Red 5 Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 I have all the Space Invaders label variations, but I noticed a difference in the Atari Text Label version. I have one with an * on the end label, and on the top label it lists a trademark next to the asterisk. (Trademark of Taito America) (This is the one shown on atariage's game list) http://www.atariage.com/cart_page.html?Sof...wareLabelID=462 The other one I have is just plain, with no asterisk. The top label does not list the trademark. Other than that, it is exactly the same as the one with the *. I'm sure it's no big deal, but I was wondering the story behind it, or if one is more uncommon than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFairy321 Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 i have two different PAL text labels of space invaders too. The only variation seems to be the PAL stamp/sticker. On one its actually part of he label, while the other has a PAL stamp ( not sticker ) in the same spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Posted July 14, 2004 Share Posted July 14, 2004 http://www.atariguide.com/1/170b.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted July 15, 2004 Author Share Posted July 15, 2004 Thanks ! That link pretty much explains it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball22 Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Ok, I'd never been to atariguide.com before now... there's certainly a lot of info on label variations there. Are there really people out there, though, willing to pay $22.35 for a very slightly odd silver label Space Invaders? If there are, let me know so I can go dig through the stack of commons at the flea market again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as_the_gavel_falls Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Go 4 it... but I doubt you will find any of the rarer ones. What price would you feel is reasonable for that cart I use formulas to determine the price, and protect my collection of unique carts But I am always open to offers. Never been to AtariGuide? Did you know it is the most popular Atari site on the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 Go 4 it... but I doubt you will find any of the rarer ones. What price would you feel is reasonable for that cart I use formulas to determine the price, and protect my collection of unique carts Interesting to know I've always over your prices too. Damn mathematics! But I am always open to offers. Never been to AtariGuide? Did you know it is the most popular Atari site on the web tsk tsk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shining slade Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 WOW, I have a label variation that is not at atariguide?? I've got a silver label with blue text on the end label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as_the_gavel_falls Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 I've got that, the end label is very "dotty" if I remember correct. I have boxes of carts that aren't on the site yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball22 Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 What price would you feel is reasonable for that cart I don't know, and I didn't mean to say that it was necessarily wrong... that's just the first time I've seen that level of detail specified for label variations, and I'm curious as to whether there are other people out there collecting them and who would put that kind of value on them, since I haven't seen anyone specify some of those variations before. If there is a market for that, I'd like to know about it so I'll pay more attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as_the_gavel_falls Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 It is a pretty simple function at this level; I just say, how many space invaders have I seen, and how many of this one; the multiply that by the base price. The base price has a lot of majik in it I have several collectable item stores that are using this model now with a lot of success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as_the_gavel_falls Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 The c8 (red / wht ) version has sold for more then the 19.95 listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Man if that doesn't fall under the "way too much time on your hands" category, I don't know what does. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as_the_gavel_falls Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Content is King Were you talking about my site? 90% of the work on the site is funded by people buying stuff. The other 10% is my hobby of programming for it. I work in e-commerce, search engine optimization, and recently designed and wrote the core of a paid listing search engine. I use atariguide to experiment with web traffic patterns In case anyone out there has a clue, send a link to my spam farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 What do they mean by Open or Locking carts? i.e.: 170c5 gry - red - open / 1988 170c4 sil - red - locking / 1980 This may be obvious... but darn it... I'm curious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
as_the_gavel_falls Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Open means the circuit board is exposed to the air and (the worst) dust. Sliding means the end has a cover, but you can push it with your finger (the best). Locking means the end has a cover, and you need to hit the tab in the hole to get it to open ( for those 70's moms that were scared about kids getting electrocuted from the carts, imho, lol ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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