            Notes:  This is the final listing of the original owners of the
            hand-made multicarts which Ward Shrake once sold, for two 1980's
            video game systems: the Bally Astrocade and the Emerson Arcadia.
            Neither "production run" went over 50 total assembled cartridges.
            What is out there now, is all that will ever be made by Ward. (As
            of this writing, by the way: no more upgrades are being offered.)
              Ward retired from Classic Gaming around the end of 2002 or the
            beginning of 2003, to spend his coveted leisure time in other
            ways. By early 2005, 90% of Ward's private collection of Classic
            Gaming items was either sold; auctioned on eBay; or was otherwise
            disposed of. Virtually everything went: from Ward's three arcade
            coin-op stand-up machines . . . down to his Pac-Man cup. Ward had
            long wanted to reinvent his life. He's extremely glad that he did!
              So, if you have one of these: you have something very limited
            in number; made by hand; et cetera. Good for you. If you don't
            have one of these, trust me: you can have a great life, anyway.
            Life's too short, to fret much over silly little plastic boxes.
                                          --  Ward Shrake, August 17 2005

                           Bally Astrocade multicart list
                           Cart numbers & original owners
                           (Only 43 total were ever made)

    Cart #       Owner's      Software
    & batch #    Name         version         Original Shipping date
    ===========================================================================
    "00"  1,9  Ward Shrake       1.3b    In-house test cart. One of the first I
                                         had finished in 2001. Revamped a bit in
                                         August 2005, and then given to a friend
                                         of Ward's: Adam Trionfo. Adam also got
                                         the last of the artifacts related to my
                                         production of Bally multicarts; these
                                         include my original hand-drawn MC plans.
                                         (The hole in this cart's case was for a
                                         socket; the only Bally MC to have one.)
                                         Ward is "out of the Bally business" now;
                                         he doesn't even own one of these game
                                         machines any more. Nor does he want one.
     1    1    Jamie Fenton      1.3b    Shipped 2001-10-29.
     2    1    Mike White        1.3     Shipped 2001-11-01.
     3    1    Adam Trionfo      1.3a    Shipped 2001-10-29.
     4    2    Daniel Blitz      1.3     Shipped 2001-12-19.
     5    2    Jeff Rothkopf     1.3     Shipped 2001-12-19.
     6    2    Matt Reichert     1.3     Shipped 2002-01-08.
     7    2    Chris Neiman      1.3     Shipped 2002-01-08.
     8    2    Lance Squire      1.3     Shipped 2001-12-14.
     9    2    Mike Markowski    1.3     Shipped 2002-01-03.
    10    2    Gary Gordon       1.3     Shipped 2001-12-14.
    11    3    David Flemming    1.3     Shipped 2001-12-27.
    12    4    Ben Bauer         1.3a    Shipped 2002-01-25.
    13    5    Ward Shrake       1.3a    Made on 2002-02-20.  (This was Ward's
                                         personal multicart. He sold it during
                                         2004 to Bryan Gruszka's wife; Christmas
                                         present, from her to him. Bryan got my
                                         original "production templates" that
                                         were used for marking DIP switch holes,
                                         along with a related "production jig".)
    14    4    Rich Gallo        1.3a    Shipped 2002-01-25.
    15    4    Aaron Schlieve    1.3a    Shipped 2002-01-25.
    16    5    Jerry Greiner     1.3a    Shipped 2002-02-21.
    17    2    Charles Dysert    1.3     Shipped 2001-12-19.
    18    4    David Wiggins     1.3a    Shipped 2002-02-06.
    19    4    Gerilynn Schott   1.3a    Shipped 2002-01-29.
    20    4    Matthew Knapp     1.3a    Shipped 2002-01-25.
    21    5    Alan Hewston      1.3a    Shipped 2002-02-25.
    22    6    Kevin Zazzera     1.3a    Shipped 2002-02-26.
    23    6    Guy Gordon        1.3a    Shipped 2002-02-26.
    24    7?   Mark Bowling      1.3a    Shipped 2002-05-28.
    25    7?   Douglas Lee       1.3a    Shipped 2002-06-04.
    26    5    Russ Perry Jr.    1.3b    Shipped 2002-08-23.
    27    8?   Rick Truka        1.3b    Shipped 2002-08-05.
    28    8?   Chris Wilkson     1.3b    Sold on 2002-08-xx. Auctioned @ CGE 2002.
    29    8?   Al Backiel        1.3b    Sold on 2002-08-xx. Sold during CGE 2002.
    30    8?   George Livingston 1.3b    Shipped 2002-08-16.
    31    8?   Hans Reutter      1.3b    Shipped 2002-12-27.
    32    8?   Tom Burtell       1.3b    Shipped 2003-01-03.
    33    8?   Larry Anderson    1.3b    Shipped 2002-12-27.
    34    8?   Ian Baronofsky    1.3b    Shipped 2003-01-06.
    35    8?   Chris Albert      1.3b    Shipped 2003-07-xx.
    36    8?   Lucas Barnes      1.3b    Shipped 2002-12-30.
    37    8?   Jeff Rothkopf     1.3b    Shipped 2003-01-03.
    38    8?   Drew Dockery      1.3b    Shipped 2003-01-03.
    39    8?   Jason Wilson      1.3b    Shipped 2003-01-06.
    "43"  3    Ian Baronofsky    1.3     Shipped 2002-12-27.
    "57"  3    Sean McGrail      1.3     Shipped 2002-12-27.
    "69"  3    Kai Darius Kohl   1.3     Shipped 2001-12-21.

