On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 Thomas43@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/22/00 2:19:07 PM, jenison@cig.mot.com writes:
>
> << Two things I noticed:
>
> 1) Asteroids production numbers: 47,000+.
>
> I and many others had been led to believe that Asteroids went back into
> production and crossed over the 50,000 mark, and those over the 50,000
> mark were consider "gold version". Anyone know anything about this, or
> is this just "urban legend?"
> >>>
>
> The 'Gold Edition' is the 10,000th unit off the assembly line. It features
> gold tinted graphics, control panel, etc, etc. It has a metal plate with the
> '10,000' serial number on it. It even had a gold tinted PCB in it, until it
> broke and was lost. It is on display in the Atari (midway west) gameroom in
> Milpitas. It's actually, kind of ugly.
Really...learn something new everyday. I have seen several units where
the instruction text is in yellow (gold?) vs the normal white text.
Anyone know if they reproduced the backglasses in gold text AFTER the
10,000 unit?
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