Problems with Red label Atari carts and heavy sixers?

[+DamonicFury]

Maybe it's just my heavy sixer, but all that extra shielding makes insertion and removal of Atari red label carts REALLY difficult!!! I guess they were made just a bit thicker than any of the other carts. I just was curious if anyone else had experienced this issues and if there were any possible solutions out there.

[MegaManFan]

I've had problems getting red label carts into 7800's and some 2600's from time to time, so you're not the first. Oddly enough, even the Berzerk Voice Enhanced with the pseudo-red repro label really has to be squeezed into the 2600 at my parent's house! (Label is peeling too )

[BoOchan!]

It occasionally happens with my Colecovision 2600 Expansion, which I use to save space in my Games Room. It seems to go only a little way in. If you force it, the tab breaks.

[inextremis staple]

this is a very common problem

im always afraid to play venture for fear i'll tear the label

i also have this problem sometimes with my imagic carts

i think its mainly a heavy sixer thing (tho not restricted to them) so im going to try and pick up another console sometime and try it out

 

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[Godzilla]

BIG SEXY!!!!

[Edit_5]

I had a similar problem with my heavy sixer and red labels carts, they work fine on my darth vader and my jr.

 

Maybe it's down to a certain production run?

[Godzilla]

I had a similar problem with my BIG SEXY and red labels carts, they work fine on my darth vader and my jr.

 

Maybe it's down to a certain production run?

[Edit_5]

Hmmm the tabs thing, that may account for all the tabs missing on some of the games I picked up recently...

[Godzilla]

maybe time to shave a little plastic so there is room for the bigger carts... ?

[Edit_5]

I had a similar problem with my BIG SEXY and red labels carts, they work fine on my darth vader and my jr.

 

Maybe it's down to a certain production run?

 

He he, did I blaspheme or something lol, sorry I won't refer to it as that again or a woody, from now it's:

 

BIG SEXY

 

[smf_4ever]

I have the standard taiwan 4 switch biugger.. and the red carts have some trouble with this model as well...

 

??????

[Godzilla]

yea ive always found a little bit of shaving on the consoles cart port goes a long way to ease insertion. or you could just try KY :-)

 

Thanks, Edit 5, I'm trying to do away with that ugly insult of a name. My 2600 is sexy.