macdlsa Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Ok, sorry for the delay... This is the cart with its "original plastic"... really DUNNO if it's original or not As I said before I replaced the plastic case because the original one does NOT enter into the VCS cart slot ! ... I "swap" again the plastics, so it's NOW in its "original" case, but with the coil and the "sledge" of the other cart... and, in fact, now it goes perfectly in the VCS ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Your photos are pretty grainy, but my intuition is that the board is wrong, the markings on the shield are almost certainly wrong, and the fact that the cartridge was missing parts means that it was definitely tampered with at some time. I think it's a fake. Nice soldering job if it is a fake though; it certainly looks like it could be wave-soldered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdlsa Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Yeah, sorry for the grainy pictures... done with a phone Oh, it was me that "tampered" it just to replace the coil and the sledge, cause they were kinda' broken... but it had all its part, and no glue signs on the plastics. This is all I could know... but even if it could finally be considered not original I'm sure it isn't a reproduction (I saw one of them and it has a completely different pcb, with a sort of standard-programmable eprom !)... Fake ? OK, I have a faked Pepsi... Hehe, at least I could produce for it a "repro" box and a label like Mark did for his repros... eBay Auction -- Item Number: 150515737039 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 Yeah, sorry for the grainy pictures... done with a phone Oh, it was me that "tampered" it just to replace the coil and the sledge, cause they were kinda' broken... but it had all its part, and no glue signs on the plastics. This is all I could know... but even if it could finally be considered not original I'm sure it isn't a reproduction (I saw one of them and it has a completely different pcb, with a sort of standard-programmable eprom !)... Fake ? OK, I have a faked Pepsi... Hehe, at least I could produce for it a "repro" box and a label like Mark did for his repros... eBay Auction -- Item Number: 150515737039 Yeah, unless, said otherwise, I am taking you off the list. Edit: Looks like said otherwise. PEPSI INVADERS (no label) 1. Cincynoti: Cart 2. 98Pacecar: Cart (got his cart from myself of which I got from Buyatari) 3. Dino:Cart, (Got his from Cvga) 4. Cvga's friend: Cart, Box (Got the box from Cvga) 5. Marc Oberhauser: Cart 6. Marco: Cart 7. Ianoid: Cart (Got his from Tempest) 8. Wonder007: Cart (Got his off Ebay in 2005) 9. PJR175: Cart (Got his off Ebay in 2006) 10. Spaceinvader2002: Cart ( A poster a few years back who claimed to have it) 11. Generalhellfire:Cart (Got his from Cokewins) 12. Ricky: Cart, Box (Picture that Mattyxb put up a few years back, the link had the name Ricky on it) (This Maybe Sealed) 13. DeusExMachina got his from allhallowseve Who got his from decypher who got his from Ceo_sezso who got his from a thrift store.) 14. atari2600guru: Cart, Box (Got his during the great find of 1994 when 3 boxed ones where unearthed) 15. Anonymous: Cart (Got his form CrunchySuperman got his from tool*shed*) 16. tool*shed*: Cart 17. Marksowen: Cart (Got his from riffraff) 18. Atari2600lives(Alex): Cart (Got his from Don who got his in a local trade) 19. Rick Weiss:Cart, Box(Got his from vgc who got his from the son of a Coca Cola employee) 20. JustJeff: Cart (Got his from Video-Game-Stuff got his from a thriftstore) 21. Jump Junky: Cart (Got his from father who worked at company) 22. Phaser_on_patrol: Cart (Got from Monzamess off Ebay, who got his from a local fleamart) 23. igg1na: Cart ? 24. Siepchr: Cart (got off Ebay from harmonj1) 25. Steve Averitt: Cart 26. Nerdyguy69: Cart 27. Redweyer: Cart 28. 28. Macdsa: Cart, got from a friend who got it off Ebay) xx. Bruce Tomlin made mention of a couple of Pepsi Invaders floating around out there that were found and one was supposedly sealed. This could be a reference to when cvga found a boxed Pepsi Invaders and a loose one. ( Said it was found in a swapmeet in Georgia) PEPSI INVADERS lab-loaner label 1. AA cpuwiz 2. AA rick weis 3. AA bloatedmonkey (coca-cola eprom) 4. Mayhem UK (Got his from Marco) 4B. Wonder 007 (Got his from one of the first 3) 5. Jerry G. 6. ginnidog? not confirmed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 Yeah, sorry for the grainy pictures... done with a phone Oh, it was me that "tampered" it just to replace the coil and the sledge, cause they were kinda' broken... but it had all its part, and no glue signs on the plastics. This is all I could know... but even if it could finally be considered not original I'm sure it isn't a reproduction (I saw one of them and it has a completely different pcb, with a sort of standard-programmable eprom !)... Fake ? OK, I have a faked Pepsi... Hehe, at least I could produce for it a "repro" box and a label like Mark did for his repros... eBay Auction -- Item Number: 150515737039 Does it have any type of electronics other than the ROM chip? If not then it's definitely an original. A repro would use an EPROM and that would need an inverter circuit to run. