Names writen in black marker.

[Rik]

The families where kids write their names on their carts are probably the same ones who have their names written in their underwear.

Or from mothers who have 6 kids,from 6 different fathers

[Atari Master]

I heard someone say that gasoline takes it off.

[oldgames]

Wait a minute! You mean that those names in black marker are just the names of the kids who owned them!!!

 

I thought I had the world's largest collection of 'signed' limited editions!

[guitarmas]

carburetor cleaner and vodka. The only problem there is that I'd be too busy drinking the vodka instead and when that ran out, I wouldn't have enough sense left to not drink the carburetor cleaner.

 

 

[hattg]

Remember people, these weren't collectibles when they were written on, they were just games. Also, these games were expensive for the time. Hell, you paid the same or more for some of them than we do for todays games, and this was 20 some years ago.

 

I still have my original NES system and all the games I had, and yes, I wrote my name on them all. Because I did not want to get into an argument with my friends if they were borrowed about whose they were.

 

And someone else said it well, are you a player first or a collector? I am a player first and always will be. But I am also a colletor. But as a player, the fact that someone wrote their name on the cart, or the label is half gone, doesn't affect the playability of the game, which is what I care about first.

[Atari_Elite]

This is why I normally buy new games.

[DrLove0378]

There's stuff much worse than "black marker" out there.

 

I'm sure you've all seen the impossible-to-remove silver rental stickers... even worse when they're right on the label! I've also seen old N64 carts that had a clear, specially-cut "Blockbuster Video" label across the front which, if removed, will destroy the original label.

 

And, on occasion, I might find a decent old PSX/PS2 game in the wild... only to find out it's got a "CD Shield", or a permanent "Movie Gallery" label stuck on the disc. It goes without saying that if you try to remove it, the disc will be destroyed. UGH!

 

Cartridges would often be ruined by ENGRAVING PENS, as well! So I pretty much have to pass on all those things....

[Trench]

I got Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - New Age of Heros for dreamcast and it has a stupid blockbuster label on it *GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*