MrMark0673

To Retrofreak: Talk is cheap, if you're so gung-ho about preservation then go out, buy an unreleased undumped game, and release it to the community. Or better yet, just buy my repros and I'll actually release games to the community rather than just promise what I would do if I had an unreleased game fall in my lap. I have at bare minimum 2 more undumped/unreleased games that will be repro'd and sold in the near future, what games do you plan on releasing? All my protos, public or otherwise, have been backed up. If they do bit rot, I'll just erase and reprogram the chips.

No one? How about $275 shipped anywhere in the US? If you don't like the price, make an offer!

Buy my repros and save history!!!!11!!! They'll be on sale this Friday if anyone is interested, just shoot me a PM and I'll point you in the right direction.

Hey guys, Looking to sell this NPDP reader: I'm looking to get $325 or best offer, but I'd also consider some trades. My biggest wants are cart based prototypes, and rare NES games and boxes. Shoot me a PM with any questions or offers!

I've always seen your points Frank, but I see it as if I can preserve the game, AND provide collectors with a hard copy, AND release the ROM to the public, AND make a buck at the same time, what's the issue? With repros, most people are happy. The person who bought the game gets to keep a (likely) one of a kind item on their shelf. The collecting community gets a game that will go with the rest of their collection and a game they can play on the real hardware the way it was designed to be played. The game "preservation society" gets the history of a game that could very well have been lost forever. The game owner also makes back part of the money he put into preserving it in the first place. The only people who lose out in this situation is the original company that developed the game. The programmers were paid for their work, unless of course they owned the company in question. I tried to contact the original members of the development team for Hoppin' Mad, but to no avail. Also, although I had a programmer finish the game (the coding for the third level was incomplete), we have kept the names of the original development team in the game. I understand that many people have spent thousands to release games to the community and asked for nothing in return, and that's great. I appreciate everything they have done to do so. I personally contributed to the release of the ROM for Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch so that the ROM could be preserved, and I plan to continue to contribute to releases that NA aim to make public. I have put countless hours into soldering boards (and the laundry list of other things that go into a CIB repro release) and will continue to do it with every unreleased game that I come across. I've also experienced the heartache of buying an undumped, unreleased game too late. I purchased a 3.5" floppy with the ROM files for the Genesis game Kartoon Kombat. Unfortunately, one of the 4 files on the disc had been damaged and was corrupted. I brought it to a PC repair shop and sent it to a forum member for possible repair but it was no use. All I have now is some text pulled from a hex editor with character descriptions and maybe a few sprites. All of this could have been avoided if the previous owner had spent 5 minutes saving the files onto his computer. I'm not into protos for investment reasons, I don't know how many proto collectors are really. I love the NES, and to get to see and play games that should have been released is one of those crazy feelings you just can't explain. I'd love for others to play the games that I've purchased, but I'd also like to keep up with my mortgage at the same time. They could sit on my shelf, or I could make repros and continue to release games to the community. I think the later is a no brainer.

Depends what platform the game is for and how it is released. Bunnyboy auctioned off 5 gold Campus Challenge repros that sold for a total of $2,077.02: http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messagevi...;threadid=16768 Add to that whatever profit he has made off of the carts he sells for $85 a pop on retrousb.com, and he could have easily made several thousand on it. I am very comfortable with the projected profit of my release, devalue of proto and all. I guess I can let you guys know for sure in 2 weeks

They'd buy it for the same reason they would buy any other proto/homebrew repro; to have a playable copy of a game that was never released (be it homebrew or proto) on the original hardware. If you want Star Raiders or Pac Man for the 2600, go ahead and buy an original. If you want to play Hoppin' Mad on the NES, either buy a copy from me or wait until the ROM is released, buy an EPROM programmer, desolder the PRG and CHR ROMs on an NROM board, program (and erase is you bought used) the CHR and PRG EPROMs (assuming you have the knowledge and ability to split a .NES file into CHR and PRG files), solder them into the board and voila! You have your own copy on a cart! Understand why people are willing to pay for that service now? To Tempest: This is the case with not only NES protos, but others as well. One of a kind protos always sell more prior to being dumped, the only isolated incident that I know of is the case of Earthbound. If you can point me to something that shows otherwise I'd love to see it.

