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[chriswhit]

http://cgi.ebay.com/...=item53de7fccca

Edited by chriswhit, Wed Dec 9, 2009 11:36 PM.

[Mitch]

No.
http://www.atariage....tify-cartridge/

Mitch

[batari]

Mitch, on Wed Dec 9, 2009 11:28 PM, said:

No.
http://www.atariage....tify-cartridge/

Mitch

And by no, you mean yes? It's definitely not a proto as is claimed in the auction.

I have found several while building Harmony carts - like this one.

If someone wants to give me $54.99, I'll consider it...

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[Bruce Tomlin]

The best part is that this stupid glop-top board is... BROKEN!

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but the chip is cracked so the game is not playable

Note that while it's not a typical "glop-top" because of that square on top, it's the same principle. Chip die mounted to circuit board, wired directly to board, then covered with a glop of epoxy. This is the farthest you can get from a prototype... these are for high quantity manufacturing.

I seem to recall there are a few unreleased games that made it to manufacturing but never got sold (Dukes of Hazzard?) and some of those may have been of glop-top boards. But they're still not prototypes, and they're basically worthless if broken.

EDIT: oh wow, and a 30-day auction with no BIN? Longer time to find a sucker, but long enough for them not to care.

Edited by Bruce Tomlin, Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:54 PM.

[Mitch]

batari, on Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:08 AM, said:

Mitch, on Wed Dec 9, 2009 11:28 PM, said:

No.
http://www.atariage....tify-cartridge/

Mitch

And by no, you mean yes? It's definitely not a proto as is claimed in the auction.

I have found several while building Harmony carts - like this one.

If someone wants to give me $54.99, I'll consider it...

Eh yes, I meant to say yes it's not a proto.

Mitch