xulchris Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 oh one more thing, if my orange label waterworld is faded, then how come the atari in the upper right hand corner is still bright red?? HUH did ya every think of that one?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 HUH did ya every think of that one?? Was covered by a fleamarket/thrift store price tag at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 http://atariage.com/cart_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=543 I believe that the picture of the cart at the AA database is also an orange label variation. It is harder to see in that picture, but you can definately see a contrast in color between the background and the "Atari" in the upper right corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GruBBworM Posted June 24, 2003 Author Share Posted June 24, 2003 Nope fleamarket/thrift store price tag on this one was in the lower left corner I had to scrape it off.so that couldnt be the case and that is a good point the ATARI in the upper right hand corner is bright red and the label is orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 oh one more thing, if my orange label waterworld is faded, then how come the atari in the upper right hand corner is still bright red?? HUH did ya every think of that one?? I covered this before. The Atari logo is a spot color, the red background on the Waterworld text is a process color. Since they are different inks they're not subject to the same conditions of fading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GruBBworM Posted June 25, 2003 Author Share Posted June 25, 2003 No More debate??? so its final there are 2 color runs of WaterWorld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 No More debate??? so its final there are 2 color runs of WaterWorld Make that three. I have one with a yellow background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GruBBworM Posted June 25, 2003 Author Share Posted June 25, 2003 lol yellow this I need to see!!! just on a side note how many of them WaterWorld's do ya think CPUWIZ owns?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitfall Harry Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Any topic can be debated to the point where all interested parties are exhausted, but that doesn't make the initial premise "settled." Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 lol yellow this I need to see!!! just on a side note how many of them WaterWorld's do ya think CPUWIZ owns?????? I was just joking around with you Grubbworm although I have seen labels that faded to the point where they turned yellow. I have several Waterworlds and they are all red. If you feel this is a variation and want to keep it as such for your collection, excellent. There will be people who doubt the label variant idea, but does that really matter if you strongly feel otherwise? There are collectors out there who go crazy over all sorts of things that others could care less about like a Beagle Bros. cart for example. In the end the only person who needs to be satisfied that your orange Waterworld is a legitimate variation and not a bad print run or the result of fading is you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GruBBworM Posted June 26, 2003 Author Share Posted June 26, 2003 LoL ok enough siad I agree and you couldn't be more right thankx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Can you guys with waterworld carts look at the number stamped on the upper left corner of the end label and tell me what it says? It is a 3 digit number, the first 2 digits are the week, and the last digit is the year that the cart was made. For example, on my orange WaterWorld I have 443 meaning it was printed on the 44th week of 1983. This might help clarify when the different style carts were printed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsbucs Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 mine also says 44 3 r..heres a pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 In the end the only person who needs to be satisfied that your orange Waterworld is a legitimate variation and not a bad print run or the result of fading is you. If it is a result of a bad print run then that would only make it even more valuable, it is certainly true with stamps. Also, please see my post above, I'm curious as to the dates on which your red waterworlds were made. Maybe we can narrow the exact dates of the orange label print runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsbucs Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 hope i helped...mine isnt "faded" at all. its very much red in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 mine also says 44 3 r..heres a pic Is your red or orange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsbucs Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 red sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsbucs Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 maybe this would help?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 maybe this would help?? That looks orange to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsbucs Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 no its red....maybe its the pic?? but im looking at it and its red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 maybe this would help?? That looks orange to me Color blind ? J/K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsbucs Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 HEHEHE....no man...here ill send it to you priority and you tell me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xulchris Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 no its red....maybe its the pic?? but im looking at it and its red yea I compared it to mine and mine is more orange. The background for yours just looks orange compared to the red in the ATARI. Well I guess this throws out the theory of a bad print run unless it only occured during a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 I have one that is purple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Also, please see my post above, I'm curious as to the dates on which your red waterworlds were made. Maybe we can narrow the exact dates of the orange label print runs. If the mystery hasn't been solved and the topic is still live when I get my stuff out of storage in two months, I'll check the dates for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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