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  2. Posted · Edited by NML32

    Dumb question - what exact material are video game cabinet marquees made out of and where can I purchase this material to make a custom marquee?

    I found a vector graphic on the Internet for my MAME cabinet and had it printed at Kinkos on Mylar and put that in between two pieces of clear plexiglass.

     

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    Great game.

    I'm not sure if this is happening to anyone else but using ProSystem v1.3d after the animation in the begining ends or after the game is over the screen locks up and turns red.

     

    Version 1.3d of ProSystem has known bugs which are causing problems with (at least) Winter Games and Jr. Pac-Man. Use 1.3c or MESS.

     

    -Trebor

     

    EDIT: 1.3c is here: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...t&p=1710748

     

    MESS: http://www.mess.org/download.php

     

    Thanks, Much better.

  7. Posted

    Many thanks for the pictures Allan. Theres definately something weird going on with the way the emulator behaves :(. I had the title screen doing that on the ProSystem emulator and "fixed" it not to do it. Some fix! :x .

     

    On a positive note, it did detect NTSC correctly :).

     

    I hope you can figure out the problem cus your games look great.

  12. Posted

    Its pretty good isnt it!

    Hi Nonner

    Yes,i like it......

    But if you can make a box for me,it will be even better....

    greetings Walter

     

    Shouldnt be hard since not to many seem to own it.

     

    Are you planning on selling the boxes? I own one of the 7800 Save Mary carts.

    Did or do you have any plans on making labels for the cart?

    I would like one if you plan on selling some. :)

  16. Posted · Edited by NML32

    Without a lamp shade.. for everything assembled and working, primer and painted, we're looking at around $100 each. That is for cost of materials and time to build it.

     

    I'm giving him money for primer and paint today or tomorrow. We will have a color picture this week or early next week.

     

    That price does not include shipping. I can probably get free packing materials from work.

     

    I am saving my money for one. Back to eating spam sandwiches for a while. ;)

  18. Posted · Edited by NML32

    Some 2600 games had plastic wrap, mostly later ones. Earlier Atari-brand releases (as well as other brands) generally did not.

     

    One thing you didn't mention is what price or rarity range you're buying at. If you're talking very rare or expensive games, then sure, it may be feasible to do repros and sell them and make a profit. The likelihood of there being still New Factory Sealed copies of course goes down as rarity goes up. Items like the later releases of common Atari-branded games (think silver label commons like Ms. Pac-Man, Galaxian, Kangaroo, Joust, etc), are still pretty easy to find factory sealed and shrinkwrapped. They aren't worth very much either.

     

    In other words, it's very expensive and not easy to pull off a believable fake box. Ask the guys around here who create and sometimes sell the boxes for repros or homebrews. They aren't cheap for a reason... they're not cheap or easy to make, even if you're not trying to fool someone, but just create something that's unique and looks good. Now try to do the same thing, but use accurate-looking inks, printing processes, and dies to cut, score, and fold the boxes... your cost just went up exponentially.

     

    So, if you're looking at lower-priced items... they're almost positively real. The more rare or expensive the item, the more you have to start looking with suspicion. Fakes have been made, and they will continue to be made, so it's essential to be cautious and educated before turning your money over.

     

    Thanks for your explanation. The games I am buying are not very rare as a matter of fact you mentioned some of the games I bought so far.

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    A guy by the name of Bronty tackled this issue in the NES scene, not sure if he ever looked at any other systems, but he may know (you can find him on Nintendoage). Unfortunately, yes, it's possible with any system. In fact, awhile ago there were a few sellers that were taking games (I think in some cases even putting dummy games inside) and resealing them to sell for high prices. One I know of actually got in trouble with the FBI for it. Bronty released a guide for determining how seals were actually done so you could spot a fake, but I don't know if he did this for Atari games. Sellers got very sneaky, so without some sort of system it's hard to tell unless there's an original price tag on it as well. This is coming from NES and SMS collecting, however, so I may be totally wrong, I just know of the cheating that went on in the former, so I assume it could happen for Atari games as well.

     

    One thing that is starting to worry me about this one seller that I forgot to mention in my post is they don't seem to be running out of New Factory Sealed Games. I would think NFSG would be hard to find.

     

    Funny you should mention a price sticker. Some of my games that are in a box but not sealed in plastic have a price sticker. I'm trying to remember if Atari 2600 games I bought as a kid has plastic wrap on them.

     

    Not sure.

  20. Posted

    I have been buying Atari 2600 and 7800 games on eBay that are new factory sealed from mainly one vendor at what I think to be very good prices. I was just wondering what the odds are that some sellers are selling reproduction boxes and passing them off as the real deal?

     

    Has anyone know this to be true.

     

    Is there any easy way of telling if they are reproductions without opening the plastic wrap.

  24. Posted

    Hi all,

    I have an Atari 2600 Jr. that the Reset and Select buttons don't work. I tested with the Atari Test cart to confirm this.

    I ordered a new Reset/Select strip and still not working. I took a piece of wire and touch the lead for each reset and select, this worked. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas why the the original and new strip doesn't work before I resort to sodering switches in place.

     

    Thanks

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