Frogger label fell off

[boek]

My Frogger label fell off. What should I do to re-attach it to the cart? Should I use a gluestick?

 

I also have a copy of Q-Bert with a ripped/torn end label. Someone tried to re-affix it with tape. Should I just leave it like that, or should I try and take the tape off?

Edited December 7, 2008 by boek

[moycon]

I think many people use gluestick to re-attach.

[Artlover]

What should I do to re-attach it to the cart? Should I use a gluestick?

Yes. Gluesticks are awesome.

 

My Frogger label fell off.

All you had to say was the label fell of your Parker Brothers cart. We all would have know it was Frogger.

[graywest]

What should I do to re-attach it to the cart? Should I use a gluestick?

Yes. Gluesticks are awesome.

 

My Frogger label fell off.

All you had to say was the label fell of your Parker Brothers cart. We all would have know it was Frogger.

 

I have so many copies of Frogger with no label... Every time I see a Parker Brothers cart without a label at the used game store, I have to buy it. For some reason, my brain keeps telling me, "Maybe THIS is your lucky day! It could be Montezuma's Revenge!"

 

And then I plug it into the 2600 and it never is.

[aftermac]

What should I do to re-attach it to the cart? Should I use a gluestick?

Yes. Gluesticks are awesome.

 

My Frogger label fell off.

All you had to say was the label fell of your Parker Brothers cart. We all would have know it was Frogger.

 

I have so many copies of Frogger with no label... Every time I see a Parker Brothers cart without a label at the used game store, I have to buy it. For some reason, my brain keeps telling me, "Maybe THIS is your lucky day! It could be Montezuma's Revenge!"

 

And then I plug it into the 2600 and it never is.

 

This is "Montezuma's Revenge!" indeed!

[Lord Thag]

For ywenty years, I've been buying label-less PB carts, hoping for a rare score.

 

It's always frogger.

[shadow460]

You can make out the name of the game in the glue pattern that's left behind. I scored a Jedi Arena this way. I found the label loose in a box of games, then found the cart. By looking at the glue pattern, I was able to confirm that the bare care was indeed Jedi Arena before I ever got it to a VCS.

 

As for your Q*Bert, a hair dryer may be able to separate the tape from the label, and then glue stick can be used to connect the layer back together where the label is torn.

[racer raul]

This is one funny thread... sorry gang... lol

[Deteacher]

You can make out the name of the game in the glue pattern that's left behind. I scored a Jedi Arena this way. I found the label loose in a box of games, then found the cart. By looking at the glue pattern, I was able to confirm that the bare care was indeed Jedi Arena before I ever got it to a VCS.

 

As for your Q*Bert, a hair dryer may be able to separate the tape from the label, and then glue stick can be used to connect the layer back together where the label is torn.

 

This is also true for M-Network games. Hold the label-less area up to the light and you can read the title in the dried up glue residue.

 

As for PB titles, the first time I took a chance on a PB mystery cart, it ended up being a Gyruss cart. So, now I buy up the mystery carts (that I can't read against the light) and have all turned out to be Frogger. Sellers will usually give you a decent discount for labelless carts...at least the ones I've dealt with in the past.

[shadow460]

It was your idea, Deteacher, that led me to try "reading" the glue on PB carts. You could probably read glue from other thin labels, too, like Activision, Telesys, and whoever else has thin labels. If you can't read the title, though, you might be able to make out a little artwork and determine what game it is that way.

 

It's be my luck, though, that I read glue on a Star Strike cart, then fail to realize it lacks the Mattel logo embossed in the plastic before I buy it. I don't collect INTV games, so I'd be stuck with the wrong one.