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 That ain't no fake, it's 100% real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 Given it is quite different in appearance, with the numbers etc .. what is the story with it then.... is it a proto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted November 8, 2010 Author Share Posted November 8, 2010 That ain't no fake, it's 100% real. If this was almost anyone else I would not have put him back up. The board is different than the others, and even the markings on the shield are different. But since you have a vastly more extensive knowledge about these things, I defer my opinion about this to your expertise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Does it have any type of electronics other than the ROM chip? If not then it's definitely an original. A repro would use an EPROM and that would need an inverter circuit to run. Be aware that an inverter can be made from one transistor and one or two resistors, and that in surface-mount versions those parts are tiny. They could easily be hidden under the shield, possibly even under the EPROM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdlsa Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Does it have any type of electronics other than the ROM chip? If not then it's definitely an original. A repro would use an EPROM and that would need an inverter circuit to run. No, it only has the chip... Be aware that an inverter can be made from one transistor and one or two resistors, and that in surface-mount versions those parts are tiny. They could easily be hidden under the shield, possibly even under the EPROM. Wow! They would have made a great job then... Listen... for me it makes no difference if it is original or not. I have it, and I keep it... but maybe my wife and/or daughter would sell it when I'll be... [bLABLA] ! @Homer No problems, Homer... since there's no prove that my cart is original keep it off of the Pepsi list . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 Does it have any type of electronics other than the ROM chip? If not then it's definitely an original. A repro would use an EPROM and that would need an inverter circuit to run. No, it only has the chip... Be aware that an inverter can be made from one transistor and one or two resistors, and that in surface-mount versions those parts are tiny. They could easily be hidden under the shield, possibly even under the EPROM. Wow! They would have made a great job then... Listen... for me it makes no difference if it is original or not. I have it, and I keep it... but maybe my wife and/or daughter would sell it when I'll be... [bLABLA] ! @Homer No problems, Homer... since there's no prove that my cart is original keep it off of the Pepsi list . CPUWIZ is the number 1 authority on what is real, and what is not at AtariAge. A statement from him that it is 100 percent real is pretty solid. So me leaving it on the list is out of respect to CPUWIZ. I trust what he says, even if it goes against my own instincts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 If the Wiz says its real, then its real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchysuperman Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Sold mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Sold mine. Wow. You sold a bunch of super rare stuff. I hope it didn't go to Allhallowseve2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 Sold mine. Wow. You sold a bunch of super rare stuff. I hope it didn't go to Allhallowseve2000. I am almost positive this stuff did not go to him. Cruchy spent a ton of money on Ultravision Karate, and Video Life. Allhallowseve would not of offered him what he paid for them, so I am sure that it is someone else who was able to pry loose these treasured items from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Sold mine. Wow. You sold a bunch of super rare stuff. I hope it didn't go to Allhallowseve2000. I am almost positive this stuff did not go to him. Cruchy spent a ton of money on Ultravision Karate, and Video Life. Allhallowseve would not of offered him what he paid for them, so I am sure that it is someone else who was able to pry loose these treasured items from him. You'd be suprised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Sold mine. Wow. You sold a bunch of super rare stuff. I hope it didn't go to Allhallowseve2000. I am almost positive this stuff did not go to him. Cruchy spent a ton of money on Ultravision Karate, and Video Life. Allhallowseve would not of offered him what he paid for them, so I am sure that it is someone else who was able to pry loose these treasured items from him. You'd be suprised I don't mind resellers one bit, but I can't stand sneaky wormy dishonest resellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Sold mine. Wow. You sold a bunch of super rare stuff. I hope it didn't go to Allhallowseve2000. I am almost positive