Atari 2600 Air Raid box found

[Zap!]

Yeah, you forgot to ask the guy for his social security number.

Seriously though...why not wait until the guy actually finds the game before bombarding him with questions? (Assuming he actually owned one in the first place, and he isn't just telling some fish story.)

Because his last post in that thread was on April 7, 11 days ago. Before mine, the last post was 4-11. I don't think there was gonna be any more activity there (it seems to be a very busy board), especially if he lost the cart. Perhaps he can offer some clues to the game. Hope he can help.

[Sanriostar]

Don't know if I'm beating a dead horse/moot point on this or not, but I can now say I was wrong; the box is real (I.E. how it looks is rather obvious that it was made in the 80's). I've seen it with my own eyes at last night's SC3 meet.

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Also looks like the mold guy dropped off the face of the earth. Big surprise there.

[Zap!]

CPUWIZ, a master at making boxes, just posted this image. Hmm.

Now, it's implied that he's joking, but it looks damn like the other box, minus the price tag.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic...st__p__1999757

[TheDomesticInstitution]

All i see is a small fragment of a box. Is there another image?

[Zap!]

All i see is a small fragment of a box. Is there another image?

Here ya go!

[PingvinBlueJeans]

CPUWIZ, a master at making boxes, just posted this image. Hmm.

Now, it's implied that he's joking, but it looks damn like the other box, minus the price tag.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic...st__p__1999757

It's Photoshopped from the image of the (fake) River Patrol box he burned back in April.

[megasdkirby]

Here ya go!

Hehehe!

What gave it away was the brightness on the picture itself.

But it was still funny.

[Zap!]

Hehe, yup. I'm back in the "real" crowd again, sorry Tanner. I still have questions, but for now I lean 80% toward real.

There needs to be a name for box deniers. Ya know, like "truthers" or "birthers" get those cool names.

Boxers? Hoaxers?

[megasdkirby]

I swear, if I ever find a CIB copy of the game (in great condition), I am so going to ask $100,000 for it.

Heck, if I can find 10 of these...selling one per year...I can quit my job.

[Gameguy]

There needs to be a name for box deniers. Ya know, like "truthers" or "birthers" get those cool names.

Boxers? Hoaxers?

What about a name for those who support the box? How about Men-A-Knights?

[Callin]

Hehe, yup. I'm back in the "real" crowd again, sorry Tanner. I still have questions, but for now I lean 80% toward real.

There needs to be a name for box deniers. Ya know, like "truthers" or "birthers" get those cool names.

Boxers? Hoaxers?

Spoofers?

Our purpose is twofold: To find problems with their so-called "box" and to search the globe for the real box. We'll start by claiming that those crease-marks on that box are SO photoshopped, because they're at impossible angles for any way in which the box could have been crushed.

[darkslime]

Is it possible that Tuesday Morning still has records of what companies they purchased from in '82? Maybe someone should contact them and ask if they can help at all.

[Astrocade]

You know what's funny is that I had never really heard of Tuesday Morning prior to this controversy. I always thought it was a fat ladies clothing store. I went in one the other day and bought Prince of Persia: Sands of Time on the PS2 for 3.99.

They also had some of those fake Wii guns, golf clubs and tennis rackets, so it's entirely possible (I suppose) that they carried some offbeat Atari titles some time in the past. Hell, I found a Famiclone once at Big Lots back around 1992- it was called the Reggie Entertainment System and it had one of those 72-in one carts with it. How the heck a South African bootleg NES wound up at Big Lots beats the hell out of me.

[Swamperon]

Is it possible that Tuesday Morning still has records of what companies they purchased from in '82? Maybe someone should contact them and ask if they can help at all.

They probably will have (or rather should do) a complete record of all of their orders, but then what company employee is going to bother tracking down a 28 year old piece of paper for some random person on the phone..? Wouldn't hurt to try though.

[Trevelyan]

wow, having been blown away by those megadrive protos, now this! amazing

[Gameguy]

They probably will have (or rather should do) a complete record of all of their orders, but then what company employee is going to bother tracking down a 28 year old piece of paper for some random person on the phone..? Wouldn't hurt to try though.

I doubt that they'll have records going back that far, I would think they'll keep records for the last 6 or 7 years for tax purposes(whatever would be required for an audit) and that's it. Keeping records like that for 28+ years would take up a lot of storage space and they're really not needed.

[darkslime]

Tuesday Morning Corporate Office Headquarters
6250 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75240-6321
(972) 387-3562

If anyone wants to try calling go ahead.

But honestly to me the whole thing has a bunch of loopholes, and I don't think Tuesday Morning even sold it.

[darkslime]

Also sorry to double post, but maybe someone could try emailing this marketing research company in Dubai called menavision to see if they made the game?

http://menavision.net/

email: contact [at] menavision.net

[Callin]

Tuesday Morning Corporate Office Headquarters
6250 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75240-6321
(972) 387-3562

If anyone wants to try calling go ahead.

But honestly to me the whole thing has a bunch of loopholes, and I don't think Tuesday Morning even sold it.

I think the seller confirmed that this was the Tuesday Morning he got it from:
http://www.mapquest.com/listings/Tue...esults_org_map

They've got their own phone number.