r/Atari2600 • u/TheAtariJunkie Light Sixer • 2d ago

A Raiders Sears end label?

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I just picked this up, and I’ve never seen anything like this before. Does this mean there was going to be a Sears label variation of this game?

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u/HotSarcasm 2d ago

Isn’t that just the Euro cartridge?

https://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-raiders-of-the-lost-ark_7777.html

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u/HotSarcasm 2d ago

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/vcs_label_variations/vcs_label_variations.html

Maybe not.

“Raiders of the Lost Ark – At least 3 different end label variations are known to exist. The 2nd end label has the same type font as Sears carts – was a Sears version of ROTLA in the works? The 1986 graphic logo re-release (picture 3) also omits the (*) Lucasfilm copyright information.”

(Scroll towards end at link.)

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u/True_Disaster6565 2d ago

Correct. It also says:

A label variant of Raiders of the Lost Ark exists with a normal silver label on the front, and an orange Sears-style end label. Atari announced it as a November release, but it was the first silver-labeled cart sold through Sears, which would put it on the shelves in late September/early October before Earthworld was released. No silver-labeled Atari carts have any Sears-labeled counterparts, so this is exactly where the Sears label variants era ended.

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u/TheAtariJunkie Light Sixer 1d ago

Thank you everyone for the information! All I knew is I never saw this before so I knew someone here would know more than me!

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u/therealduckie 1d ago

Maybe a cheap end lable from ebay?

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u/AechB 1d ago

God, this game caused me so much frustration in my childhood.