What are these cartridges?

[garrett123]

astrocade, arcadia 2001?
colecovision

looks 70s but I really havent played anything past colecovision.

[Goldfinger]

Texas Instruments also released a computer-console around the mid-to-late seventies,
I don't think these carts are related but people confuse TI carts with atari because of the similarities but the only software released were problem solving or science related games. I own one or two carts from this console.

[CRTGAMER]

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Texas Instruments also released a computer-console around the mid-to-late seventies, I don't think these carts are related but people confuse TI carts with atari because of the similarities but the only software released were problem solving or science related games. I own one or two carts from this console.

If you are talking about the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer, I have one of these which came out during the early price wars of the Commodore VIC20/C64 era. Definitely not related to the games in the OP. Actually, the TI has a good selection of various games and not just educational stuff, Parsec for example. The TI carts are easy to distinguish by the stepped segment and are wider compared to 2600 carts. The step helps to remove the cart from the horizontal slot of the computer. The TI has the only official Arcade to home release of Blasto.

I think you are right, a good description in using the term "Computer-Console". Most of the older 8 bit computers of the day hook up with RF, Composite or Svideo and have a game cart option. The forgotten "game console" with a huge library of undiscovered games that can be played on the big screen.

[markc_]

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Texas Instruments also released a computer-console around the mid-to-late seventies, I don't think these carts are related but people confuse TI carts with atari because of the similarities but the only software released were problem solving or science related games. I own one or two carts from this console.

If you are talking about the Texas Instruments 99/4A computer, I have one of these which came out during the early price wars of the Commodore VIC20/C64 era. Definitely not related to the games in the OP. Actually, the TI has a good selection of various games and not just educational stuff, Parsec for example. The TI carts are easy to distinguish by the stepped segment and are wider compared to 2600 carts. The step helps to remove the cart from the horizontal slot of the computer. The TI has the only official Arcade to home release of Blasto.

I think you are right, a good description in using the term "Computer-Console". Most of the older 8 bit computers of the day hook up with RF, Composite or Svideo and have a game cart option. The forgotten "game console" with a huge library of undiscovered games that can be played on the big screen.

I went back to the store o see if the had a console for the carts, they didn't.
I'm still not sure what they are but am thinking they are just an Arcadia variant.
Heres another pic

[AppleQueso]

Yeah after getting a good view of the Cat and Rat front, that's definitely just a bootleg/regional variant of Cat Trax.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Yeah after getting a good view of the Cat and Rat front, that's definitely just a bootleg/regional variant of Cat Trax.

I agree. I will have to have to post pics of my Arcadia 2001 collection on here sometime. The carts are shaped very similarly.

[deathsled]

wow an Arcadia 2001. So THAT'S what I played in Daniel Caldwell's basement over 20 years ago.......

All I could remember was the circular gold "dpad" and some mediocre baseball game.