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                            Arcadia 2001 multicart list
                          Cart numbers and original owners
                           (Only 34 total were ever made)

    Cart #        Owner's      Software
    & batch #     Name         version             Status of cartridge
    ===========================================================================
     1    1    Bryan Gruszka     1.25a   Shipped 2001-11-26.
     2    1    Stefan Piasecki   1.35    Shipped 2001-11-26.
     3    2    Jeff Rothkopf     1.1     Shipped 2001-12-19.
     4    2    Dan Blitz         1.25a   Shipped 2001-12-19.
     5    2    Mike Markowski    1.1     Shipped 2002-01-03.
     6    2    Matt Reichert     1.25a   Shipped 2002-01-08.
     7    2    Chris Neiman      1.25a   Shipped 2002-01-08.
     8    3    Lee Romanow       1.1a    Shipped 2002-01-22.
     9    4    Dennis Spreen     1.1a    Shipped 2002-01-25.
    10    4    Aaron Schlieve    1.25a   Shipped 2002-01-25.
    11    3    David Flemming    1.25a   Shipped 2001-12-27.
    12    5    Jerry Greiner     1.25a   Shipped 2002-02-21.
    13    3    Ward Shrake       1.35    Finished 2001-12-20. (May sell it later.)
    14    5    Gerilynn Schott   1.25a   Shipped 2002-02-22.
    15    7?   Sly DC            1.25    Shipped 2002-05-28.
    16    7?   Mark Bowling      1.25    Shipped 2002-05-28.
    17    2    Charles Dysert    1.25a   Shipped 2001-12-19.
    18    7?   Al Backiel        1.25a   Sold on 2002-08-xx. Sold during CGE 2002.
    19    7?   Joe Cody          1.25a   Sold on 2002-08-xx. Auctioned @ CGE 2002.
    20    7?   Sean McGrail      1.25a   Shipped 2002-08-23.
    21    8?   Hans Reutter      1.3     Shipped 2002-12-27.
    22    8?   Ian Baronofsky    1.3     Shipped 2003-01-06.
    23    8?   Scott Bertulli    1.3     Shipped 2003-01-09.
    24    8?   Lucas Barnes      1.3     Shipped 2002-12-30.
    25    8?   Jeff Rothkopf     1.3     Shipped 2003-01-03.
    26    3    Russ Perry Jr.    1.3     Shipped 2002-01-19.
    27    8?   Drew Dockery      1.3     Shipped 2003-01-03.
    28    8?   Larry Anderson    1.3     Shipped 2003-01-06.
    29    8?   Matthew Archambeau  1.3   Shipped 2003-01-17.
    30    8?   Matthew Archambeau  1.3   Shipped 2003-01-17.
    "43"   3   Ian Baronofsky    1.25a   Shipped 2001-12-27.
    "69"   3   Kai Darius Kohl   1.25a   Shipped 2001-12-21.
    "2001" 7?  Adam Trionfo      1.35    Shipped 2002-05-03.
    "34"   8?  Ward Shrake       1.35    Finished Jan 2005. (May sell it later.)

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            Notes on the Bally multicarts:
            ==============================

                    Note that only 43 Bally multicarts were ever made,
                    but the cart numbers do not seem to reflect that.
                    This is because I allowed non-sequential numbers
                    to be chosen by owners, at one point or another.
                      #69 is the highest cart number written on any
                    Bally label by Ward. Adam's "test cart" was given
                    a number of "00" as a nod to binary numbering. Ian
                    Baronofsky, Sean McGrail, and Kai Darius Kohl all
                    decided to take Ward up on "pick your favorite #"
                    instead of having the next number in a series.
                      Shipping dates are therefore a more reliable way
                    of knowing whose cart was made earlier, or later.
                    Which is one reason that info is included, above.
                      This bit of whimsy in the cart numbering aside,
                    these are all still very rare carts: less than 50
                    were ever made by Ward Shrake, or ever will be.

