chromizone Posted November 3, 2002 Share Posted November 3, 2002 discuss... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1394234119 the thing i found weird is that the labe says prto type in brackets under the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted November 3, 2002 Share Posted November 3, 2002 If I not wrong, this is a Best Electronics "Prototype". Most think, that they are not real Prototypes. Best Electronics has buy them from Atari and sold them later. So Atari has produced some games like Dukes of Hazzard, but never release it. Best Electronics has buy the copies and release them with this selfmade lable. Some have maybe no real lable. Only an old cartridge with other lable like Moon Patrol or Pole Position II and a little sticker on them like these 2: Oscar's Trash Race Donald Duck's Speedboat So you find most only these Prototypes, but not real ones from Atari, they are much Rarer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted November 3, 2002 Author Share Posted November 3, 2002 so is it worth ANY cash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted November 3, 2002 Share Posted November 3, 2002 so is it worth ANY cash? Yes, a bit. I am not sure, but most they go too very high, because this is never released by Atari. Maybe US $100 - 150 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted November 4, 2002 Author Share Posted November 4, 2002 let me guess u have one mark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 not a cartridge, but the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Wasn't somebody (Hozer maybe?) putting Dukes on a cart and going to be selling it? Or am I just dreaming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted November 4, 2002 Author Share Posted November 4, 2002 i dunno stan we can never tell when your dreaming or not but what do u think of my new avatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 Pretty sweet, but a little dark, it takes a min to figure it out. Maybe a lighter background? The cropping is a bit severe also, you chopped off Spidey's nose! But of course, its Spidey, so I likes it. I have that comic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted November 4, 2002 Author Share Posted November 4, 2002 hey whos the artist?? I love the work but dont know who the artist is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Claudio Castillini The image comes from the cover to Peter Parker Spider-man #77. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted November 5, 2002 Author Share Posted November 5, 2002 ok well I'll change the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 (completly OT, I know ...) I've always been a fan of the black suit, myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Yeah, I like 'em both, but when I switched to the black costume, people started calling for the old red and blues, so I changed back. Hmmm...sounds familiar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromizone Posted November 5, 2002 Author Share Posted November 5, 2002 I didn't like my old avatar with the white background I had added so I got a new one. and about the black costume its so awesome especially mcfarlanes rendition SWEEEETTTT! Like on the cover of his original marvel spiderman comic. On issue 13 ouch now THATS some good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Gotta say, I'm a Mark Bagley fan myself. And this is loooong before he got the Ult. Spidey gig. In fact, I've got an original Spidey page o' artwork hanging above the Atari collection signed by Bagley himself. Thwipp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Yeah, Bagely's original stuff on Amazing was great! There was a period of about 5 years starting with Todd and ending with Mark where the Spider-man art was incredible! I must say Chrom, though, I cannot stomach that clone costume. If you are that hard up for a cool Spidey avatar with Castillini, I can hook you up. Let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmountainslim Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Ok first off I know this thread is a bit "venerable" but I have a couple questions maybe someone can answer , first off what is Best Electronics? Were their Ateam and Dukes carts real or repros? How much are their games worth and how hard are they to get? Ok Sorry to bring an old thread back from the dead but I was curious bout these things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3ushwig Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Are repos legal to make???? I mean prototypes because they were never released and Atari didn’t make any money on them....???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Are repos legal to make???? I mean prototypes because they were never released and Atari didn’t make any money on them....???? Technically, no. The rights holders can still choose to excersize their perogative to tell anyone making repros of protos to knock it off. Er, I mean, stop it. Hence why we can't get a Saboteur repro anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 If I not wrong, this is a Best Electronics "Prototype". Most think, that they are not real Prototypes. Best Electronics has buy them from Atari and sold them later. So Atari has produced some games like Dukes of Hazzard, but never release it. Best Electronics has buy the copies and release them with this selfmade lable. Some have maybe no real lable. Only an old cartridge with other lable like Moon Patrol or Pole Position II and a little sticker on them like these 2: Oscar's Trash Race Donald Duck's Speedboat So you find most only these Prototypes, but not real ones from Atari, they are much Rarer. You're forgetting the real Quadrun chips they put in fake proto carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG/Snyper2099 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 All the ROMS are real if you want to look at it that way. All the best quadruns and dukes I've ever seen taken apart are real masked roms ready to be thrown into a cart. I think atari ran out of money and scraped these two titles along with many others. Best elec's simply bought them all, put the real chips manufactured by atari into cases like pole position and moon patrol that they broke open and stuck them in. They figured "hey, these pole positions aren't selling nearly as well as these dukes of hazzards and quadrun games" so they made a bunch of them and sold them for $45. (I think that was the price IIRC.) They crossed the line with that fake lab loaner label though. THAT was outright lying to people and that is why best electronics is a piece of s**t in my eyes. Only after the almighty dollar. I would consider EPROMS in carts you got from best electronics "suspect" but certainly not absolutely "made in house" for their own gain. I'm also very curious about something. Has anyone besides CPUWIZ ever cracked open a game like grover or bugs bunny from best to see if they are EPROMS or masked roms like the quadruns??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 I'm also very curious about something. Has anyone besides CPUWIZ ever cracked open a game like grover or bugs bunny from best to see if they are EPROMS or masked roms like the quadruns??? For what it is worth, all the Bugs Bunny carts I have seen, were EPROM carts. I've seen a ton of Dukes Of Hazzard, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Dukes were not $45. At least when I bought them they weren't. I either paid $20 or $25, probably $25, and remember buying like 5 of them. Some came in old carts with the Atari sticker on the old cart label. Others came with that black and white label that most people see. Last one that I had sold about 4 years ago for $130. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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