| Name | Cat. # on back of UK box (if none, then text on back of box is indicated) | Thumb scan of game | Year on back of game | Comment + Order in which I obtained them | Cartoon Character |
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31370 | |
None evident | 27 | |
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31371 | |
None evident | 28. By this time, video games were just going mass market and this is the first effort to simulate a video game. See also SPACE INVADER later. | |
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31372 | |
None evident | 25 | |
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31373 | |
None evident | 24 | |
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31374 | |
None evident | 30 | |
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31375 | |
None evident | 29 | |
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Large Para | |
32 | |
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Large para | |
33 | |
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Large para | |
34 | |
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Large para | |
35 | |
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Large para | |
36 | |
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Large para | |
37 | |
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Small para | |
39 | |
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Small para | |
40 | |
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Small para | |
41. Not to be confused with the 2 player game produced much earlier. | |
"Large para" refers to a paragraph on the rear of the box of some of the games. It is a lengthy legal paragraph and since only 6 of the games have boxes that feature it, I deduce that these 6 came out in one batch. I also know from my records that these six came out after Splash Down, the final Pocketeer produced with a category number. (Feb 2004: this is now confirmed from the 1981 Palitoy catalogue).
"Small para" refers to a similar but smaller legal paragraph, unique to just three of the game boxes. Since I know that these three came out after the 6 showing the "Large para", I deduce that this batch was the final Pocketeer batch made.
james at masters.me.uk