Ataritard Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I have a hand full of games with names written on them. I thought it would be cool if any of these games used to belong to any one here at Atari Age. I realize it's a long shot but here are the names: Jim West Wally Schulte Chris Cooper Justice with 7 digits of a phone number Brice and two with just initials: J.M. and M.B.E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Several of mine have names written on them. It would be kinda cool to locate the original owner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 lol there should be a locked topic thread for this... i have some games ill have to find, i think n64 and nes games that have names on them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagitekAngel Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 You mean stickied? In any case, I have an amusing copy of Episode I racer on N64, with four names written on it. Each name was crossed out by the subsequent owner, who wrote his or her own name directly underneath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaman Legends Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 one of my carts says nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Good idea!!!!, so we can go over and throw them off a cliff for writing on labels in the 1st place. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drixxel Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Good idea!!!!, so we can go over and throw them off a cliff for writing on labels in the 1st place. I've fortunately never encountered a game with a name written on a cart's label, it's always just the plastic and usually somewhere discrete on the back. A few from my collection that come to mind: Gargoyle's Quest, GB - HEBERT written on the back. Dr. Mario (JPN), GB - 田中 (Tanaka) written on the back. Super Game Genie - Andrew Dale written on the front under a couple of other illegible names apparently crossed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so_tough! Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 on the back of every Pc Engine game....... ..but I've never came across one with a name on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I remember acquiring several SMS games a couple of years ago where the previous owner used a label maker to attach his name to the spine of all the cases. I don't remember the name off hand though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I'd already taken rubbing alcohol to the names written on most of my games =| There might be a few that still have pen written on them, but otherwise the names went unless they were our own (or my relatives). Funny story though, my brother was at a used game shop once and found some NES games that used to belong to a childhood friend of his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I was at a game store yesterday, and saw the f-bomb lightly etched on a ColecoVision cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowCoder Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Imagine back in 1977, you're 8 years old. You write your name on your carts to tell your game from all your friends. Over time you lose track of your carts, and your friends. Then, 30 years later you get a call from someone who was able to track you down by name from your own cart. How awesome would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I treasure my "KRENTZ" edition SMB/Duck Hunt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Locomotive Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My copy of Rygar for the NES is covered with anarchy symbols, I hate whoever owned it last. -_- I'll post some pics of the fail that it is when I find my missing camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 My NES Tetris cart has a big fat "BROCK" below the art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonoidTentacle Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Several of mine have names written on them. It would be kinda cool to locate the original owner. Imagine back in 1977, you're 8 years old. You write your name on your carts to tell your game from all your friends. Over time you lose track of your carts, and your friends. Then, 30 years later you get a call from someone who was able to track you down by name from your own cart. How awesome would that be? I heard a story a while ago (can't remember where from, or all the details) about a collector who used modern internet tech to track down a guy who wrote his name on a cart (I have a feeling it was a NES cart). Anyway, this guy got all freaked out and was quite pissed that the collector had bought "HIS" game at some flea market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 one of my carts says nancy I used to know a Nancy! I wonder if it the same person? I think we found a match guys!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 one of my carts says nancy Perhaps in this case it wasn't a name but a declaration of one's personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Yakapucci Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I bought a bunch of Game Boy games in a lot and one of them was the Mary-Kate and Ashley data storage thing and when you turn it on it has the name and phone number of the girl who owned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireStar Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I have my own name on my Pokemon Blue and Silver carts (I used to live in a poorer area, other kids would take stuff if it didn't have your name on it) I also have Goodwill's scribble on some carts and a frustrated N64 owner's "end label", but I don't think those count as names. I did find "Christopher" on the back of my Kirby Super start cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 My copy of Super Mario 64 has "WHITE" written on the back. My NES Blaster Master has a sticker that says "PAUL" on it (I've never bothered taking it off.) My NES Metal Gear has "STEPHENS" written on the front. My NES Rush 'N Attack has "WR" written on the front, not sure if it was initials or what. The only one I have with a first and last name is NES Jackal. It has "Mike Ricos" written on the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 wouldnt that be crazy if someone else reading this also had a cart with mike ricos on it hahaha or any other name of the same that someone else had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Great topic! I definitely have a few carts with names written on them, as well as the more annoying red crayon from thrift stores.. I have had TWO really weird things happen to me though involving names.. I had gotten Donkey Kong Land for Christmas the year it came out, and I wrote my name on the back in a red marker. I lost the game probably a few years later. However, when I started getting big into collecting, I decided I "needed" a copy of Donkey Kong Land. So I went to Destiny Games, a local used game shop about 30 minutes from where I grew up. I bought a copy of Donkey Kong Land, and when I got home, "Jeremy" was written on the back in red marker. I called a bunch of my friends to tell them the story, I thought it was the weirdest thing. The other thing, not as weird.. I knew a girl named Ariel that was obsessed with Zelda. I bought a copy of Links Awakening DX from a thrift store, and the main game file was named Ariel. I told her about it, but she said it wasnt hers because she'd never get rid of a Zelda game! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I bought a copy of the original gold NES Legend of Zelda off eBay to replace the copy my cousin lost when we were little... ...long story short, the save files were RUSTY, KINSEY, and BUTT. I kept them that way, I just make a new BUTT when I want to start over. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ataritard Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 I would love to know where all my games that I had as a kid are today. Sadly I didn't write my name on any of them. They are probably on some jerk's shelf somewhere hardly ever getting played. I would so much rather they were on my shelf, hardly ever getting played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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