Crystal Castles doesn't fit?

[SlowCoder]

I have this Crystal Castles cart that is really hard to insert into any 2600 console. I'm guessing it must have been a bad cart shell mold, and I'm not into abusing my consoles by forcing it to insert. I was just wondering if there was a run of bad cart shells?

[zylon]

I have a Solaris that you almost have to step on the console and pull to remove. I guess a really warped cart shows up from time to time.

[tz101]

The heavy sixer consoles have problems like this, especially with slightly thicker cartridge shells. If your cart does it on heavy and light sixers, along with 4-switchers and 2800 consoles, then my guess is that the shell was molded later in the mold tool's life cycle, when it was near time to retire the mold. This type of mold tool would have produced plastic cartridge shells that were slightly larger than normal. Large enough to make a difference on insertion, no matter the console.

[SlowCoder]

Yeah, it's a bitch in any of my consoles all the way to the Vader. I may see about swapping the board into another cart. But I dunno, is it really worth the time, or should I just wait for another cart to come along?

[Schizophretard]

Turn the cart around.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Turn the cart around.

But there is no hole on the other side...

[Stan]

I think some of them were just slightly oversized. Maybe adjustments in the amount of plastic for economy and such. I have a copy of Jungle Hunt you need to really push in there.

[+SpiceWare]

I found that if I tip my sixer the problem carts go in just fine. YMMV.

[HatefulGravey]

I have this problem from time to time with a few carts. Most all my Imagic games do this. Normally its just a matter of putting the cart in there perfectly straight with the cart guide on the system.

 

Also try it in a 7800 if you have one to try it out on. I find that the 7800 cart guide is more forgiving with a lot of games.

[BrianC]

I noticed some Atari corp. carts are like this. A few Atari corp. carts are a tight fit on my 2600 (but not on the Sears Video System, 7800, or the CV Module). Pole Position got a ripped label from this. Doh!

[HatefulGravey]

I noticed some Atari corp. carts are like this. A few Atari corp. carts are a tight fit on my 2600 (but not on the Sears Video System, 7800, or the CV Module). Pole Position got a ripped label from this. Doh!

 

A freaking ripped label? Mine don't fit that tight. You might want to get that checked out of something. Did you have to littereally shove it in there to get it stuck like that?

 

I have a blue label Ghostbusters cart that has the pins that would open the dust flap broken off because some kid tried to shove it into a michine like that.

[BrianC]

I noticed some Atari corp. carts are like this. A few Atari corp. carts are a tight fit on my 2600 (but not on the Sears Video System, 7800, or the CV Module). Pole Position got a ripped label from this. Doh!

 

A freaking ripped label? Mine don't fit that tight. You might want to get that checked out of something. Did you have to littereally shove it in there to get it stuck like that?

 

I have a blue label Ghostbusters cart that has the pins that would open the dust flap broken off because some kid tried to shove it into a michine like that.

 

Hold on there. Please don't jump to conclusions. Pole Position was a tight fit on only one system. It was hard to get in and out, but it wasn't THAT tight of a fit. It might have been already partially ripped or may have had a sticker on it. There was no forceful shoving.

Edited April 8, 2011 by BrianC

[HatefulGravey]

Hold on there. Please don't jump to conclusions. Pole Position was a tight fit on only one system. It was hard to get in and out, but it wasn't THAT tight of a fit. It might have been already partially ripped or may have had a sticker on it. There was no forceful shoving.

 

LOL, thats a relief. I was seeing an Angry Video Game Nerd moment with you stomping a cart into your Atari or something. Did you figure out what was up with that system? Or was it just that system and that game together that created the problem?

 

Its odd how well so much of this hardware holds up, and yet how off some of it is at the same time.

[BrianC]

Hold on there. Please don't jump to conclusions. Pole Position was a tight fit on only one system. It was hard to get in and out, but it wasn't THAT tight of a fit. It might have been already partially ripped or may have had a sticker on it. There was no forceful shoving.

 

LOL, thats a relief. I was seeing an Angry Video Game Nerd moment with you stomping a cart into your Atari or something. Did you figure out what was up with that system? Or was it just that system and that game together that created the problem?

 

Its odd how well so much of this hardware holds up, and yet how off some of it is at the same time.

 

The system just has a tight cart slot and the cart shell is thick like other Atari corp. games missing the dust shield.

[zylon]

Hold on there. Please don't jump to conclusions. Pole Position was a tight fit on only one system. It was hard to get in and out, but it wasn't THAT tight of a fit. It might have been already partially ripped or may have had a sticker on it. There was no forceful shoving.

 

LOL, thats a relief. I was seeing an Angry Video Game Nerd moment with you stomping a cart into your Atari or something. Did you figure out what was up with that system? Or was it just that system and that game together that created the problem?

 

Its odd how well so much of this hardware holds up, and yet how off some of it is at the same time.

 

The system just has a tight cart slot and the cart shell is thick like other Atari corp. games missing the dust shield.

Good point. The only real tough Atari-made tight ones I've gotten were later copies with open ends. The good part is my Solaris cart makes a great alignment tool for reassembling consoles. You can also lift H6ers with it.

[Tr3vor]

LOL, thats a relief. I was seeing an Angry Video Game Nerd moment with you stomping a cart into your Atari or something. Did you figure out what was up with that system? Or was it just that system and that game together that created the problem?

 

 

In the intellivision avgn episode, he says trying to put the cart in the system "is like trying to stick your dick in a cheerio"

 

I have a Dig-Dug thats pretty difficult to get in and out of my L6er

[Schizophretard]

LOL, thats a relief. I was seeing an Angry Video Game Nerd moment with you stomping a cart into your Atari or something. Did you figure out what was up with that system? Or was it just that system and that game together that created the problem?

 

 

In the intellivision avgn episode, he says trying to put the cart in the system "is like trying to stick your dick in a cheerio"

 

I have a Dig-Dug thats pretty difficult to get in and out of my L6er