Most CIB NES releases as of late have had a presale (Ditka, Happy Camper, etc.) and sold well over 100 before repro makers got the released ROM. Also, with the limited release aspect of it collectors have been more likely to buy one of the "original" numbered repros then they have a loose cart from one of the many repro sites. To Tempest: Dumping has consistently devalued unreleased games and is easily the biggest factor in value of a proto. California Raisin's had $2k offers pre dump and sold for $600 post dump. Castlevania4ever had many protos of dumped, released games that went for a full term on EBay and brought in just over $300 a piece (Cross Fire, Hit the Ice, Sun Man, etc.). The ONLY instance of a proto selling for more post-dumping was Earthbound and that can be attributed to a few factors. #1: A very large fan base and #2: The person who purchased it was the WIFE of a collector and most people agree that she greatly overpaid for it. The new owner made many attempts to sell it at a significant loss to no avail. When it comes to unreleased games, level of completeness matters but only to an extent. I purchased Arcadia VI for $1,500 and out of the 6 games that were meant to be on it, only 4 were ever started and only 1 was ever completed. I wouldn't have paid more than $300-$400 had it been dumped, as would most other proto collectors. Anyway, I am releasing at least 2 more games for the NES from protos that I have purchased. I paid over $1k for each on of them, after I dump them and sell off repros I'm willing to sell each one for a measly $800. Hey, the cart is the only valuable part, right?

It should be at the discretion of the owner of the prototype. For those of you saying to dump and release, that's great! Now go spend thousands on unreleased, undumped protos and release them to the public. I personally dump every proto that comes through my hands, and I have several unreleased games for the NES in my possession. The whole "having the cart is good enough for me" argument is asinine too. Why spend thousands on an item and then intentionally devalue it? If that's your MO, then more power to you. If the cart alone is all you want, why not buy dumped protos for a fraction of the price? I don't mind dumping and releasing, I plan to do that with every unreleased game I own and I will continue to buy them up and release them to the public for as long as I'm in this hobby. I'm also going to sell reproductions in order to re-coup my investment. It's a win-win, I make money and the public gets another unreleased game. On that note, my first release, Hoppin' Mad for the NES, is set to go on sale Friday May 29th. The release will be limited to 100 carts and no carts will be made in the future by me. After the sale, I will be publicly releasing the ROM so that everyone can enjoy it whether they bough a repro or not. For more info on the game, you can read my interview at unseen64 here: http://www.unseen64.net/articles/unseen-in...ark-hoppin-mad/

No one wants some sweet arcade boards for some NES carts? Last Bump!

Bump! SotN has been traded and 4 of my NES games have been scratched off my list. No one wants to trade some crappy NES games for some sweet 360 games?

Hi guys, Still looking to complete my licensed NTSC set and with the titles getting harder to come by on the list, I'm figuring it was time to up the ante a bit. I'm looking for loose carts with good labels and minimal sticker/marker damage at the bear minimum, but I'm also interested in picking up the boxes and manuals for these. First up... My loose NES WANTS: Bandit Kings of Ancient China Chubby Cherub Die Hard Dragon Fighter Gemfire Godzilla 2 Lemmings L'Empereur Might & Magic Ms. Pac Man (licensed) Pac Man (Namco) Pirates! Qix Romance of the Three Kingdoms II S.C.A.T. Stadium Events Star Trek: The Next Generation Tecmo Cup Soccer What I have for TRADE: PSX Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Greatest Hits ***TRADED*** Game is complete with disc, case, and manual, all in good shape. It is tested and working. Very good shape with some tiny cracks in the front of the case. CPS-II A boards: Street Fighter Alpha: Picture and discription stolen from my brother. Not phoenixed, and I have no idea when the battery was changed. Fired right up without trouble today, and I will post pics of game running if you're interested in purchasing. Would sell outright for $40 plus shipping. Marvel vs Capcom: Picture and description stolen from my brother. Phoenixed Edition. Works flawlessly. Will post pics of game running if someone is interested in purchasing. XBox 360 Games: All XBox 360 games are complete and look/play like brand new. The Orange Box: Condemned: Criminal Origins: Bullet Witch: I will be adding pictures and more items tonight. Really looking to get fair trades for this stuff, please send me a PM with all reasonable offers or post them in this thread. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Hi guys, I have a bunch of SNES and Genny protos that I would like to back up. I use a CopyNES for my NES protos and I use an Eprom programmer for all of my loose chips. I'm looking for the best devices for dumping SNES and Genny protos WITHOUT removing the Eproms. I have removed and dumped socketed SNES chips, but I'm not very good at combing them into a usable ROM. The Genny carts that I have all have soldered chips and there is absolutely no way that I'm willing to desolder them to dump the game. What should I buy and where should I find it? I'm not interested in sending these out to people with dumping resources as I'm likely going to be getting many more protos in the future, so no need to offer up that service. Thanks everyone!

