VIC20 Tapes, NEW! (Canadian Tire Complimentary Game Pack)

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Marstedt
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Post by Marstedt »

I've extracted the tape and have a set of WAV files, T64 files, and PRG files. Let me know what you want and I should be able to email it!

=]

Very glad the package arrived OK.

; )
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Post by Schema »

Vic20-Ian wrote:I don't want to to open it - has anyone dumped it yet to a zip I could download?
I turned it into a D64 years ago, you can download it here:

http://www.jammingsignal.com/vic/CDNTIRE.d64
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Post by Vic20-Ian »

Schema, many thanks.

I would have been really pleased to have got this tape with my Vic as good as Race, Hoppit, Type a Tune and Blitz were, there are some nice games here.

Of note Vicman, Tank Gunner and Dam Busters and a really nice Breakout. Car race is good too, even stops you reversing over the start finish line for a fast lap ;-)
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Post by HeroHero »

Centallica wrote:
Greetings from the Lakehead, long time lurker here … :)

Just wanted to say thanks for the Canadian Tire game pack. The package arrived in a very safe, nonviolent fashion last Friday … it took me most of the weekend to unwrap the thing, but all is intact!

I had all these games as a kid on a dubbed cassette, so it’s nice to have the original.

I’m setting up my Vic 20 next week, so I’ll give the games a good go …

My setup should coincide with the arrival of a new joystick (well, new to me that is) so I’m pretty pumped about that as well.

Thanks again!
Welcome fellow Thunder Bay'er...that makes 2 in Thunder Bay and 1 (myself) who's from Thunder Bay but escaped :D

Any 1st name to put to the user-name?

Brian
Didn’t expect any other members to be from Thunder Bay, but it shouldn’t surprise me really, Commodore was huge in Tbay when I was a kid – it’s nice to see that the 8 bit community is still alive. I just love the fact that hardware and software is still being produced …

I’ve already picked up my Mega-cart, next on my list is the Final Expansion cart so I can play Berzerk on my Vic …

Now about those high scores …

Cheers,
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Post by Marstedt »

Just giving this a bump for May. Still have many tapes left!
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Post by OBSysteme »

Marstedt : Oh my goodness... I am suprised... guess what? I have that game pack, found a used copy a few months ago locally. By looking at your copies and mine, guess what I noticed... the writing on mine is entirely in english! no french on it at all.

This is in violation of my rights ! hahaha (yes, I am a dreaded canadian francophone stuck with an english-only Canadian Tire Vic-20 tape :P :?).

This is so neat, it might be that in the early eighties, it was not yet mandatory to have bilingual writing on consumer goods on a national scale?

Canadian language issues are creating collecting opportunities on Vic-20 material? that's one positive aspect of the language debate I guess

so do you still have surplusses of the Canadian tirer tapes with binlingual printing?

I should find time to upload pictures of my monolinguistic version.
:D
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Post by Marstedt »

Hey OBSysteme thanks for posting this up! (it was about due anyway) That's a neat piece of information to add to the story. I would have never guessed that such a thing existed. Cool!

Yes I have several tapes left, I just came across the 'Shipping Center' this past weekend. Interesting? Coincidence? Or just plain MADDNESS!?? (hehee)

Let me know if you're interested (send a PM with postal code for a shipping price) and I'll 'fire' one off to you in a jiffy. :)
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Post by OBSysteme »

Here are the images for the english-only version I have. I have dumped it in wordpress for now, while i'm at it, I migh write a review and description when i have time:

http://obsysteme.wordpress.com/2010/07/ ... game-pack/

Would be nice to know more about the mystery behind the existance of two version, but it might be next to impossible to uncover this mystery?
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Post by Marstedt »

Wooop!

Back online ... still have tapes. :)
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Post by Marstedt »

The evening was still yet, there was a sense of motion in the air. I looked up and after a quick survey of the stars, knew it was a good night to fly.

Soon the truth will be known. Soon ... the results of long-torn efforts will be realized. The new 2.0 composite packing will be launched to a secret admirer, but this time ... make it a double!

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shadyman
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Post by shadyman »

Win! Got mine today.. Definitely arrived in indestructible packaging. :D
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Post by Marstedt »

!BAM!

Great news! Glad to hear the new v2.0 packing is delivering. :]
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Post by shadyman »

+1 for creative packaging, BTW 8)
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Post by Marstedt »

Thanks and you're welcome!

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Post by 16KVIC20 »

Hi Marstedt. I sent you a PM, but I don't think it left my outbox! I would be interested in buying a Canadian Tire tape, if you have any left, and if you can send to the UK. Do the games work OK on PAL VIC20s?
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