyone has of yet so I don't know if those are already listed or not. I will find out though :)

That's one weird looking Myriad box. Are you sure it's the box? I've never seen one like that.

[adaml]

This is from my game endings guide if anyone is interested:

CALTRON 6 IN 1 (Caltron)

1)COSMOS COP
-There are 6 missions. Mission 6 is your battle with the final boss, The Chief. Waste him and you get the ending, which is a screen that shows the staff of the game.

2)MAGIC CARPET 1001
-There are 4 Levels you must fly through. After you beat the nasty final boss in Level 4 you are treated to a nice ending screen showing you and the girl. Pressing any button brings you to the staff screen where you will stay until you reset the game.

3)BALLOON MONSTER
-There are 50 Stages in all. When you complete Stage 50 you simply loop back to Stage 1. No ending. No credits.

4)ADAM AND EVE
-40 Stages comprise this game. When you beat Stage 40 you simply move on to...Stage 1. No ending at all.

5)PORTER
-This Boxxle-clone consists of 25 puzzle-like stages. When you complete Stage 25 it brings you to a screen like the usual between stage screens, but instead of saying "Stage 26" it says "Stage W", where the W must stand for Win, as in, "You won the game." From there instead of going to another stage it goes back to the title screen.

6)BOOKYMAN
-The game starts at Round 0 and after you beat Round 7 it goes back to Round 0, without an ending or any other fanfare. If you are playing this game in an emulator you can actually play Rounds after Round 7 by alternating value at HEX address 07FB. Some rounds are unplayable and some rounds have you painting the same exact color as the background, making it ultra challenging. However, as far as I am concerned, this game is considered beaten after you finish Round 7.

[Speedy_NES]

That's one weird looking Myriad box. Are you sure it's the box? I've never seen one like that.
I've seen a couple like that. They are simply rental cases where the video rental store removed the Myriad label from the game cartridge and placed it on the rental case...that's the story that went with one of them, so I assume it applies to all the ones like that.

Also, adaml, thanks for posting about those endings!

[rbudrick]

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever beaten Cosmos Cop? I've managed to get to the final end boss, but lost all 3 lives I still had at that point trying to beat him...

I remember when I rented the game I beatthis game and Magic Carpet before returning them. I beat both games on my first try...I really don't remeber either game being remotely hard.

-Rob

[Hounder]

That's one weird looking Myriad box. Are you sure it's the box? I've never seen one like that.
I've seen a couple like that. They are simply rental cases where the video rental store removed the Myriad label from the game cartridge and placed it on the rental case...that's the story that went with one of them, so I assume it applies to all the ones like that.

Also, adaml, thanks for posting about those endings!
Ok. Thanks Speedy :) I didn't think it was an official released box. And if they removed the label off the Myriad cart, the value of the cart went down immensely (kind of a shame that a simple label variation like that makes it worth an extra $300+ :/ )

[Steve W]

Just thought i'd mention it, I'm selling off my Myriad cart. It's numbered 866. Thought i'd stop lurking here and finally post for the first time. The pictures on the auction are way too small, i'm trying to get better pictures on it. Here's the auction. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Myriad-6-in-1-game-cartridge-for-Nintendo-NES_W0QQitemZ300001003545QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4315QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

[Bronty-2]

good luck. I'm sure we will all watch with interest.

[Bronty-2]

Just thought i'd mention it, I'm selling off my Myriad cart. It's numbered 866. Thought i'd stop lurking here and finally post for the first time. The pictures on the auction are way too small, i'm trying to get better pictures on it. Here's the auction. (http://cgi.ebay.com/Myriad-6-in-1-game-cartridge-for-Nintendo-NES_W0QQitemZ300001003545QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4315QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

FYI the pictures I'm seeing on the auction are like one inch square. If you want top money you're going to need to find a way to get much better pics up...

[Jumpman Jr.]

That auction is the one I've been waiting for :-P.
Last game to complete my NES collection. I most definitely plan on winning. Looks like tomorrow I have to go to the bank and put some money on my credit card.
Anybody else plan on bidding on this? I really hope I don't get into a bidding war with another DP member.

[Steve W]

FYI the pictures I'm seeing on the auction are like one inch square. If you want top money you're going to need to find a way to get much better pics up...

Yeah, I'm not too sure what happened there. The pictures I had were something like 1400 X 1400 or so at 72dpi., I have no idea why they're thumbnail size. I'm trying to get that fixed. This is my sister's account, because i've never bought or sold anything on eBay before. I'm the old fashioned kind of guy who hits thrift stores and flea markets for my finds. My sister already had an account for selling some used books, so I got her to auction it off for me. I didn't know that she was going to charge so much for shipping, either. I need to talk to her about lowering that.

[blissfulnoise]

The shipping is pretty much right if you're going to send UPS with $500 - $1000 insurance.

Good luck with your auction, may you fetch more money than I did (and not have a dead-beat winner).

