pangasinan Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I cant believe anyone would pay $1100 for a dead cart.and believe the crap the seller says about fixing it...lol.. Has anyone seen a higher price paid for a dead cart before ? eBay Auction -- Item Number: 120639534094 So who's going to admit they bought this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesk Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I cant believe anyone would pay $1100 for a dead cart.and believe the crap the seller says about fixing it...lol.. Has anyone seen a higher price paid for a dead cart before ? If collectors put down the big $$ for Stadium Events or Air Raid do they pop it in their system and play it or do they display it where it will never get worn? Honestly I don't understand paying for $1k for a cart dead, alive or undead. So maybe the allure is just the plastic and label regardless if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 I cant believe anyone would pay $1100 for a dead cart.and believe the crap the seller says about fixing it...lol.. Has anyone seen a higher price paid for a dead cart before ? If collectors put down the big $$ for Stadium Events or Air Raid do they pop it in their system and play it or do they display it where it will never get worn? Honestly I don't understand paying for $1k for a cart dead, alive or undead. So maybe the allure is just the plastic and label regardless if it works. I play my big $$ games regularly,in fact i play them more than the commons,it gives me some sort of justification for me paying so much for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Certainly the most expensive dead cart i have ever seen. good luck getting it to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I cant believe anyone would pay $1100 for a dead cart.and believe the crap the seller says about fixing it...lol.. Has anyone seen a higher price paid for a dead cart before ? If collectors put down the big $$ for Stadium Events or Air Raid do they pop it in their system and play it or do they display it where it will never get worn? Honestly I don't understand paying for $1k for a cart dead, alive or undead. So maybe the allure is just the plastic and label regardless if it works. I play my big $$ games regularly,in fact i play them more than the commons,it gives me some sort of justification for me paying so much for them. Aren't most of your big $$ games porn games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Aren't most of your big $$ games porn games No,thats just some of them... i like to play my t handle games like spider maze.. phoenix ..etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Aren't most of your big $$ games porn games No,thats just some of them... i like to play my t handle games like spider maze.. phoenix ..etc Yeah i know, I was just stirring. Do you play your VGs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Aren't most of your big $$ games porn games No,thats just some of them... i like to play my t handle games like spider maze.. phoenix ..etc Yeah i know, I was just stirring. Do you play your VGs? I love to play Surfers Paradise,its such a great game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 This cart is easily fixed, if someone here bought it, contact me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 This cart is easily fixed, if someone here bought it, contact me. Bira Bira has spoken................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 This cart is easily fixed, if someone here bought it, contact me. Really ? how ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 This cart is easily fixed, if someone here bought it, contact me. Still, $1k for a PAL karate is insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 If the description is accurate and I'm understanding it correctly, it seems as if there is damage to one of the card edge connector "fingers". If that's correct and the only reason for the cartridge to fail to work, then yes, it's easily repaired. There is self-adhesive copper material sold for circuit board repairs. If the damage is merely a cut across a circuit track, it could even be bridged with just a dab of solder to fix it. On the other hand, if the ROM (or EPROM?) chip itself is dead, it could be replaced or reprogrammed -- a more technically involved and challenging repair, especially if it means needing to replace a mask ROM with an EPROM, but still feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 especially if it means needing to replace a mask ROM with an EPROM, but still feasible. It will no longer be original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 If the description is accurate and I'm understanding it correctly, it seems as if there is damage to one of the card edge connector "fingers". If that's correct and the only reason for the cartridge to fail to work, then yes, it's easily repaired. There is self-adhesive copper material sold for circuit board repairs. If the damage is merely a cut across a circuit track, it could even be bridged with just a dab of solder to fix it. What are the chances that its that? A karate game could not have been played much (if at all) over the last 30 years as the game absolutely sucks! This seller was so full of BS you cant trust anything he says. He had a dead Mangia cart too which he got from the same source, which suggests bit rot for both these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 What are the chances that its that? A karate game could not have been played much (if at all) over the last 30 years as the game absolutely sucks! This seller was so full of BS you cant trust anything he says. He had a dead Mangia cart too which he got from the same source, which suggests bit rot for both these Regarless of the likelyhood, I would say it's definitely worth a look-see, given the value of a (working)cart. Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 What are the chances that its that? A karate game could not have been played much (if at all) over the last 30 years as the game absolutely sucks! This seller was so full of BS you cant trust anything he says. He had a dead Mangia cart too which he got from the same source, which suggests bit rot for both these Regarless of the likelyhood, I would say it's definitely worth a look-see, given the value of a (working)cart. Morgan like $200.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Someone paid $1100 for the label. The insides probably will be "fixed" to be either NTSC or PAL as the new owner chooses. Were all K-Tel/Ultravision carts released as eproms? How much did the last NTSC Ultravision Karate sell for...$2000, $5000? The person with $1100 for this probably has another $50-100 available to have the cart repaired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Someone paid $1100 for the label. The insides probably will be "fixed" to be either NTSC or PAL as the new owner chooses. Were all K-Tel/Ultravision carts released as eproms? How much did the last NTSC Ultravision Karate sell for...$2000, $5000? The person with $1100 for this probably has another $50-100 available to have the cart repaired. condor attack and Karate in NTSC were masked roms, so it cannot be "fixed" to NTSC, only PAL, in which case, he has overpaid by $900 PAL copies of Karate are much more readily available than their NTC counterparts. If it was as simple as wiping an pal eprom and replacing it with an ntsc rom, there would probably be a whole lot more ntsc karates out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 OTP + dead karate cart = worth a $1k bid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball22 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Honestly I don't understand paying for $1k for a cart dead, alive or undead. I'd probably pay $1K for an actual undead cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-topdog Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I can see it if someone has a cart with a broken shell and they want to move their board into it. It would be worth the $1k just to have an unbroken cartridge... then they have a complete one of a much higher value. I have been known to pay upwards of $200 for an empty box for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 almost had a heart attack when i saw this with a BIN of $10!!! eBay Auction -- Item Number: 300490923752 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 almost had a heart attack when i saw this with a BIN of $10!!! eBay Auction -- Item Number: 300490923752 KILLED BY HOZER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted November 9, 2010 Author Share Posted November 9, 2010 The person who bought the dead cart is a well known reseller that is a member here who in his auctions makes outrageous claims that the auctioned item is one of only a few known to exist,so expect it for resale soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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