johnl@tekecs.UUCP (John Light) (09/22/83)
The Starpath (nee Arcadia) Supercharger for the Atari 2600 is being sold in Portland for $9.99. It was originally introduced for $70 about a year ago. It is a long cartridge with RAM and ROM that plugs into the slot and has a cable that plugs into a cheap tape recorder. It comes with one tape called "Phaser Patrol", and other tapes are available here for $6, including "Communist Mutants from Space". These are obviously closeout prices. Does anyone know for sure that Starpath has gone out of business, as I suspect? On the enclosed literature two games are listed that are not being sold at the same store. Does anyone know for sure whether those games (Dragonstomper and Killer Satellites) were ever released? I bought the thing just so I could tell my grandchildren that I played "Commie Mutants", as it is otherwise known. The games are all pretty good. The expanded memory allows them to be quite complete, and performance is also good. I don't read this newsgroup all the time so I may have missed previous reviews of these games, so I won't post any now. If others have an opportunity to buy the Supercharger and want reviews, I will provide them. John Light {ucbvax|decvax}!tektronix!tekecs!johnl