[Bronty-2]

FYI the pictures I'm seeing on the auction are like one inch square. If you want top money you're going to need to find a way to get much better pics up...

Yeah, I'm not too sure what happened there. The pictures I had were something like 1400 X 1400 or so at 72dpi., I have no idea why they're thumbnail size. I'm trying to get that fixed. This is my sister's account, because i've never bought or sold anything on eBay before. I'm the old fashioned kind of guy who hits thrift stores and flea markets for my finds. My sister already had an account for selling some used books, so I got her to auction it off for me. I didn't know that she was going to charge so much for shipping, either. I need to talk to her about lowering that.

I think ebay compresses the pics if there is too much data. You should host it off ebay if you can and then link the pics to your auction...

[Bronty-2]

That auction is the one I've been waiting for :-P.
Last game to complete my NES collection. I most definitely plan on winning. Looks like tomorrow I have to go to the bank and put some money on my credit card.
Anybody else plan on bidding on this? I really hope I don't get into a bidding war with another DP member.

Good luck. Steve, maybe you and Will should talk and just set up a private sale. :)

[Hounder]

Good luck Jumpman. I noticed this auction early this morning. Hope you get your money's worth, Steve. And if it's Jumpman to win it, then I know you will ;)

[Steve W]

Apparently, there's been several people emailing, asking me to end the auction early for a quick under the table sale. They range from $200 to $375 so far. I don't know much about eBay, but I know that that kind of thing is bad form, and I'm pretty sure, against their rules. There's messages from as far away as Holland. I'm wondering how many more emails I'm going to get asking me to end early.

[Hounder]

I will let you know right now that you should not end it at those prices. I think the last one went for almost $700. It's not worth less than $500.

[Jumpman Jr.]

I will let you know right now that you should not end it at those prices. I think the last one went for almost $700. It's not worth less than $500.

Last one sold for $500 (wasn't it?), which was blissfulnoise's cart and he ended up not getting paid.
Do not end at those prices, if you're interested in ending it early, I can more than double the prices offered to you.

[Hounder]

I think you're right Jumpman. I think I'm referring to the one that sold before that (I don't remember if it was before or after blissfulnoise's). It reached like $650 or something like that.

[Steve W]

Someone's bumped it up to $400 now, which is pretty neat. It's kind of fun to check in and see how it's gone up each day. I'm still not going make selling stuff on eBay a regular habit, but I can see why a lot of people like it.

[blissfulnoise]

You're correct, it ended at $521 and saw no action in the last 10 hours or so.

My reserve was $500 just to try and create some buzz at the last minute. Here's hoping your Myriad sells for more than mine did (didn't).

[Jumpman Jr.]

Oh great.
Now I'm against BuyAtari :roll:

[justabum]

thought some of you would like to see this. I stumbled across it today and thought of this thread.

http://gametz.com/forum/Vintage_Games/topic/239242.html#new

[Jumpman Jr.]

Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&item=300001003545&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1)

8-)
Steve W, I pmed you over on AtariAge about my win.

[Bronty-2]

CONGRATS ON THE FULL SET!!

[Hounder]

Congrats Jumpman! Now to find all those manuals and boxes! ;)

[Steve W]

It went for more than I thought it would, which is nice. Someone sent an email stating that he sold off his Myriad cart a couple of years ago, and only got $275 for it. Luckily, I got a little more than that. :)

[Speedy_NES]

It went for more than I thought it would, which is nice. Someone sent an email stating that he sold off his Myriad cart a couple of years ago, and only got $275 for it. Luckily, I got a little more than that. :)

Congrats on the sale! Prices for most rare games have been going up nicely in the last few years from what I've heard and seen.

And Jumpman, congrats on finishing your collection! :)

[Jumpman Jr.]

I guess I might as well bump this.
Hounder, you can edit the original post to include my name in that list 8-).
My cart is labelled #866
Also, the DP guide says that the highest one found is #888. Does anybody have any idea who has that one?

[Qixmaster]

Bump!

Is anybody researching this out still? I've been gone for a month and kind of forgot about it.

-Josh

[Hounder]

I guess I might as well bump this.
Hounder, you can edit the original post to include my name in that list 8-).
My cart is labelled #866
Also, the DP guide says that the highest one found is #888. Does anybody have any idea who has that one?
Last night at work out of the wild blue, I actually thought of asking you what you're cart # was and posting it! lol Also, I don't know who owns that cart. But wasn't there one with like a really low number (I think it was below 100??) sold just recently? If I remember right, it was the most current sold one on ebay.

Qixmaster: I haven't done anymore research recently. I've been kinda waiting to know what you and NGD found out. Plus I've been really busy with work.

Also, when did the last CIB Myriad actually sell on ebay? And for how much? I know we covered this already but when was it? I'm not talking about BIN or BO. I mean actual auctioning one off.