I have paypal ready to be sent ASAP if this is still available, just shoot me a pm and you can mark this sold!

How much for the Nigel Mansell?

You can check them out here: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmrmark0673 Nothing crazy rare or anything, but some very nice boxes in these auctions. Feel free to contact me about prices if you want to work something out!

I just got my state refund in the mail and was thinking that many of you are now seeing your tax refunds. Want to spend a lot of it all at once but don't know what to buy? Well, I have I got the thing for you! Buy my Test Carts!!! These just don't do it for me anymore, I'm keeping my Zelda Test Cart and I'm parting with the rest. As far as prices are concerned... Buy any Test Cart shown above for $200 shipped priority Take the whole lot for $1,000 shipped priority All the Test Carts are working perfectly, I can update with pictures of each one fired up in the system. I can also take pictures and give any other details you may want to know. The Carts available are: Yellow Joystick Test Cart Yellow Port Test Cart Yellow Control Deck Test Cart Yellow Power Pad Test Cart Gray Control Deck Test Cart Gray NTF2 Test Cart I'll listen to offers, but I'm by no means disparate to sell theses, so please keep them reasonable. If I don't get many hits I'll toss them on EBay with a BO and see how they do.

They'll definitely want to know if any are boots, like that KOF 2005 (boot). Yes, and I understand that, but as an end user, I don't understand the hostility I get off some of those people. Original or not I didn't make them. If the only way to know is to open them and mess with the insides (something I'm not going to chance on a working game) then I can't be sure. I'm sure some are original SNK produced, some I'm sure are not. I'm not asking original kit prices. When they are gone they are gone, you won't see me selling more, as I'm not a cart maker. KOF 2005 was ever released that I can tell. It came in my 6 slot cabinet, so it is a homebrew hack type game. That is obvias, so I priced it very low. It's still great fun for under $20. AX You don't have to mess with the insides, just unscrew them and take a picture of the boards. Without that, you'll have a tough time selling some of them. The Captain Tomaday clearly has a reprinted label, I'd no sooner give you $8 than $80 for a bootleg Tomaday. You're better off taking a quick peak at the boards so that people know what they're buying and what you're selling.

