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PingvinBlueJeans

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In Topic: What's with SMS cases?

Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:43 PM

I've never really noticed that Master System cases are in any worse condition than Genesis cases overall. I have noticed that nice Sega cases are getting harder to find in general, and I suspect the main reason for this (in addition to the simple passage of time) is that people are swapping out the bad cases when they get rid of stuff and keeping the good ones for the games in their collection. Various people have also been swiping up the good cases for use with Genesis homebrews and aftermarket repros, so that comes into play as well.

Personally, I can say that if I have extra Sega stuff to get rid of, I usually swap out the cases if they're in good shape and get rid of the worst ones I have. So it doesn't surprise me that most of the games floating around in the wild nowadays are pretty trashed.

In Topic: CBS Electronics cart labels wrong way round?

Sun Oct 9, 2011 9:38 AM

View PostLendorien, on Fri Oct 7, 2011 1:21 PM, said:

I don't know how this could have been a factory mistake if it was machine applied. Labels such as these come on rolls. In this case, when the labels were made, they could have been printed backwards on the rolls. So when they were loaded onto the labeler, and given that the carts would have to be put through the machine a certain way, this is how they were applied.
Some of the Sega labels were indeed applied the wrong way. But if you closely at the CBS labels you'll see that they weren't applied incorrectly, but were actually cut from the roll (or die-cut from the sheet) incorrectly. In other words, if you look at the face side of the label where it says the game's title in smaller letters at the top, that text is really supposed to be at the bottom of the previous label on the sheet. I think that's really the issue in play here.

In Topic: Whats the deal with the N64 Conker's Bad Fur Day

Tue Oct 4, 2011 10:44 PM

I picked this one up years ago at Toys 'R' Us when they literally had stacks of them in the bargain bin. I think it cost me $8 or something like that.

In Topic: New Atari 2600 Game Discovered - 28 years later

Mon Oct 3, 2011 8:03 PM

View Postnofrills100, on Mon Oct 3, 2011 7:56 PM, said:

I wonder if the cartridge mold matches the short carts that come out of asia - like supervision and spacevision short carts.
I'm guessing for such a small run they would have ordered then in from somewhere?
According to info found in the link in the first post, the games were manufactured by Telcom Research Ltd. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

Does anyone have a photo of one of these short SpaceVision/SuperVision cartridges?

View Postnofrills100, on Mon Oct 3, 2011 7:57 PM, said:

How does the donor know so much about the original company?
Because he appears to have gotten in contact with one or more of the people who ran it.


View PostCPUWIZ, on Mon Oct 3, 2011 7:43 PM, said:

I hope this is not a hoax from Atari Charles. :ponder: :lol:
Heh. Yeah, this is that "E.T. - Return to Earth" prototype he was always babbling about.

In Topic: Gremlins 5200?

Mon Oct 3, 2011 7:51 PM

View PostGreg2600, on Mon Oct 3, 2011 7:28 PM, said:

Didn't Spielberg threaten a lawsuit if it wasn't released?
It's also been said that he attempted to buy the cartridges from Atari so he could release them. I'm not sure if either of these claims are true.

Oddly enough, Gremlins was released on time for the most part. That is, the Atarisoft versions for most of the home computers (Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC) were released in 1984, as was the Atari 2600 version. Only the 5200 and 400/800 versions were held up, with the latter being the only one to never get a release.

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