Anyone have any clue what these cassettes go to?

[RH | 5,344]

See below.

 

I'm not talking about the N64 cart, obviously.  The description in the sales post simply states they are shaped like 8-track tapes.  That last game seems to have instructions printed on the cart regarding which button to push for an answer.

I tried to google some of the markings but nothing came up.  The names are to generic.  What are these?

[a3quit4s | 4,448]

Whatever the hell this eBay listing is for is what they go to lol

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1978-MEGO-2XL-TOY-TALKING-ROBOT-W-5-8-TRACK-TAPES-TESTED/154184963165?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=154184963165&targetid=1068836632939&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9007796&campaignid=11612591253&mkgroupid=113642469552&rlsatarget=pla-1068836632939&abcId=9300457&merchantid=6296724&gclid=Cj0KCQiApY6BBhCsARIsAOI_GjZpyO0MhljW1fsRa4pBMtlEPZDmODumyBP_H3SK2iRFZV6dsNAJ-6EaApcWEALw_wcB&pageci=7adbf443-59af-47ea-8c4c-e390c7135f63

[Tabonga | 2,533]

Here is what I dug up:

http://www.2xlrobot.com/programs/wordnsound.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-XL

[RH | 5,344]

Oh, I remember the revised model of that.  My brother and I didn't have one, but we did have a similar system where you put a cassette tape in a player, their was place to put a book and after it read each page, there was a Q&A stop and you pressed one of 4 colorful buttons.  It was kind of like a Choose Your Own Adventure on a cassette for kids.  I imagine these were similar, but for trivia.

Thanks guys.

[Tulpa | 3,770]

Yeah, I remember the Tiger Electronics version. I guess an 8-Track version makes sense, even though I've never seen that one.

[Estil | 1,293]

That looks neat actually!

[phart010 | 1,804]

I was guessing 8 track tapes

[Code Monkey | 2,217]

Are kids today confused by 8 track tapes? I thought people were still aware of what they looked like.

[fcgamer | 5,058]

Yeah I thought this looks a bit neat too, not $130+ neat though.

[RH | 5,344]

35 minutes ago, Code Monkey said:

Are kids today confused by 8 track tapes? I thought people were still aware of what they looked like.

Oh, no doubt they look like 8 tracks, but that doesn't mean they necessarily were.  The original seller didn't post the front-side and the way he worded his description, I wasn't sure if it was an 8 track or not.  Looks like these definitely are though.

[Tabonga | 2,533]

1 hour ago, Code Monkey said:

Are kids today confused by 8 track tapes? I thought people were still aware of what they looked like.

Heh -those things were miserable.  Anyone who had a car player eventually had to stick a matchbook under either the top or the bottom of the cart since the head would would inevitably get out of alignment (they had a playback head that would move up and down to match the tracks on the tape).e

I made beer money in college off those since I could usually repair broken tapes. 

I also once had an 8 track copy of Tres Hombres by ZZ Top that was really strange in that "LaGrange" had no vocals on it.  I used to freak people out by sticking it in and they would eventually notice the vocals were gone.

[Strange | 1,738]

I’ve seen those particular tapes before. IIRC you insert 8 track tapes designed for that robot into the robot and it tells stories it has interactive audio or whatever.