CBS 5200 Labels

[Tempest]

Has anyone found a CBS 5200 cart with the label on the right way? Form looking at the cart you can tell it was suppose to have the name o the end label and the main label, but they put it on upside down so you have two names on the main label and none on the end.

 

Out of all the CBS carts I have (and have seen) I've never seen on on the right way.

 

Tempest

[TunnelRunner]

Here's another one - ever notice the boxes have the name and part number of the game running one way along the spine of the box, and the opposite way on the other spine? Turn it one way it's rightside-up, turn it around...upside-down!

[Albert]

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Has anyone found a CBS 5200 cart with the label on the right way? Form looking at the cart you can tell it was suppose to have the name o the end label and the main label, but they put it on upside down so you have two names on the main label and none on the end.

 

Good question--I've wondered about this myself. Since it seems to be consistent maybe someone at CBS decided they wanted "CBS ELECTRONICS" on the end label instead of the game title. Or perhaps the first game was incorrectly labeled and to maintain consistency they labeled all their 5200 titles in the same (incorrect) manner. I bet the person who designed the labels was a bit miffed at this.

 

..Al