                      On cart labels and cart cases: two different case
                    styles were used. The first carts made, used Bally
                    cases; the later batches used cart case halves that
                    Ward obtained through Mike White. (New Old Stock; a
                    third-party company made these, back in the day. He
                    has the last few hundred of these empty case parts.)
                      When Ward was using the original cases, he used a
                    custom label set: one label on top, and one on the
                    bottom, as well. This is because these carts had a
                    spot for two labels. The cases from Mike, did not;
                    so, those carts went out with only one label each.
                      The style of the "bottom" label was essentially
                    a sort of artistic cut-away, showing the cart's
                    inner parts. (Adam's "test cart" was the last to
                    have one of these, as it used a Bally case style.)
                      The upper label also went through minor changes,
                    as time went on. Later cases had a message to the
                    effect that no copyright infringement was intended.
                    (Mike White had verbal approval to supply carts to
                    any interested parties, and passed that permission
                    on to Ward Shrake. Nothing much existed in writing:
                    but technically, most or all of these were "legal".
                    Adam Trionfo also obtained some permissions, while
                    he was doing Digital Archaeology for the Astrocade.)

                    No upgrades are available -- or necessary -- for
                    any of Ward's Bally Multicarts. Any warrantees
                    have long since expired. (Your original Astrocade
                    machine will likely die before the multicart, and
                    Mike White did such a thorough job of archiving
                    things, that even Jamie Fenton expressed surprise
                    at what Mike had . . . and Ward included!)
                      Version 1.3 of the Bally EPROM's data is the last
                    officially available cart upgrade. Everyone already
                    has that version. So: no upgrades. (Note that the
                    1.3a and 1.3b versions were essentially identical
                    to 1.3: Ward can't even recall what the difference
                    was, but assures you it wasn't "more programs". I
                    think it was date differences in the blank filler
                    areas of the cart? Whatever it was it's No Biggie.)

                    Ward and Adam made sure that if owners ever lost
                    their original DIP switch instruction sheet, for
                    the Bally multicart, that they're not out of luck.
                    Simply see the BallyAlley message board web site,
                    over on the "Yahoo! Groups" web site. (Membership
                    is required, but is free.) The latest version is
                    up there. Just download the file, and print it out.

            Notes on the Arcadia multicarts:
            ================================

                    Note that while only 34 actual Arcadia multicarts
                    were ever made, some legitimate labels show silly
                    numbers as high as "2001". This is because Ward
                    had decided not to be overly anal about numbering.
                    He let people choose their own numbering, at least
                    in the beginning of the production process. Later
                    on he became more serious: most numbers at least
                    sort of match up to reality. (See shipping dates
                    and/or batch numbers, if it's "critical" that you
                    know the exact order each cart was made in.)
                      Whimsical numbering aside, these are all part of
                    a handmade cart series that never even hit a full
                    three dozen multicarts made: that is quite rare!
                    And, as with the Bally carts: no more will be made.

                    A few labels may have gone out with dates as late
                    as 2005. This is because some carts went out with
                    no labels, when they were first made. Replacement
                    labels, made later, may or may not reflect dates
                    when the actual carts were first made.

                    If you lost your DIP switch instruction sheet, see
                    the Arcadia2001 ("Yahoo!") message board web site:
                    I uploaded the very latest version of the sheet,
                    onto that site (see "files") for free download.

                    Ward is no longer offering EPROM chip upgrades or
                    cart repairs. However, this does not rule out a
                    chip upgrade from some other source. See the site
                    listed above, if you're technically inclined: Ward
                    uploaded all of the software tools he used himself,
                    to create the Arcadia MC's 512k EPROM files. If you
                    can burn your own chips, or know someone that is
                    capable of that, the data Ward uploaded should be
                    a big help. (Don't worry about voiding warrantees:
                    there aren't any, any more.) These carts were all
                    originally supplied with high quality chip sockets,
                    so the actual upgrade will be a very simple chip swap.
                    Even the back labels of the carts were made in such
                    a way, as to make opening these carts very simple.

            Notes on the VIC-20 multicarts:
            ==============================

                    Only one was ever made. Ward came to his senses,
                    not long afterwards: he retired from gaming rather
                    than assign himself another non-rewarding project
                    of "Busy Work". Spent too many years in that rut
                    to want to continue! One of these carts was more
                    than enough to satisfy Ward's VIC-20 cravings. (A
                    number of difficult I'netters who demanded far too
                    much, for little or no reward, killed any hope of
                    this cart ever seeing an actual production run.)
                      Don't let it worry you, overly much, that copies
                    of this were never made for sale to others: this
                    early breadboard never did have all of the games
                    on it, anyway. Just a bunch of the games that Ward
                    liked the best, for this now-rather-ancient and
                    generally-not-very-much-fun computer / game system.
                      This multicart will stay in Ward's (trimmed-down)
                    personal collection, to be brought out once in a
                    blue moon to play a semi-decent VIC-20 game or two.
                    The names of any such games escape me at present:
                    games on, say, Ward's Atari 8-bit or Turbo-Grafx 16
                    will see FAR more play time, overall.

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                      Parting advice: read the book "Walden" by Henry
                    David Thoreau, at some time during your life. He
                    came up with "Simplify, simplify!" and many other
                    excellent thoughts and advice. That book has been
                    around for over 100 years now; and is still highly
                    respected, all over the globe. If anything related
                    to these game systems last anywhere near that long,
                    I'll be truly flabbergasted. Priorities, people!