Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say

[EdwardK]

 

Keeping it to console video games, what do you think the Xbox is?

 

 

A hunk of crap?

 

 

I liked this thread better when it ended like this.

[Gentlegamer]

coming from the guy who claimed Nintendo invented the dpad, this is hilarious.

 

Take it up with the United States Patent office.

 

https://www.google.com/patents/US4687200

 

The Intellivision disc is nothing like it.

[mr_me]

The Nintendo d-pad is a little older than that patent.

Here's another one from 1978; and there's probably d-pads older than this.

[The Usotsuki]

 

"Nintendo bought out Atari in '84-'85 and shut them down."

 

My reply: "Is the Jaguar chopped liver?"

[empsolo]

The Nintendo d-pad is a little older than that patent.

Here's another one from 1978; and there's probably d-pads older than this.

Mattel-SubChase.jpg

This is more of a forerunner to the Dpad as these are separate direction buttons in a cross shape instead of the single button dpad that became the staple of gaming. Edited June 10, 2016 by empsolo

[Gentlegamer]

The Nintendo d-pad is a little older than that patent.

Here's another one from 1978; and there's probably d-pads older than this.

Mattel-SubChase.jpg

 

Do you know what the dpad actually entails? (Of course you don't) It's not just four buttons.

[mr_me]

They all have four switches controlled by one thumb. But if your talking about a single pivoting top piece that would be the Intellivision disc, mentioned earlier, except it has 16 switches.

[Professor Gull]

 

Do you know what the dpad actually entails? (Of course you don't) It's not just four buttons.

 

They all have four switches controlled by one thumb. But if your talking about a single pivoting top piece that would be the Intellivision disc, mentioned earlier, except it has 16 switches.

 

 

Take it up with the United States Patent office.

 

https://www.google.com/patents/US4687200

 

The Intellivision disc is nothing like it.

 

Great quotes folks keeping with the spirit of the thread but these are not stupid things collectors say just things collectors debate.

 

The original d pad I thought was something like this.

 

[Video]

Deposit console/game here is worth dumptruck loads of money.

 

That's the most common one I run into. It's magnified by the few ultra rare games that end up on Tv whenever there is no attempt to fact check or mention little details like completeness being part of it.