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Cauldron
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posted 04-06-2002 06:49 PM     Profile for Cauldron   Email Cauldron     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I have a Frogger game that matches the look of the label scan on this site. The question I had is this:

WHY WON'T IT FIT??? Most Atari carts are square at the connection point, this one has slanted sides. It is the same width, length, depth, etc. of an Atari cart, but because of that slant, it won't fit in the unit. I have compared it to other console systems, and it doesn't fit either.

Any ideas? Could this be a PAL version that mysteriously ended up in my local thrift store?

A normal card: ___________
| |
|__________|

Frogger cart: _____________
/ \
|____________|

Any ideas? Is this rare? Or am I just stupid and haven't found the right console for it yet?


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Mitch
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posted 04-06-2002 09:29 PM     Profile for Mitch   Author's Homepage   Email Mitch     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
It sounds like a Colecovision cart.

Mitch
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Albert
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posted 04-06-2002 09:38 PM     Profile for Albert   Author's Homepage   Email Albert     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Here is a picture of a 2600 Frogger:

Now here is the ColecoVision cart:

..Al


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King Atari
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posted 04-06-2002 10:58 PM     Profile for King Atari   Email King Atari     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I'd say it's Colecovision. I remember going into a thrift and seeing Colecovision Donkey Kong. At first I didn't realize it wasn't 2600 and got all excited think I found a proto or rare label variation, then I saw Colecovision on it, and threw it at the clerk.

Okay, that isn't totally true, but it did have the slant you described on your Frogger cart.

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jahfish
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posted 04-07-2002 12:34 AM     Profile for jahfish   Author's Homepage   Email jahfish     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
i did the same error on an auction for frogger2 and miners 1

and marco just bid 50$ on a coleco box with an atari Miner's 2049er ... just because of the microfun sticker i guess ...

you see ... nobody's perfect


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MattyXB
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posted 04-07-2002 04:27 AM     Profile for MattyXB   Author's Homepage   Email MattyXB     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Me too, I have buy in a store a game calls Frantic Freddy. Never hear this before. And I know why, it Coleco Vision too.

In the store I have wonder me, that the board is bigger. But the Lable look like a pirated Keystone Kaper that I know, so I have buy it.

Now it lay in my room for month, and I can't do anything with it.

Matthias

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Marco
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PAL is not Import!

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posted 04-07-2002 04:35 AM     Profile for Marco   Author's Homepage   Email Marco     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jahfish:
i did the same error on an auction for frogger2 and miners 1

and marco just bid 50$ on a coleco box with an atari Miner's 2049er ... just because of the microfun sticker i guess ...

you see ... nobody's perfect



Yeah, yeah, rub it in, rub it in!

Cheers,

Marco


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jahfish
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posted 04-07-2002 04:55 AM     Profile for jahfish   Author's Homepage   Email jahfish     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
hehe, now franc is also with us in the boat ... he's the highest bidder now that you have retracted the bid


send him a mail saying "sorry for underbidding you"

[ 04-07-2002: Message edited by: jahfish ]


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Cauldron
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posted 04-07-2002 11:22 AM     Profile for Cauldron   Email Cauldron     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Okay, so I'm stupid.. It's a Colecovision cart. Next time I will look a little more closely before I tell my wife she can buy it. :P

BTW, if anyone is looking for any Odyssey2 carts, I found about 5 at the same thrift store...


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Freedom Fighter
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posted 04-08-2002 07:09 AM     Profile for Freedom Fighter   Email Freedom Fighter     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Cauldron:
Okay, so I'm stupid.. It's a Colecovision cart. Next time I will look a little more closely before I tell my wife she can buy it. :P

BTW, if anyone is looking for any Odyssey2 carts, I found about 5 at the same thrift store...



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