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  4. Posted

    Hi!

     

    Here are a couple of lists I use, they're kind of big so it might take a while for the 56k people, but there's a lot of info.

     

     

    The first is a list of all the carts I have in the system except prototype and most pal stuff.

    This one has the AtariGuide price, followed by the 32db price, along with areas to write the number of carts, instructions, etc. that you have.

     

    http://www.atariguide.com/lists/masterlist2.html

     

    The second I used to use to do inventory, I'll just provide it in case someone finds it useful.

     

    http://www.atariguide.com/lists/masterlist1.html

     

    Jason

  6. Posted

    One question I have....does anyone have a recommendation on what glue to use to re-attach a label? The side label fell off of a cart and I was wondering what people suggested.

     

     

    Use Photo Glue, used for gluing photos to backing sheets, should be able to find it at any art or stationary store. Look for the stuff that doesn't bleed thru paper. Mine is the "UHU Stic Photo Glue Stick".

  7. Posted

    Especially since there are now, or will soon be, several uploads on the net anyways.

     

    If I was to get to release the ROM, I would buy it. But how would you know this isn't a hacked PAL rom?

     

    I can appreciate the source code listing for what it is. You wouldn't have to type the whole thing, just compare against a listing from a pal rom for any differences, and I'd imagine they're small, to create an authentic NTSC rom file.

  8. Posted

    The way I see it, you have to win both the cart and the source code listing now for either to be worth anything. I would want to win these, and then sit on them for a few months, and then release them. But if you don't win both, whoever wins the other may release it first :( Plus, since the NTSC rom is hackable and/or available, what is the use? Plus if it is fake, nobody around here is going to help you to get your money back :x

  9. Posted

    I have two different "standard" pac man label variations. I determined there were two different templates or printers because the pac man in one is slightly larger, and touches the top of the label. I have a few other pac man variants, but that one illustrates the subtle differences.

    I've also noticed some differences in game program, for instance Asteroids which starts with the copyright notice. Also I've noticed that some combats seem to start on a different color consistently, very bright pink that always makes me think the cart is bad or PAL.

    Does it make a difference? It depends who you are. Theres not much difference between a 1994 quarter, and a 1993, but a lot of people seem to collect them. I'm interested in some of the different marketing tactics that show up in the labels, the different printing processes that were used, and having a decent place to go to see if a particular cart is run of the mill or something odd. One thing about recording the label variations is that some of them are pretty subtle, and unless you know to look for them you might skip right by it, particularly if you only have one of the particular cart in handm, for instance yellow guys vs red and blue guys on the label of fishing derby, or the 1986, 1987, 1988 variants of midnight magic.

    Some people want PAL carts of course.

    Another thing which might interest people is the country of manufacture, I could see someone being interested in collecting sets of carts from USA or other countries.

    There's also vanity :) I have 3459 Atari 2600 carts, 635 total variants which are for sale on atariguide.com, and a box of about 400 that I am working on adding to the site (a lot of multicart brazil releases from netscan and bonaccorsi in there). http://www.atariguide.com/menu/x1.htm

  10. Posted

    The main reason I know of that there are so many label variations, is that "Desktop Publishing" just didn't exist then. So things like typesetting are done by the printer of the labels. So Atari could go to two different label makers, and give them some artwork, and say, we need this, this, and this piece of text added to the label about here, and here... Then they would run off 50,000 labels or whatever. The dies for the artwork are created, and then the text is blocked out and the overlaid in the printing process. The only place where the actual complete artwork creating the label is in the various configurations of dies, etc in the printers themselves. Knowadays, we see a label, and go, oh, just scan it in, boom, print it out... we are very spoiled :)

  20. Posted

    That's what it said on the little card they made me sign... Whatever! When you get them on the website, it says misuse is a violation of federal law. Federal law means felony. Know that little box to check on job applications? "So what are you in for?" LOL

  22. Posted

    Not really worth the $5,000 fine / 6 mos imprisonment IMHO :!: Uline and WBSShelving.com have good prices. Be sure to check shipping on this stuff first if you buy it on ebay, having distributed shipping like ULine makes a big difference.

     

    Also you should be able to find styro peanuts locally if you need them, like 3 cubic yards for $20 or so.. air popped real popcorn works good too, can be cheaper depending on where you are, and it's biodegradable :)

  24. Posted

    Look at this ended one:

     

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...9&category=1468

     

    The title is "SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DEBRIS". The guy listed it for 8 minutes and then must have had a change of heart. It's not funny.

     

    "I have found this item in my backyard about one hour after the explosion of the SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA. It looks like a FUEL INJECTION VALVE used in rocket engines."

     

    This is at the top of that auction:

     

    THIS IS NOT AN ACTUAL ITEM' date=' YOU WILL RECIEVE NOTHING UPON PAYMENT [/quote']
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