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Title: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: Izret101 on December 11, 2008, 07:28:15 PM I have Planet Patrol and my copy was done by SPECTRAVIDEO(c)1983 the one in the DB was done by SPECTRAVISION(c) 1982
I haven't found anything concrete on the web but so i don't know if it was just a company name change or mine comes from a different region. Anyone know? Title: Re: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: Misto on December 11, 2008, 07:43:42 PM The company just changed names. Other then the name change the games and carts are the exact same I believe.
Title: Re: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: Izret101 on December 11, 2008, 07:58:08 PM Awesome thanks for the info Mistro :) (you joined at just the right time apparently)
So my question now is do i bother adding it as a variation or just add a scan of the variation onto the game page as seems to be most popular with Atari games? Title: Re: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: Tan on December 11, 2008, 08:37:39 PM A variation because not only did the company change it's name but so did the year released making it technically a new title instead of a re-labeled one. Treat it the same way we treat M Network / INTV games. :)
Title: Re: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: bum-man on December 11, 2008, 09:57:55 PM I thought I remembered a discussion on this before...and I was right!!
http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=2211.0 Didn't they change their name because of a conflict with another company's name? I think they made system for showing movies in hotel rooms. Title: Re: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: Misto on December 11, 2008, 10:27:18 PM Awesome thanks for the info Mistro :) (you joined at just the right time apparently) So my question now is do i bother adding it as a variation or just add a scan of the variation onto the game page as seems to be most popular with Atari games? I've been around about a month, just don't post :) I thought I remembered a discussion on this before...and I was right!! http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=2211.0 Didn't they change their name because of a conflict with another company's name? I think they made system for showing movies in hotel rooms. Yea, that's right. A hotel chain had some TV system named Spectravision so they changed names to Spectravideo in 1982. Title: Re: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: Izret101 on December 12, 2008, 02:05:16 PM I thought i had asked it before but wasn't certain.
Anyways i'll go ahead and add it as a variant then. Thanks again guys :-) Title: Re: Atari 2600 Planet Patrol question Post by: Izret101 on December 12, 2008, 06:54:09 PM When i try to submit the variation is say that it already appears in the database.
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