what's the story wit demo cards?

[hapsburg]

I got a Blue Lightning demo card as part of an auction. It has a gold label with copyright info that reads "demo card" and you can't play it. The game just plays itself through random levels while switching back to the logo info.

 

Does everygame have one of these? I assume they were for stores or shows... Are they rare?

[eric_ruck]

I got a Blue Lightning demo card as part of an auction.  It has a gold label with copyright info that reads "demo card"  and you can't play it.  The game just plays itself through random levels while switching back to the logo info.

 

Does everygame have one of these?  I assume they were for stores or shows... Are they rare?

 

They were for showing off the Lynx capabilities in store demos without letting anyone touch the system. Only exists for Blue Lightening, no other games. I'm not sure how AtariAge scores it on the rarity list, but I'd say that while it is at least somewhat rare, it's not so rare that if you're looking to find one you can score without spending too much money.

 

Eric

[MattyXB]

I own this. Here you can see pictures from my Demo Carts and other Rare things:

 

My Rare Items

 

[CrazyImpmon]

There are 2 more versions of Blue Lightening demos: silver label and EPROM (no label)

 

I have seen the EPROM version at Toys R Us when they still had Lynx to sell. AFAIK the gold label version is the most common of these 3.

[Songbird]

I'd have to agree. I've never seen the silver label kind, but I did own one of the bonafide EPROM boards at one time. It had a copyright sticker on it (looked like it was done on a typewriter ) and even the EPROM itself was dated from the late 80's. Pretty cool.