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AtariSpot // rob

@atarispot.bsky.social

2600/5200 aficionado. Video game preservation enthusiast. Collector of unusual stuff. Philly native living in MD. He/him. atarispot @ gmail

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AtariSpot // rob@atarispot.bsky.social · 2d ago

Here’s my best shot at answering this quoted mystery. Many years ago @earlthird.bsky.social showed me two unusual carts. One, hand-labeled with 鐵板陣 (Xevious), is pictured in this post). I think these two carts could be similar to / the same as those seen in @ianoid.bsky.social’s AA thread. 🧵 1/7

A hot pink colored plastic cartridge about the size of an Atari 2600 cartridge with 鐵板陣 written on it in black marker.The hot pink colored cartridge disassembled into top and bottom shell pieces, plus the PCB.Detail of the PCB, which is marked GAM7. It uses a combination of NEC, TI, and Mitsubishi chips. 25 connector pins are visible.
Anders Carlsson@anderszapac.bsky.social · 3d ago

I wonder if one day, you or someone else will be able to solve this riddle: three unknown cartridges with 2x25 pins. Resembles Chinese bootleg games for the 2600 but wildly different connector. Every possible and impossible format has been brought up. forums.atariage.com/topic/259350...

AtariSpot // rob@atarispot.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you missed it… hey, I’m alive! I’ve got a new site going so that I can put things somewhere that isn’t social media. The first truly new post is about a heretofore undocumented 2600 clone console manufactured in a state-owned factory in China. Much more to come! theatari.spot/blog/2026-07...

Shanghai's Dazzling 2600 Clone: Apollo-8 TV GAME

The 新建 (Xinjian) XJ 8811 -- a beautiful Atari clone console from a Chinese state-owned factory.

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AtariSpot // rob@atarispot.bsky.social · 4d ago

*blows 14 months of dust off Bluesky* Hi to friends old & new, and to so many followers amassed for no good reason! 😸 I’ve started a website with help from a good friend. Only a few things are there so far, but more will come now that I have a non-social-media place to put things! theAtari.spot

AtariSpot // rob@atarispot.bsky.social · last yr.

Okay, fine, while I’m here… I acquired my first 2600 cartridge that retailed in Uruguay. (The shop in Montevideo is on a street called Paraguay) Neat little 8-in-1 cartridge, and one of them is a game you don’t find too often on unauthorized multicarts: London Blitz!

A 2600 cartridge that has a green label that reads: VIDEO GAMES AUDIO BAZAR Su Garantia GALERIA DE LONDON LOC.18 PARAGUAY 1325 TEL.: 90 04 18 Montevideo Gracias Por confiar en nosotros A logo depicts a stick-figure type family holding hands, superimposed on a TV screen.
Daily Pac-Man@dailypacman.bsky.social · last yr.

Tengen's NES version of Ms. Pac-Man contains an Easter Egg seen by having Ms. Pac-Man and Pac-Man bounce off of each other repeatedly as they go through opposite ends of a tunnel. This causes baby Pac-Men to spawn in the middle of the maze! Eating them nets you 5000 points each.

xot@xot.bsky.social · 2y ago

I include TV-like controls in my retro emulators but never considered linking preferred settings to certain games. > NTSC Colour In Vintage Games > Includes a proposal for a 2600 container format and additional metadata. via @jetsetilly.bsky.social's Mastodon jetsetilly.github.io/Gopher2600-B...

NTSC Colour In Vintage Games

In the previous article while discussing the NTSC colour problem I said that examining vintage 2600 ROMs would be an informative exercise. That is the purpose of today’s article. While selecting ROMs ...

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AtariSpot // rob@atarispot.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s not Halloween, but it *is* Random Game Saturday! I would never have been able to show this one if not for a recent big trade (yes, an Atari TRADE! in the year of our lord 2025!) Honestly, I expected never to have this one given where prices for it have gone in recent years.

An Atari 2600 game, Halloween, featuring a red, black, and white label. The game title is red on a black field, and is above the Wizard Video Games artwork in B&W on a red field. At bottom is the publisher name and product number “No. 007” in black.
Andrew Borman@borman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Worth noting that the rom's parent directory, at least in our backups at the museum, has a game concept file talking about a fishing game for bars with very similar ideas, wotha file modified date of around a month later than the roms (though the rom was compiled a few months earlier)

Atari Scene News@philsan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fish, a prototype game for #Atari2600 console discovered on a tape backup of Atari Coin-Op division's mainframe, in the folder of an employee named Mike Albaugh. Download: forums.atariage.com/topic/378560... Info: www.atariprotos.com/2600/softwar... #atari #retrogames #retrogaming

AtariSpot // rob@atarispot.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s Random Game Saturday once more. I let one of our cats choose this one! Here’s 法櫃奇兵 (Raiders of the Lost Ark) from an unknown Taiwan distributor (maybe 立達 “Leader”). Not sure if the titles on these carts were written at the factory or by the end user. I lean toward the former, but don’t know.

An Atari 2600 cartridge with a fairly plain label. There are scattered pink triangles on a plain white background. The word 立達 (Leader?) is printed vertically in a purplish color. The name of the game has been neatly written onto the bottom of the label in blue pen. Glue spotting/staining mars the label. A view of the end label, showing the game name written neatly in blue pen.
Random Stranger@randomstranger.bsky.social · 2y ago

For random game Saturday, have a weird revival of an old game! Dungeon Explorer: Meiyaku no Tobira (Warriors of Ancient Arts) was an attempt made in the final days of Hudson to revive the PC Engine/TG16 action RPG series. It wasn't very good, went unnoticed, and Hudson didn't last much longer.

The cover of Dungeon Explorer: Meiyaku no Tobira.
Video Game History Foundation@gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our latest Video Game History Hour podcast talks to The Strong's director of digital preservation Andrew Borman: gamehistory.org/episode-122-... (Reminder: Patreon subscribers - www.patreon.com/gamehistoryorg - get access a day early, and bonus episodes too!)

Episode 122: Save the Games Recap | Video Game History Foundation

We’re joined by Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong National Museum of Play Andrew Borman to recap the events of the first ever Save the Games Symposium put on by the museum in August 2024,...

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