Hi guys, I'm down to about 50 or so carts to complete my licensed set, just looking to see if I can trade some carts I have to get a bit closer before I start buying up the remaining ones I need. I know there are a few that are on the pricey side, but I still have a bunch of commons to fill up my set so maybe we can work out a trade. As far as trades go, I'm looking for any loose carts on my list that are in good shape. No tears on the labels, but don't have to be dead mint either. Let me know what you have in mind as far as trades go and we can work something out. Don't be afraid to make an offer, I have no problem trading in your favor if it helps me get closer to the finish line. Here are the things I have, I'll make sure to send pictures of anything anyone is interested in before finalizing a deal. I'll make note of many of the major blemishes below. Items I have for TRADE: Loose NES Carts: 8 Eyes 10-Yard Fight AD&D Heroes of the Lance Airwolf Bart vs The World Bigfoot Blades of Steel Castlevania Clash at Demonhead Dig Dug II Dragon Spirit Dungeon Magic Elevator Action Fester's Quest Friday the 13th Ghosts N Goblins Goal! (very poor label) Godzilla Goonies II Gradius Hunt for Red October (terrible label) Ice Hockey Infiltrator Ironsword Magic Johnspn's Fast Break Marble Madness NFL Football Nintendo World Cup Soccer Paper Boy Platoon Racket Attack Rad Racer Renegade Rocket Ranger Seicross Sesame Street Silk Worm Spy Hunter Star Voyager Tag Team Wrestling Tecmo Bowl Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2 copies) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II Timelord Treasure Master Willow Wrath of the Black Manta PS2 Games CIB: Chessmaster Enter the Matrix Ghost Recon Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto Vice City Hitman 2 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers (case and book only, no game) Metal Gear Solid 2 Onimusha Peter Jackson's King Kong Socom II: U.S. Navy Seals The Scorpion King (torn plastic on front of case) The Thing Twisted Metal Black (also has TM4, I'd throw in for free) And now, for my WANTS: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Bandit Kings of Ancient China Break Time Bucky O'Hare Castle of Dragon Championship Pool Chubby Cherub Conflict Cyberball Defenders of Dynatron City Die Hard Dragon Fighter Gemfire Godzilla 2 Isolated Warrior Jimmy Connors Tennis Laser Invasion Lemmings L'Empereur Mad Max Mickey's Adventure in Numberland Mickey's Safari in Letterland Might & Magic Miracle Piano Teaching System Ms. Pac Man Nobunaga's Ambition Nobunaga's Ambition II Overlord Pac Man (Namco) Pipe Dream Pirates! Power Punch II Qix R.B.I. Baseball (Licensed) The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckeroo$! Romance of the Three Kingdoms II S.C.A.T. Shadow of the Ninja Stadium Events Star Trek: The Next Generation Street Cop Tecmo Cup Soccer Thunder and Lightning Toki Touchdown Fever Ultima: Warriors of Destiny Uncharted Waters Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing Xexyz Zanac Thanks, let me know if you have any questions!

Sold! Thanks to all those interested, this can be locked.

Hi folks, I don't have a 2600 anymore and haven't for some time, doesn't seem to be much reason for me to hold onto these any longer. I don't have a system to test these out on, but they were working the last time I used them (it has been a very long time since I've played an Atari, so either the controllers feel really tight or I'm just not used to feeling the way they should respond). I have: 2 2600 AC adapters 2 Sets of paddle controllers 1 first party controller 1 Slik Stik controller As far are trades are concerned, I'm in the market for a few NES first party AC adapters or any NES game I don't have (although that list is fairly small). I can post my complete NES needs shortly if anyone wanted to trade for loose carts. If someone wants to buy any of this stuff, I have to admit I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to current 2600 prices, so feel free to make an offer (including shipping) and we can work something out. Keep in mind that I'm not looking for much, so if you make an offer that covers shipping and just a tad extra, I'm likely to hop on it.

Thanks dude, I can't seem to edit my original post with the good link.

Figured I'd post these one more time at $850 if anyone wants them. This is a great price and it isn't very often that these appear in lots. Enjoy! http://www.chasethechuckwagon.com/item.cgi...item=0000046868

