1 20 4 https://www.lgira.mesmernet.org/files/original/aa994fe489e64c19515d739e44cc3da1.zip 0d0cb3a8f602ae76c86fc37acab6c977 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Gray Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Judd Ruggill, Ken McAllister Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource E.T. Book Cart Abiword Files Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michael Rideout and Charles F. Gray Date Issued Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. 2006 Aliens Atari E.T. Movies Spielberg https://www.lgira.mesmernet.org/files/original/b64d5b4c695379aa1204285db5c9ad12.zip 68266b2cf9548f1acf53ccb52c9ac745 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Gray Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Judd Ruggill, Ken McAllister Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource E.T. Book Cart Text Files Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charles F. Gray and Michael Rideout Date Issued Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. 2006 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book (electronic) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Atari VCS/2600 Type The nature or genre of the resource Educational Language A language of the resource English Description An account of the resource These are the actual text files that comprise the E.T. Book Cart. They were sent to us by Michael Rideout via Charles Gray. Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. E.T. Boom Cart Text Files ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Michael Rideout" <seagtgruff@aol.com> Date: 2014-05-13 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Text files request for Professor To: <mercgray@gmail.com> Cc: I had to dig these off of my old computer, but I think they're the correct (final) files. I didn't have them in Word; they're just standard text files. The text had to be formatted as it was to appear on the screen, and I wrote a program to read each file and convert it into several binary files for inclusion in the assembly code-- due to the way the characters are drawn with the sprites, the text had to be separated into pairs of letters for the odd and even frames of each page (screen), and I also used four special characters (if I remember correctly, vertical tab, horizontal tab, line feed, and page feed) to help eliminate unnecessary blank data and conserve space. Consequently the text files might look a little strange-- the edges of the text area are indicated by vertical bars, and the end of each page is indicated by a line of tildes. Three sets of files are enclosed: Regular Edition - This folder contains the text files for the regular edition of the cart, which included the bonus game. It contains two subfolders: Formatted - This folder contains the following text files: c0.txt - This is the table of contents. There are five pages, each identical except for the location of the asterisk (cursor) that indicated which chapter the user wanted to select. c1.txt - This is chapter 1, or the collection of sayings and comments. c2.txt - This is chapter 2, or the interview with Howard Scott Warshaw. c3.txt - This is chapter 3, or the ode to Howard Scott Warshaw. c4.txt - This is chapter 4, or the instructions to find the Easter eggs. ct.txt - This is the credits text for the bottom of the title screen. Unformatted - This folder contains the following text files, which appear to be the same as those listed above but without any extra blank lines added so that each "page" contains the correct number of lines: F1_Title_Screen.txt F2_Table_of_Contents.txt F3_Chapter_1.txt F4_Chapter_2.txt F5_Chapter_3.txt F6_Chapter_4.txt (The F1, F2, F3, etc. at the beginning of each filename simply mean "file 1," "file 2," etc., prepended so the files would be listed in the correct order in the directory.) Special Edition - This folder contains the text files for the special edition of the cart-- the one that worked with NTSC, PAL, and SECAM-- which omitted the ode, the "transmission" for triggering the Easter egg, and the bonus game, and which had a different interview with Howard Scott Warshaw. Some of the files should be identical to the corresponding ones from the regular edition: c0se.txt - This is the table of contents. c1se.txt - This is chapter 1, which I believe is identical to chapter 1 of the regular edition. c2se.txt - This is chapter 2, or the alternate interview with Howard Scott Warshaw. c3se.txt - This is chapter 3, which I believe is identical to chapter 4 of the regular edition. ctse.txt - This is the credits text for the bottom of the title screen. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Charles Gray <mercgray@gmail.com> To: seagtgruff@aol.com <SeaGtGruff@aol.com> Sent: Tue, May 13, 2014 10:54 am Subject: Text files request for Professor Hi Michael, Do you have the text files for the E.T. Book Cart. I have the .abw(abiword) files but I am guessing you converted these to a microsoft word documents. I remember there were some minor spelling mistakes that Al wanted fixed, which you did fix. I am not sure if you fixed the word doc itself or directly in the wip rom file? I need these for a professor who is doing a research paper on digital media. So would you email me the word files for all the text in the E.T. Book Cart? Thanks again, Charles Aliens Atari E.T. Movies Spielberg https://www.lgira.mesmernet.org/files/original/6aa94334baebbf97c99a68ec130c5719.jpg 3da0325426342f0fa0e257bf12f6b9b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Gray Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Judd Ruggill, Ken McAllister Game Software Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Atari, Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Atari, Inc. Date Issued Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. December 1982 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Game (cartridge) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Atari VCS/2600 Type The nature or genre of the resource Adventure Language A language of the resource English Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. Atari, Inc. (Howard Scott Warshaw). Atari, Inc., 