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With the video pinball variation, what I wanted to point out first was a possible variation with version a, which I have not put separate at this time. In the top part of the photo, there is an arrow which points at a line behind the 2nd row of pinballs. Most of the copies of version a that I have come across has this line. There seems to be no other difference in the variation short of this line. The logo placement on the other hand is a big difference. The top of the Atari logo in version a barely reaches the orange bar and is inside the machine, whereas version b the logo is up above the orange bar, out of the machine. The bottom part of the logo is pretty much in the red bar in version a, yet does not even come close to touching the red bar in version b.

version a)* C    PicBl    ©1981, CART1, lower case letters, ML: logo inside pinball machine dark, dark grey background behind pinballs, bottom tips of Atari logo outside machine (in the red), behind the 2nd row of pinballs along the top of the blue square, it is noticeable that there may or may not be a white/red line in this version, at this time it will not be listed as a variation, the one without the line seems to be a little rarer than ones with it

version b)* U   PicBl    ©1981, CART1, lower case letters, ML: logo top partially outside pinball machine bottom tips inside machine (in the orange)

version c)* R    PicBl    ©1981, CART1, ML: upper case letters, EL: lower case letters, whole left side of Atari logo outside machine  

version d)* R    PicBl    ©1981, CART1, ML: EL: upper case letters, whole left side of Atari logo outside machine

version e)* R    PicBl-p ©1981, CART1, lower case letters, ML: logo inside pinball machine dark, dark grey background behind pinballs, bottom tips of Atari logo outside machine, EL: “p” printed on right, PAL

version f)*  R    PicBl-p ©1981, CART1, lower case letters, ML: logo top partially outside pinball machine bottom tips inside machine, EL: “p” printed on right, PAL

version g)* R    PicBl-p ©1981, CART1, ML: lower case letters, EL: upper case letters, “p” printed in right, PAL

version h)* R    PicBl-p ©1981, CART1, ML: EL: upper case letters, EL: “p” printed on right, PAL

version i)*  R    PicBl    ©1985, CART1, Atari logo and CX2648 are small and in white

version j)*  R    PicBl    ©1986, CART?, Atari logo and CX2648 are small and in white, no “use with…” line

version k)* R   PicBl    ©1986, CART2, Atari logo and CX2648 are small and in white, has “use with…” line, EL: plastic

version l)* R    PicBl    ©1986, CART3, Atari logo and CX2648 are small and in white, has “use with…” line, EL: plastic

NOTE: versions k & l have the same main and end labels, but the cartridge protector is different