Activision Patches

We love this stuff. Back in the day, not only was Activision the pioneering third-party manufacturer of their era, but they even offered these very swank patches for attaining certain goals within their games. You met the challenge, took a picture of the TV screen, and Activision in return would send you the patch and a letter of congratulations. Pretty cool stuff, yet another reason to miss the old days. Special thanks to Mat Allen, Jerry Greiner, John Hardie, and Todd Rogers for filling in some of the holes as well!

Also, if you're interested in the value of a particular patch, be sure to check our online guide - just use "Activision patch" as the title!


Note: the commendation letters are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format, which makes them perfect for punching, printing,
and adding to a custom collecting binder. If you need the utility to view these, click the above button to get it.

Atari 2600	Atari 5200	Atari Computers	ColecoVision	Commodore 64	Intellivision	Rumor Mill
Barnstorming < 33.3 seconds (game 1) < 51.0 seconds (game 2) < 54.0 seconds (game 3) Beamrider (rare) > 40,000 points, sector 14+ Beamrider (read letter) > 60,000 points, sector 20 Chopper Command (read letter) > 10,000 points Crackpots (read letter) > 75,000 points Decathlon (read letter) > 10,000 points Decathlon (read letter) > 9,000 points Decathlon (read letter) > 8,600 points Dolphin > 300,000 points and view secret word Dolphin (read letter) > 80,000 points Dragster (read letter) < 6 seconds Enduro (read letter) > 5 days Freeway (read letter) > 20 points (game 3 or 7) Frostbite (read letter) > 40,000 points Grand Prix (read letter) < 35 seconds (game 1) < 1:00 (game 2) < 1:30 (game 3) < 2:30 (game 4) H.E.R.O. (read letter) > 75,000 points Ice Hockey (read letter) Beat the computer! Kaboom! (read letter) > 3,000 points Keystone Kapers (read letter) > 35,000 points Laser Blast > 100,000 points Laser Blast (read letter) > 1,000,000 points Megamania (read letter) > 45,000 points Oink! (read letter) > 25,000 points Pitfall (read letter) > 20,000 points Pitfall II (read letter) > 99,000 points Plaque Attack (read letter) > 35,000 points Pressure Cooker > 45,000 points   Private Eye Complete game 3   River Raid (read letter) > 15,000 points Robot Tank (read letter) > 48 tanks destroyed Robot Tank (read letter) > 60 tanks destroyed Robot Tank > 72 tanks destroyed Seaquest (read letter) > 50,000 points Skiing (read letter) < 28.2 seconds (game 3) Sky Jinks (read letter) < 37.0 seconds (game 1) Space Shuttle Dock x 5 and > 4,500 units fuel Space Shuttle Dock x 6 and > 7,500 units fuel Spider Fighter (read letter) > 40,000 points Stampede (read letter) > 3,000 points (Atari 2600) Starmaster   Rare promotional patch! Starmaster (read letter) > 3,800 points Starmaster (read letter) > 5,700 points Starmaster > 7,600 points Starmaster > 9,000 points   Tennis (read letter) Beat the computer!

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