1982. Atari VCS/2600. Aliens Atari E.T. Movies Spielberg https://www.lgira.mesmernet.org/files/original/6b78850175915c32904ce783b1d57faa.jpg 4782030bb5eb4978842e964a6d07178e Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 478 Width 400 https://www.lgira.mesmernet.org/files/original/096074744f27c64e389aa8132351b101.bin 29843f43b81f3736bf35c00b1bb88fb2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The BIN file of the entire Atari 2600 E.T. Book Cart Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Gray Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Judd Ruggill, Ken McAllister Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource E.T. Book Cart Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charles F. Gray and Michael Rideout Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Gray Games and AtariAge Date Issued Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. December 6, 2006 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book (electronic) Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Atari VCS/2600 Type The nature or genre of the resource Action Language A language of the resource English Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. E.T. Book Cart. Gray Games. AtariAge, 2006. Atari. Description An account of the resource To be determined: Did you get the manual with the E.T. Book Cart? If not, I am sure Albert Yarusso still has the PDF file and can print you off a high res manual. I think if your organization bought the E.T. Book Cart right when it was released and you did not return it to Atari Age, you have a first printing of the cart. This means it has the Zero Page Load Error which means that on 4 switch Atari 2600s it works fine. BUT on the 6 switch Atari 2600s, the screen will roll. Michael Rideout can explain it better. Otherwise you have the second printing. (From personal correspondence with Charles Gray, 5/15/2013) See also: http://www.2600connection.com/eastereggs/26etbookcart.html From personal correspondence with Charles Gray, 3/21/2015, below is the complete version history of the E.T. Book Cart: Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Atari Age Manufacturer: Atari Age Label: Regular Label with Atari Age logo Cart Housing: Clear Transparent Details: 1 Prototype Made 1st Generation Prototype Shown at Philly VGXPO 2006 Contents: Basic Aspects of Chapters No Interview No E.T.'s Transmission No Game Status: ATARI AGE RETAINS OWNERSHIP ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: World TV Format: ALL(NTSC, PAL, and SECAM) Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Gray Games Manufacturer: 8-Bit Classics Label: Prototype Label Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 5 Prototypes Made 2nd Generation Prototype Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 1st Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Secrets of E.T. No Ode to Howard Scott Warshaw No E.T.'s Transmission No Alamogordo Landfill Status: IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Atari Age Manufacturer: Atari Age Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label with Atari Age logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1st Printing 20 Carts Released 6 Carts Returned "ZERO PAGE LOAD ERROR" Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: RECALLED OR IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Atari Age Manufacturer: Atari Age Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label with Atari Age logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 2nd Printing "ZERO PAGE LOAD ERROR" Corrected Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: DISCONTINUED BY ATARI AGE ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: 8-Bit Classics Manufacturer: 8-Bit Classics Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label with 8-Bit Classics logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1st Printing by 8 Bit Classics "ZERO PAGE LOAD ERROR" Corrected Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: DISCONTINUED BY 8-BIT CLASSICS ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Gray Games Manufacturer: Hozer Video Games Label: Regular Label with Hozer Video Games logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1 Prototype Made Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: IN PRIVATE COLLECTION ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Special Edition Company: Gray Games Region: World TV Format: ALL(NTSC, PAL, and SECAM) Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Hozer Video Games Manufacturer: Hozer Video Games Label: Special Edition Label with Hozer Video Games logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1st Printing Same Rom as E.T. Book Cart 2nd Generation Prototype Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 1st Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Secrets of E.T. No Ode to Howard Scott Warshaw No E.T.'s Transmission No Alamogordo Landfill Status: CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT HOZER VIDEO GAMES ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Special Edition "Label Misprint" Company: Gray Games Region: World TV Format: ALL(NTSC, PAL, and SECAM) Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Hozer Video Games Manufacturer: Hozer Video Games Label: Regular Label with Hozer Video Games logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: Label Misprint. 