Cassidy Nolen Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I mean fuh-nasty....torn label, stained label, missing label, etc. We have to remember these were not always reverenced with respect. I remember clearly riding around on my Huffy from Best Company with a cart in my back pocket. I am not alone I am sure. So either describe or show us your WORST. Either from back in the day or the ones you added later. I don't have a pic but my ABSOLUTE worst is a PAL copy of Stronghold. You say "hey, thats a rare game" right? Yeah. Looks like a truck used it as a brake pad. Rough shape. Home made label on one of those plastic pop up letter sticker makers.... CN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwilkson Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Maze Craze. Complete with silver paint and mud. I don't know if this is my ugliest, but I was just using it to test my VGA board so I had it handy. How does this even happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Maze Craze. Complete with silver paint and mud. I don't know if this is my ugliest, but I was just using it to test my VGA board so I had it handy. How does this even happen? Are you sure that isn't an ET pulled from the infamous landfill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwilkson Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Are you sure that isn't an ET pulled from the infamous landfill? Yeah, I'm sure it's Maze Craze. Though some of the....stuff...on it looks like the cart might have been pulled from E.T. himself. "Hey E.T. Let's play A GAME OF COPS AND ROBBERS!" "Elllliiioooootttt....don't touch me! E.T. phone police! E.T. phone police!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermac Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Ice Hockey. Complete with custom label that I made some 20+ years ago. This was a hand-me-down from my step-brother who also carved "Ice Hockey" into the plastic with a knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 I'm too anal about my games looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Here are my three grossest carts. They are very sticky and have gross stuff stuck to them. I think they are all combat, but I never had the courage to plug them in (they could be Airworld protos for all I know ). Look, this one has a dead spider on it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 These are probably the ugliest carts i own since the late 80's. We treated our carts pretty bad back in the day. I wish i knew which of my "friends" wrote the F-word on my Air-Sea Battle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_envy Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Damn! Those are some ugly carts. Do you keep them to scare the cockroaches away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangamer Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 These are probably the ugliest carts i own since the late 80's. We treated our carts pretty bad back in the day. I wish i knew which of my "friends" wrote the F-word on my Air-Sea Battle... Ugliest... carts... ever. Seriously, these are the worst no-label-ripped-off carts I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 These are probably the ugliest carts i own since the late 80's. We treated our carts pretty bad back in the day. I wish i knew which of my "friends" wrote the F-word on my Air-Sea Battle... Ugliest... carts... ever. Seriously, these are the worst no-label-ripped-off carts I've seen. LOL! Yep, those poor carts went through several hands and each owner left his "marks" on them. And i have a few more like those, just found another pic on my HD. Fortunately all the carts still work (though Spider Fighter is a bit flaky). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 (edited) My worst looking one from back in the day is Suicide Mission. It's really not that bad, but it's the one from my original collection that looks a little less mint than the rest. All my carts have labels on them with little to no handwritten marks. Even if I had to make the labels, they are there. I messed up making the end label for Jungle hunt, and it's too short. My Crackpots cart has a small tear in the top label. The absolute worst looking cart I have is Beany Bopper with two large rips on the front label, a spot torn off the end label, and no board inside it. I use it solely for keeping dust out of my 2600. I've got a few Activision and PBtitles that look pretty horrible from the plaque, and I've got a Planet Patrol that's missing some ink from the top label. Here's a Jedi Arena that I got with no label on it. I found the actual label for it in the bottom of a box of games at the flea market. It looks like the label was soaked in bleach or something, as you can see right through the gray areas. Oh, wait, I know what my worst cart is...it's the Fishing Derby I shattered by accident. Just looking at it normally it looks mint, but if you look down by the connector, there are large spiderwebs of cracks I glued back together. It was broken into about ten pieces. Edited April 18, 2009 by shadow460 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Yea...I have a lot of shitty looking carts with caked dust and dead 'daddy-long-legs' smashed all over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) These are probably the ugliest carts i own since the late 80's. We treated our carts pretty bad back in the day. I wish i knew which of my "friends" wrote the F-word on my Air-Sea Battle... Ugliest... carts... ever. Seriously, these are the worst no-label-ripped-off carts I've seen. LOL! Yep, those poor carts went through several hands and each owner left his "marks" on them. And i have a few more like those, just found another pic on my HD. Fortunately all the carts still work (though Spider Fighter is a bit flaky). Simply unbearable to look at. Edited April 19, 2009 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 It used to be my night-of-the-living-thrift find Freeway, which had actiplaque, spiderplaque, cirgaretteplaque, sharpieplaque, dirtplaque, glueplaque, and unidentifiable-but-possibly-disgusting-white-smear-plaque all at the same time. I bought it because I felt sorry for it. My Atari screamed and spit it out, so I had to get another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 It used to be my night-of-the-living-thrift find Freeway, which had actiplaque, spiderplaque, cirgaretteplaque, sharpieplaque, dirtplaque, glueplaque, and unidentifiable-but-possibly-disgusting-white-smear-plaque all at the same time. I bought it because I felt sorry for it. My Atari screamed and spit it out, so I had to get another one Pictures please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 Look, this one has a dead spider on it: Winner!!!! These are probably the ugliest carts i own since the late 80's. We treated our carts pretty bad back in the day. Yeah, at least you still keep them. I remember to trashed many atari carts when I bought one sega master system in 1989... Today I have problems on my conscience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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