EDIT: Updated the first post. I have a total of 13 Myriads found so far with 5 sealed, 3 complete, and 5 carts only. I didn't add my *pending* sealed Myriad into the total numbers because I'm buying one of the current sealed listed :)

[Mister Brewski]

I was searching for how many levels are in Adam & Eve and came across this thread. I have a loose version of the Myriad 6 in 1 #773. When I got it someone had circled the game names on the cover with a pen though. I know someone coming out the blue claiming to have this may seem fake, so I will provide pictures if you want.

[Qixmaster]

Last night at work out of the wild blue, I actually thought of asking you what you're cart # was and posting it! lol Also, I don't know who owns that cart. But wasn't there one with like a really low number (I think it was below 100??) sold just recently? If I remember right, it was the most current sold one on ebay.

Qixmaster: I haven't done anymore research recently. I've been kinda waiting to know what you and NGD found out. Plus I've been really busy with work.

Also, when did the last CIB Myriad actually sell on ebay? And for how much? I know we covered this already but when was it? I'm not talking about BIN or BO. I mean actual auctioning one off.

EDIT: Updated the first post. I have a total of 13 Myriads found so far with 5 sealed, 3 complete, and 5 carts only. I didn't add my *pending* sealed Myriad into the total numbers because I'm buying one of the current sealed listed :)

wow,
I've been out of it for a while. School and all that shit is taking up wayyyyyyyy too much time. I have had no time research o' anything.

I am still fascinated my this damn game. But i am also fascinated with finishing that bottle of champagne downstairs tonight.

lets keep in touch on this tho. hit me up via email or pm, as i seem to get on the forums less and less.
lata
Josh

[Steve W]

The next time I drive through Houston, I think I might just swing through Kingwood. Maybe visit City Hall and check through their old records or something, if they're open.

[portnoyd]

Hey kids,

I just saw this thread now, as when it was active, I was MIA. Anywho, I figured I'd give my input as to my copy.

My copy is #580, and it's sealed. I bought it from DP himself, as one of the last four games I needed. I paid $300, which at the time was a fair price. Where he got it from is even more interesting.

On the shrink, there is tiny sticker that says KKW, and a few other words which don't add to the discussion which I am too lazy to go upstairs and look up. This is of interest to us, because of where Joe got the game from.

KKW stands for Katz, Kunkle, and Worley. Remember them? Well, apparently, Myriad sent them a review copy. When Bill Kunkle offered to let Joe browse his horde of review stuffs, one of the things he plucked out was... #580.

So, there may be some merit in contacting Bill Kunkle to see if he has any paperwork buried that accompanied the game. Keep in mind, he has a lot of stuff, and he may never be able to find it. But you never know.

[DreamTR]

Hey portnoyd: DO you want this Famicom Box instruction guide or what? I am going to toss it if you don't want it; I'm moving back east soon.

Kunkel is a LOT easier to get ahold of now than he was before.

[Hounder]

Been a long while since anything has happened with all this. Glad to see portnoyd finally join the conversation :) Thanks for the info man. I'm interested in getting back down to finding this stuff out especially since my internet is back.

Qix - I doubt you will read this thread anytime soon so I guess I'll send you a PM as I have no clue where your email address is. Wait....scratch that. I can retrieve it over at NintendoAGE. Port's new info might help us out.

Btw, going price for this game has risen to $1100-$1200 O.O

[marvelus10]

This never seemed to come up in the thread at all, too bad the pic is terrible but maybe it has some valuable info on the bottom. Thne again it may be irrelivant.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NES-Nintendo-CALTRON-6-in-1-Questionnaire-Insert_W0QQitemZ110114451733QQihZ001QQcategoryZ620 53QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Hounder]

That's the questionnaire to the Caltron 6 in 1 and never came with the Myriad. It's an extremely rare piece of paper though. Qixmaster's copy had one I know of. About the only people that have them are those that had sealed copies and opened them up. Of course, those that are still sealed I'm sure have them as well :P

[Qixmaster]

this is very good info. i think we should look into it


Hey kids,

I just saw this thread now, as when it was active, I was MIA. Anywho, I figured I'd give my input as to my copy.

My copy is #580, and it's sealed. I bought it from DP himself, as one of the last four games I needed. I paid $300, which at the time was a fair price. Where he got it from is even more interesting.

On the shrink, there is tiny sticker that says KKW, and a few other words which don't add to the discussion which I am too lazy to go upstairs and look up. This is of interest to us, because of where Joe got the game from.

KKW stands for Katz, Kunkle, and Worley. Remember them? Well, apparently, Myriad sent them a review copy. When Bill Kunkle offered to let Joe browse his horde of review stuffs, one of the things he plucked out was... #580.

So, there may be some merit in contacting Bill Kunkle to see if he has any paperwork buried that accompanied the game. Keep in mind, he has a lot of stuff, and he may never be able to find it. But you never know.