2 in Existence. Same Rom as E.T. Book Cart 2nd Generation Prototype Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 1st Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Secrets of E.T. No Ode to Howard Scott Warshaw No E.T.'s Transmission No Alamogordo Landfill Status: IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart "Rom Misprint" Company: Gray Games Region: World TV Format: ALL(NTSC, PAL, and SECAM) Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Good Deal Games Manufacturer: Hozer Video Games Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label with Good Deal Games logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1st Printing by Good Deal Games E.T. Book Cart Special Edition Rom accidentally burned to cart order of 15. Same Rom as E.T. Book Cart 2nd Generation Prototype which is the same Rom used in the E.T. Book Cart Special Edition, Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 1st Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Secrets of E.T. No Ode to Howard Scott Warshaw No E.T.'s Transmission No Alamogordo Landfill Status: DISCONTINUED DUE TO ROM MISPRINT. IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ---------- Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Charles F. Gray and Michael S. Rideout Publisher: Good Deal Games Manufacturer: Hozer Video Games Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label with Good Deal Games logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 2nd Printing by Good Deal Games "ZERO PAGE LOAD ERROR" Corrected Contents: The Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT GOOD DEAL GAMES Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Anyway here are all the releases of the E.T. Book Cart. E.T. Book Cart AtariAge, in conjunction with Gray Games, brings you one of the most revolutionary modern technologies—known as the e-book--retrograded for the Atari 2600, simply and concisely known as the E.T. Book Cart. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600—the game that some say brought down an industry—is looked at through various means, and is immortalized even further by a cartridge book focused on the game that helped bring about the video game crash. Use your joystick to choose from the chapters you wish to read or the game you wish to play. Go from page to page with ease as you learn more and more about what the world of E.T. is all about. Table of Contents The Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Interview with HSW Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Hear the Ancient Wisdom of E.T. through various philosophers both past and present from around the world. Read how Howard Scott Warshaw explains E.T. Pit Theory in the follow-up interview to his infamous 1st interview (featured on BeepBopBoop.com). Read the poem that almost won an E.T. Sweater. E.T. Historian Random Terrain reveals Secrets of the E.T. game and describes how E.T. transcends the Adventure Template. Listen to the actual E.T. signal that E.T. used to call the mothership. Play the highly addictive game Alamogordo Landfill and help send buried E.T. cartridges back to the future to AtariAge Headquarters. What are the secrets of E.T.? And is there really an E.T. Prototype in Paris, France? Includes cartridge and full-color manual. Authors: Charles F. Gray and Michael Rideout Additional Writing: Duane Alan Hahn Number of Players: 1 Controller : Joystick Cartridge Size: 32K Label Design: John Calcano Manual Design: Tony Morse Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Michael S. Rideout and Charles F. Gray Manufacturer: Atari Age Label: Regular Label Cart Housing: Clear Transparent Details: 1 Prototype Made 1st Generation Prototype Shown at Philly VGXPO 2006 Contents: Basic Aspects of Chapters No Interview No E.T.'s Transmission No Game Status: ATARI AGE RETAINS OWNERSHIP Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: ALL(NTSC, PAL, and SECAM) Programmer: Michael S. Rideout and Charles F. Gray Manufacturer: 8-Bit Classics Label: Prototype Label Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 5 Prototypes Made 2nd Generation Prototype Contents: 1st Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw No E.T.'s Transmission No Game Status: SOLD OUT Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Michael S. Rideout and Charles F. Gray Manufacturer: Atari Age Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1st Printing 20 Carts Released 6 Carts Returned "ZERO PAGE LOAD ERROR" Contents: Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: ON RECALL Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Michael S. Rideout and Charles F. Gray Manufacturer: Atari Age Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 2nd Printing "ZERO PAGE LOAD ERROR" Corrected Contents: Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: DISCONTINUED BY ATARI AGE Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Michael S. Rideout and Charles F. Gray Manufacturer: 8-Bit Classics Contributing Writers: Charles F. Gray, Duane Alan Hahn, and others Label: Regular Label with 8 Bit Classics logo Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1st Printing by 8 Bit Classics "ZERO PAGE LOAD ERROR" Corrected Contents: Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: DISCONTINUED BY 8-BIT CLASSICS Title: E.T. Book Cart Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: NTSC Programmer: Michael S. Rideout and Charles F. Gray Manufacturer: Hozer Video Games Label: Regular Label with Hozer Label Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1 Prototype Made Contents: Wisdom of E.T. 2nd Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw Ode to HSW Secrets of E.T. E.T.'s Transmission Alamogordo Landfill Easter Egg Status: SOLD OUT Title: E.T. Book Cart Special Edition Company: Gray Games Region: North America TV Format: ALL(NTSC, PAL, and SECAM) Programmer: Michael S. Rideout and Charles F. Gray Manufacturer: Hozer Video Games Label: New Hozer Video Games Label Cart Housing: Solid Black Details: 1st Printing Same Rom as E.T. Book Cart 2nd Generation Prototype Contents: 1st Charles F. Gray Interview with Howard Scott Warshaw No E.T.'s Transmission No Game Status: CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT HOZER VIDEO GAMES Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Received from Charles F. Gray directly. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Authors: Charles F. Gray and Michael Rideout Additional Writing: Duane Alan Hahn Quoted Authors: Various philosophers and various Atari Age forum members.(see cart for specific details on who wrote what). Editors: Charles F. Gray and Michael Rideout. Copy Editor: Albert Yarusso Label Design: John Calcano Manual Author: Charles F. Gray Manual Design: Tony Morse *Albert Yarusso gave useful input regarding the cart, but it has been so long I can't remember exactly what his input was. Albert would probably remember. Aliens E.T. Movies Spielberg