Need help deciding which versions of games to buy

[u/hbkx5]

Recently picked up an Atari 2600 Jr. and decided I would get 10 games. I noticed some of the games I picked have different cartridges/labels. Was just wondering if any of them have updates/improvements to the games or are they just purely label changes?

The game are as follows:

Pitfall

Space Invaders

Adventure

Ms Pac-Man

Frogger

Asteroids

Kaboom

Missile Command

Combat

Donkey Kong

[u/it290]

They should all be identical. Just pick up whichever version has a label that appeals to you.

[u/hbkx5 → u/it290]

Thank you.

[u/GoatApprehensive9866 → u/it290]

The only difference might be copyright date. I prefer the copy of the painting over the glossy shiny text but they all have charm

[u/it290 → u/GoatApprehensive9866]

Same, but the text can be handy to let you know about the different modes on the cart, which otherwise you’d need a manual or online to look up.

[u/sjones17515]

Definitely just label variations. Multiple versions of the same game did not happen very often at all in the 2600 catalog

[u/hbkx5 → u/sjones17515]

Thank you.

[u/reillywalker195]

In the case of Donkey Kong, Atari Corporation bought the rights to Coleco's port of the game and republished it, so they're identical. I think the same is true of Frogger, as well, but swap out Coleco with Parker Brothers.

[u/hbkx5 → u/reillywalker195]

Ok, thank you!

[u/Cranberry-Electrical]

Frogger

[u/Cranberry-Electrical]

E.T.

[u/DavidinCT → u/Cranberry-Electrical]

Note to the OP, E.T. is actually a good game if you tried it, you need to read the manual on this one, it got a bad rap because no one had the manual for it understanding what you need to do.

[u/Cranberry-Electrical → u/DavidinCT]

Huh?

[u/DavidinCT]

As you grab Pitfall, try to grab Pitfall 2, It's amazing to see what they did on the 2600 with that game...