Getting Carts Signed

[Tempest]

Since I'm going to be meeting some of my favorite programmers at CGE (but no Eric Manghise damn it!) I wanted to get some of my games and protos signed. What's the best way to go about doing this?

 

At first I was going to have the sign right on the main label, but then I thought it might ruin the label. So my current plan is to stick a white sticker on the back of the cart and have them sign there. Then I'll have their signature and it won't ruin the label. Any other suggestions?

 

Normally I wouldn't care if they signed on the main label but in cases like my Quadrun cart (in mint condition) I would be a bit hesitent. And on my prototypes the signature wouldn't show up (black pen on a black label).

 

BTW, how willing are these guys to sign carts? I don't know how happy they are to be pestered about such things. Some people love the attention and others just want to be left alone.

 

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[Gunstar]

I'm not sure that the signatures would degrade the value of any mint carts or otherwise. It may only increase the value...just look at baseball cards or music albums or anything else like that. While I know famous people's signatures alone are valuable sometimes, especially on objects having to do with them, no value is lost to the object that was signed. Personally, I'd have them sign right on the label. The label will still be in mint condition, it's not going to fade in the glory of the programmer, and this is the guy who MADE the game dammit! If you saw two identical, mint games on sale on E-bay, and one was signed by the programmer/author, which would you go for? Besides, having it on the label shows that you actually took the game to the show and the programmer actually touched your cartridge! What's cooler than that? A white label on the back only shows you got their signature at some point, and slapped it on the cart...

[Tempest]

Maybe your rihgt, but I just can't deface a mint Quadrun that way. What kind of pen marks on a silver Atari label anyway?

 

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