So I've made some solid progress on my loose licensed NTSC set, but I've got a whole load of new dupes that I'm looking to unload for any carts I don't have. The more carts you want to trade, the better, but I'll do as low as a 1 for 1 trade if it's reasonable. The condition of the games vary, but most are in really good shape. I'll take pics of any carts people are interested in and I will definitely take pics of the higher end items. I'm looking for loose carts that are in good shape (clean carts, whole labels). I can deal with marker and stickers as long as they are not on the label. First up, my list of games I have for TRADE: Arkanoid Bart vs The World Bart vs the Space Mutants Baseball Breakthru Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Dick Tracy Donkey Kong Classics Duck Hunt (2 copies) Ducktales Ducktales 2 Dynowarz Excitebike Faxanadu Fester's Quest Friday the 13th Galaga Gauntlet (Tengen) Ghostbusters II Ghosts 'N Goblins Goglo 13 Golf (2 copies) Gotcha! Gremlins 2 Guerrilla war Gun Smoke Gyromite (5 screw) Gyruss Hook Hoops (2 copies) Hydlide Infiltrator (2 copies) Ironsword Jack Nicklaus Golf Jeopardy! Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition John Elwya's Quarterback Jordan vs Bird Kickle Cubicle Kid Kool Kings of the Beach Kung Fu MLB Baseball Milon's Secret Castle Operation Wolf Platoon Robocop Solomon's Key Super Off-Road Tecmo Bowl Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2 copies) Tetris The Adventures of Bayou Billy The Goonies II The Guardian Legend Top Gun (2 copies) Total Recall Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? Now, my entire WANTS list: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Balloon Fight Bandit Kings of Ancient China Barbie Barker Bill's Trick Shooting Bases Loaded 4 Batman: Return of the Joker Batman Returns Battle Chess Battleship Bill Elliot's NASCAR Challenge Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure Bomberman II Bonk's Adventure Boulder Dash Break Time Bucky O'Hare Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout Burai Fighter Caesar's Palace Captain America and the Avengers Casino Kid II Castle of Dragon Championship Pool Chubby Cherub Conflict Cool World Cowboy Kid Cyberball Cybernoid Darkman Defenders of Dynatron City Die Hard Donkey Kong Jr. Math Dragon's Lair Dragon Fighter Dragon Warrior II Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball F-117A Stealth Fighter Fisher Price: Firehouse Rescue Fisher Price: Perfect Fit Fist of the North Star Formula One: Built to Win Frankenstein: The Monster Returns Fun House Gemfire Ghost Lion Goal! 2 Godzilla 2 Greg Norman's Golf Power Gun+Nac Harlem Globetrotters Hollywood Squares Home Alone Image Fight Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Taito) Isolated Warrior Jimmy Connors Tennis Kickmaster Kid Nikki: Radical Ninja King's Quest V L'Empereur Laser Invasion Lemmings Lode Runner M.C. Kids M.U.L.E. Mad Max Magician Mappy-Land Mario is Missing Marvel's X-Men Metal Mech Mickey's Adventure in Numberland Mickey's Safari in Letterland Might & Magic Mighty Bombjack Miracle Piano Teaching System Monster in My Pocket Motor City Patrol Ms. Pac Man Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing Nightshade Ninja Crusaders Nobunaga's Ambition Nobunaga's Ambition II Orb 3-D Overlord Pac Man (Namco) Pictionary Pinball Quest Pirates! Power Punch II Pro Sport Hockey Puss N' Boots Qix R.B.I. Baseball (Licensed) Racket Attack Rainbow Islands Rally Bike Remote Control Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves RoboCop 3 Rockin' Kats Rollerblade Racer Romance of the Three Kingdoms II Roundball 2 – 2 Challenge S.C.A.T. Sesame Street: Countdown Sesame Street ABC/123 Shadow of the Ninja Smash T.V. Snake's Revenge Spelunker Spiderman: Revenge of the Sinister Six Stack – Up Stadium Events Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Starship Hector Street Cop Super Spike V'Ball Super Spy Hunter Superman Swamp Thing T2: Terminator 2, Judgment Day Taboo: The Sixth Sense Tecmo Cup Soccer Terminator Terra Cresta The Adventures of Rad Gravity The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends The Bard's Tale The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle The Immortal The Jetsons: Cogswell Caper The Last Ninja The Last Starfighter The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckeroo$! The Rocketeer The Simpsons: Krusty's Fun House The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Thunder and Lightning Thunderbirds Toki Tombs & Treasure Touchdown Fever Toxic Crusaders Twin Cobra Twin Eagle Ultima: Warriors of Destiny Ultimate Air Combat Uncharted Waters Videomation WWF Wrestlemania Challenge WWF Wrestlemania Steel Cage Challenge Wacky Races Wario's Woods Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition Wheel of Fortune Featuring Vanna White Wizardry Master Series II: Knight of Diamonds Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros... Visions of Power Wolverine Xexyz Yoshi's Cookie Zanac Zen: Intergalactic Ninja Zombie Nation So that's basically it. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I'll have some pictures of the games up shortly. I'll be posting this on several other forums, so be aware that my haves/needs may change before I can edit my post. Thanks!

Eh, I saw some chips and took a shot, what can I say? It was this same chance taking that netted me this unknown until this year proto of the unreleased Hoppin' Mad for the NES: That one is worth quite a bit more than a burned CD . Thanks for the info, if anyone wants these they can have them for $25 shipped anywhere in the US, just shoot me a PM! -Mark