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[Nevermind]

Hello,

I've recently purchased some games on the internet for my lynx,
one of them was scrapyard dog, BUT... it actually is gates of zendocon
with a label of scrapyard dog !

the label doesn't seem to be tempered with.
has anybody else seen something like this ?
could this be a production error ? or was it intentional and if so why ?

[SwedenLynxer]

Intresting. Never heard of something like this before. Of course a production error could be the answer. But maybe it's more likely the seller has put on the Scrapyard Dog label himself. Because Scrapyard Dog has a little more value than Gates of Zendocon.

[ThomH]

I've just received a Tournament Cyberball (per the labelling) that's actually Scrapyard Dog. I'm tempted to assume it was a genuine error at the Atari end, since there are absolutely no signs of tampering and it has come with the seemingly genuine instructions for Tournament Cyberball.

[LX.NET]

Interesting. Such cartridges seem like valuable for collectors. Sort of like the misprints on post stamps. I'd be interested

[Atari_afternoon]

Right It used to happen with records (labels reversed, wrong labels altogether, one label missing etc, one label black and white,...I have one music CD with totally different music than from what´s printed on the CD itself and the booklet, interestingly same genre LOL so I have kept it), so why not with Lynx cartridges?

I do not assume there are any pirated Lynx carts out there? (I don´t believe the market was big enough for "fakeys"...)

Edited by Atari_afternoon, Thu Dec 1, 2011 10:42 PM.

[ThomH]

Atari_afternoon, on Thu Dec 1, 2011 10:27 PM, said:

I do not assume there are any pirated Lynx carts out there? (I don´t believe the market was big enough for "fakeys"...)

I don't think there are any that look like real Lynx carts, but I've seen a few copies of Lemmings, Desert Strike and the other rare ones on eBay that are big fat ROMs on exposed PCBs, making me quite suspicious.

Anyway, I'll photograph my Cyberball-that-isn't when I get an opportunity so there'll be no need to take my word for it. Quite apart from looking completely genuine, I can't think of any reason anyone would deliberately have converted one quite common game into a different but very common game, and gone out of their way to obtain the correct instructions poster but not bothered to find a box.

[ThomH]

Well, not the world's most interesting pictures but here they are. The pictured cartridge contains Scrapyard Dog. At the lower left corner you can see where I've peaked to check there's not another label underneath, and there isn't.

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[Shawn Jefferson]

<sub>This happened to me with a case of club soda once. One was in a Pepsi can. It was a bit of shock when I opened it and took a drink, expecting Pepsi and it was actually Club Soda!

Mistakes happen everywhere I guess.</sub>

Edited by Shawn Jefferson, Sat Dec 3, 2011 9:59 PM.