buttonsmasher90 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Hi I am new to this website and I think it is great. I bought my 7800 a few months ago at a classic video game store for 40 beans. it is a huge upgrade from the 2600 that is now collecting dust in the corner. But back to the topic at hand I got myself a copy of mario bros and realized the other day that the front label is upside down and the top label is backwards. The cart is in good overall condition is this worth anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nope. Stuff like that happened all the time in Atari's later years when quality control was almost non-existent. It's not worth any more or less because of the upside down label. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonsmasher90 Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thanks I was just curious I seen some guy on ebay tryin to sell one for 50 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ghost Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 But in any event, welcome to the 7800 club! A lot of good stuff to discover, and a lot of things happening between homebrew and even with new Hardware (release of the new expansion module from Legacy Engineering should happen in January). The homebrew efforts may not be as extensive as the 2600, but they've really been ramping up as of late, and are sure to increase even more with the XM coming out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool kitty89 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nope. Stuff like that happened all the time in Atari's later years when quality control was almost non-existent. It's not worth any more or less because of the upside down label. Tempest I would have thought it would have happened a bit more often in Atari Corp's early years than later on (unless you're talking post 1989) as the biggest mess was early-on... albeit by the time the 7800 was launched, most of the management hickups had been resolved anyway, so maybe late would make more sense too. Unless you meant Atari Corp in general... and that's another issue entirely. (note, of course, that Atari Corp was a totally different company than Atari Inc -or Atari Games Corp for that matter- and was in fact just a new name for Trammel Technologies LTD after they'd acquired Atari Inc's former consumer properties and licenses during Warner's liquidation of Atari Inc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I've checked a few of the upside down label 7800 games and they invariably have PROM chips in them instead of ROM chips. Doesn't affect the value any but mildly interesting anyway. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdement Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I've checked a few of the upside down label 7800 games and they invariably have PROM chips in them instead of ROM chips. Doesn't affect the value any but mildly interesting anyway. Mitch Interesting. So it sounds like the upside-down labels were put on that way in the same production batch, ie it wasn't just random error. I guess the use of PROMs implies they were early carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonsmasher90 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 What is the difference between the PROM and ROM chips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 What is the difference between the PROM and ROM chips? Basically the technology that is used in the chip. The games don't play any different. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopa64 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Nope. Stuff like that happened all the time in Atari's later years when quality control was almost non-existent. It's not worth any more or less because of the upside down label. Tempest Now if this was NintendoAge, you'd get a ton of collector's high fiving buttonsmasher for finding such a rare variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Nope. Stuff like that happened all the time in Atari's later years when quality control was almost non-existent. It's not worth any more or less because of the upside down label. Tempest Now if this was NintendoAge, you'd get a ton of collector's high fiving buttonsmasher for finding such a rare variant. Very few 7800 fans collect minor label variations let alone upside labels. The other problem is that a "fake" could be created with a hair dryer and a little patience. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopa64 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 No really, some of the guys at NA go crazy over dumb stuff like this. More so with minor label variants. It can be both humorous and sad at times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey85 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I recently obtained a 7800 Realsports Baseball with an upside down label as well as "Baseball" in black on the label. Only bought it because it was $1 and mildly interesting to me. You occasionally see Mario Bros. carts on ebay with upside down labels priced for stupid amounts like they are some kind of collector's grail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuzzed Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 How weird.. I was just going through my 7800 collection, and I discovered my Realsports Baseball front label is on upside down as well. This must have been pretty darn common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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