urgent please 2600 demo carts?

[Niku-Sama]

stupid atari age and their verification stuff...

i folowed a few links and wound up at their forums in the 2600 section and i came acriss this thread:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=88783

now do all of these fabled demo carts look like this or is there something special about them?

the reason i ask is because i bought a 2600 (a sixer from 1980 of all times) and about 40 games for $10 and 8 of the games were like the ones in the thread at atari age

[Niku-Sama]

like how?

like text lables with the title and part number only?
does that imply a demo cart or is it something else?

[Veepa]

He just told you.


All Atari carts from 1977-1980 were released with that text-label style.

There is nothing uncommon about that style for most games.

[vintagegamecrazy]

That's cool, he had a good eye to find that at a flea market.

[Niku-Sama]

like how?

like text lables with the title and part number only?
does that imply a demo cart or is it something else?

Yeah, those 3 carts don't list any controller and/or variation info, just the title. Actual releases aren't missing info like that. Plus those titles (Baseball, Space Combat, Computer Chess) are a dead give-away that they aren't actual releases.

ok thats good to be honest because these were kinda beat up....

i noticed that the Home Run cart i have has the same CX number (CX-2623) as the guys baseball cart...thought that was interesting.

i dont know about atari stuff i just got this 2600 last sunday with about 40 games for $10...console only no power or controllers but if goat dan would fix his website back like he said he would i could get that stuff.

the 2600 has a tag inside saying Dec 28 1980 (manfacture date?) and its a 6 switch....atari age's hardware thing says 1980 is when the 4 switch system came out so i guess its a little odd...dont know if it was made in california or not because the sticker on the bottom was missing

[Wester]

The Sunnyvale CA systems were only made during about the first year of release in 1977 with maybe a little runover into 1978. They are also identified by a thick plastic bottom with rounded corners instead of angled ones, plus they have a thicker aluminum RF shield around the cart port and covering circuit board inside, later models have a much thinner shielding.

[Mayhem]

I think he's asking why were (potentially, based on the tag date) Atari still manufacturing 6 switch models as late as three days before the end of 1980 when the 4 switch version had already come out...

[Niku-Sama]

just the fact that its late 80's anbd they would still have some parts it just seems odd to me...they must have ordered WAY to many

[D.Yancey]

I bought a six switch in 1982 even. Also, Sears had 6 switch models until the very end IIRC.