AtariAgeHelp Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Hello, I found this at a garage sale. Is this a Sinistar Prototype? Any help is appreciated! Thanks! Edited July 6, 2014 by AtariAgeHelp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Do you have photos or a video of the game on the cart in action? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodyshots Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Of all the new members that ever join, post a single picture of a rare cart and never include gameplay, how many of those have ever been true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 The boxed Air Raid springs to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I would guess it is a repro. The ROM is available and has been for some time now. In my experience, I have never seen an Atari proto or lab loaner with a Dymo label on it…I have seen a ton of repros though labeled in such a manner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Do you guys see the oval sticker residue? Do you want to take a guess what that is from? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Do you guys see the oval sticker residue? Do you want to take a guess what that is from? UFO landing??? I heard somewhere that UFO's leave burn marks just like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 It's from an early Best Electronics warranty sticker, if I had to take a guess. Here is a Best Asterix I have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 UFO landing??? I heard somewhere that UFO's leave burn marks just like that! It's from an early Best Electronics warranty sticker, if I had to take a guess. Here is a Best Asterix I have... That's the BEST kind of UFO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 They were later replaced with these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Well….does that make it a real proto, a Best proto or a REAL Best proto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 That would make it a Best proto, with a real prototype board inside, but the content of the EPROM's were not programmed by Atari and the stickers on the EPROM windows are likely absent and not like original protos, which have typed or handwritten stickers on the EPROM window. The board inside this cart would then look something like this (either greenish or blueish): I would suggest cracking it open, not that hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 That would make it a Best proto, with a real prototype board inside, but the content of the EPROM's were not programmed by Atari and the stickers on the EPROM windows are likely absent and not like original protos, which have typed or handwritten stickers on the EPROM window. The board inside this cart would then look something like this (either greenish or blueish): I would suggest cracking it open, not that hard to do. So…no UFO landing then??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAgeHelp Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Here is the inside: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Just like I said. You got a $50 cart there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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