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Cassette Vision. Japan only. Funny (given the name) that it looks like glitchy tape, but actually uses cartridges.

Yes, I love to see those! Thank you!

This was in response to some complaining about unfair malignment of E.T. So there were an equivalent number of Pac-Man games and consoles? Thank you for providing better information. Although exact numbers aren't necessary to what I was trying to say. 728,000, as I mentioned. I know, it was just one warehouse. I had some text about that but opted to leave it out in favor of more unique things that I hadn't seen rehashed ad nauseam already ITT. Again, just addressing some talk about how "I liked E.T. so there is no way millions of them were buried!" After reading that about 14 times, my feeling became, "Who cares, there were a lot." What I was getting at here, is that there were millions unsold, and there were multiple truckloads buried. It's easy to conflate the two, especially before we knew all that we do now. But that doesn't completely invalidate the "myth" as some people called it.

Cartridge cracks: no Cartridge scratches, markers, stickers: yes Label significant tears: not preferable Label minor tears, scratches, stickers: maybe, but I might keep an eye out for upgrades too I clean every game I get myself before playing it. If the cartridge looks fine (usually) I don't bother but the contacts get a once-over every time, and I keep at it until the q-tip stays clean. It's far from necessary but it takes a few minutes and preventative is better than reactive IMO.

haha, I did. I started reading on page 1 the other day. It took me a few posts to wonder why people are still debating this How does it feel now, to look back on it and all that's happened? A couple of thoughts I had throughout my read... The numbers were bigger for Pac-Man. Pac-Man sold(over 50%)/unsold was about 7 million/5 million. E.T. sold(under 50%)/unsold was 1.5 million/3.5 million. 10 million 2600 consoles existed at the time. http://www.snopes.com/business/market/atari.asp With that in mind, E.T.'s bad reputation, however undeserved, makes sense. Pac-Man has iterations (including the first one) that everyone can see are good, whether or not they read a manual--which not everyone does. E.T. as a video game only had the one shot. A large number of cartridges were buried. Regardless of millions of one game or millions (or 728,000) of various, 14 trailers might not be "a sea" but it is a lot. Up to 56,000 cubic feet of matter. For anyone who doubted the dig due to unexpectedly good condition of recovered games: This is what happens in landfills. The matter just does not break down. It's very possible to find old, full, readable newspapers in landfill digs and this has happened many times. http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu/23/174

Haha, yeah. There are a hundred different ways to play billiards or cards. I think they came at it that way. And "15 games in 1" games that are the same thing with minor tweaks. It was new and we didn't have a lot of preconceptions and definitions then.

Nothing, sorry. I linked to the "pause kit now available thread" before I saw that you posted in it. Good luck

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