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in Space and BMX Other System
Airmaster.
Ultra Rare (UR) - Rarities
An ultra rare cart is
a one-of-a kind
cart because it Do you own any of these other
would more than rare classics? Check your attics
likely lighten up and basements. On some of these
anyone's collection only a few copies are known to
if they traded for it. exist.
Don't count on
finding one of Atari 5200
these at a thrift AE - Parker Brothers
shop because it Battlezone - Atari
probably won't happen. Chase the Chuckwagon Frisky Tom - Atari
There's always the possi- Atari VCS Meteorites - Electra Concepts
bility, but don't get Millipede - Atari
your hopes up. An
ultra rare cart Intellivision
would be classi- Crosswords - Mattel
fied as a Sword- Defender - INTV
quest: Water- Fathom - Imagic
world, Fatal Run, Tutankham - Parker Brothers
or Motorodero. Yogi’s Frustration - Mattel
Never Released
(NR) - This one is Colecovision
fairly self- Dig Dug - Atarisoft
explanatory. If a Illusions - Coleco
cart was never Jungle Hunt - Atarisoft
released it never M*A*S*H - 20th Cent. Fox
hit the retail mar- Super Donkey Kong - Coleco
ket, was either Texas Chainsaw Massacre
never completed, Atari VCS Vectrex
or was completed
but exists in proto- Dark Tower - GCE
type form. A proto- Polar Rescue - GCE
Pole Position - GCE
type generally has Web Warp - Milton Bradley
no labels and
sometimes has the
label “Lab Loaner” Odyssey 2
on the front of the Demon Attack - Imagic
cart. An example Power Lords - NAP
of a never re- Q*Bert - Parker Brothers
leased cart would Killer Bees - NAP
be Qix, Preppie,
Dreadnaught Fac- Atari 2600
tor, or Zenji. Tempest - Atari
Well, that pretty
much rounds out this article The A-Team
about rarities. I hope you en- Atari VCS
joyed it, and learned some-
thing as well. Just keep searching,
and believe you can find even the
rarest of carts! Classic Trivia: DID YOU KNOW?
After Atari shipped its one millionth cartridge of Missile
Command for the VCS, programmer Rob Fulop’s bonus was a
certificate for a complimentary holiday turkey at Safeway
(which he still has to this day).
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