this stuff did not go to him. Cruchy spent a ton of money on Ultravision Karate, and Video Life. Allhallowseve would not of offered him what he paid for them, so I am sure that it is someone else who was able to pry loose these treasured items from him. You'd be suprised I was right! eBay Auction -- Item Number: 280595220619 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Sold mine. Wow. You sold a bunch of super rare stuff. I hope it didn't go to Allhallowseve2000. I am almost positive this stuff did not go to him. Cruchy spent a ton of money on Ultravision Karate, and Video Life. Allhallowseve would not of offered him what he paid for them, so I am sure that it is someone else who was able to pry loose these treasured items from him. You'd be suprised I was right! eBay Auction -- Item Number: 280595220619 That makes no sense whatsoever. I guess Allhallowseve found a week spot in the hobby, and took advantage of it. My guess is people with super rare games don't get offered money too often for their stuff. Hence an opening for Allhallowseve is created. Still Crunchysuperman was not close to broke. He did not need the money, and had the most extensive loose game collection known to man. With many, many, many label variations that very, very few people had. It was his ambition, and his life. To just leave all that on the drop of a dime makes no sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 I was right! eBay Auction -- Item Number: 280595220619 although there is no chance that i have that sort of money... the price doesn't seem entirely bad... for a straight CIB... or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ave1 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I own a Pepsi Invaders prototype- and provided video evidence of its existence to Digital Press back in 1993 (the game was known as Coke Wins back then). Everyone was pretty excited about the fact that I discovered it at a flea market In fact in 1994 or 95 I wrote an article describing the gameplay for the 2600 Connection. Good times... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 add me to the list, Pics in my collectin thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 "PEPSI INVADERS lab-loaner label 2. AA rick weis" I don't have a lab-loaner of this cart! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminStevens Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Yeah, unless, said otherwise, I am taking you off the list. Edit: Looks like said otherwise. PEPSI INVADERS (no label) 1. Cincynoti: Cart 2. 98Pacecar: Cart (got his cart from myself of which I got from Buyatari) 3. Dino:Cart, (Got his from Cvga) 4. Cvga's friend: Cart, Box (Got the box from Cvga) 5. Marc Oberhauser: Cart 6. Marco: Cart 7. Ianoid: Cart (Got his from Tempest) 8. Wonder007: Cart (Got his off Ebay in 2005) 9. PJR175: Cart (Got his off Ebay in 2006) 10. Spaceinvader2002: Cart ( A poster a few years back who claimed to have it) 11. Generalhellfire:Cart (Got his from Cokewins) 12. Ricky: Cart, Box (Picture that Mattyxb put up a few years back, the link had the name Ricky on it) (This Maybe Sealed) 13. DeusExMachina got his from allhallowseve Who got his from decypher who got his from Ceo_sezso who got his from a thrift store.) 14. atari2600guru: Cart, Box (Got his during the great find of 1994 when 3 boxed ones where unearthed) 15. Anonymous: Cart (Got his form CrunchySuperman got his from tool*shed*) 16. tool*shed*: Cart 17. Marksowen: Cart (Got his from riffraff) 18. Atari2600lives(Alex): Cart (Got his from Don who got his in a local trade) 19. Rick Weiss:Cart, Box(Got his from vgc who got his from the son of a Coca Cola employee) 20. JustJeff: Cart (Got his from Video-Game-Stuff got his from a thriftstore) 21. Jump Junky: Cart (Got his from father who worked at company) 22. Phaser_on_patrol: Cart (Got from Monzamess off Ebay, who got his from a local fleamart) 23. igg1na: Cart ? 24. Siepchr: Cart (got off Ebay from harmonj1) 25. Steve Averitt: Cart 26. Nerdyguy69: Cart 27. Redweyer: Cart 28. 28. Macdsa: Cart, got from a friend who got it off Ebay) xx. Bruce Tomlin made mention of a couple of Pepsi Invaders floating around out there that were found and one was supposedly sealed. This could be a reference to when cvga found a boxed Pepsi Invaders and a loose one. ( Said it was found in a swapmeet in Georgia) PEPSI INVADERS lab-loaner label 1. AA cpuwiz 2. AA rick weis 3. AA bloatedmonkey (coca-cola eprom) 4. Mayhem UK (Got his from Marco) 4B. Wonder 007 (Got his from one of the first 3) 5. Jerry G. 6. ginnidog? not confirmed. From the information provided by allhallowseve2000 on Ebay, the lab-loaner label cart that I now own is the one that formerly belonged to Jerry G., number five on the lab-loaner label list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynxHandyCaster Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Is this registry still being maintained? If so, I have an original Pepsi Invaders cart. How do I get listed on the Registry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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