King Atari Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 Maybe its just my luck, but all my red label carts (except for "Dark Chambers", which is new/sealed) have a peg/tab missing. You know, the little things next to the chip that lock (?) the cart into the system. Is this common with red label carts? I've never had a problem like this with text/picture/silver label carts or anything by a third party. My PAL "Xenophobe" is like this, it's still my favorite game and all, but I kind of like my carts complete. Does this take the value on carts down at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 I have 7 Atari Red Labels and none of them are missing the prongs that bracket the PCB. This sounds odd. All but two of my Red Labels are fresh from the box. Sounds like somebody has been snapping off your prongs!!! Owwww! Two-pronged Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted November 23, 2001 Author Share Posted November 23, 2001 One of them I found at a thrift shop ("Jr. Pac-Man") and it's missing one, I figure that it's just because of they're built. I noticed in one of my 7800 carts that one of the prongs was bent back pretty bad, just short of snapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 My Jr. Pac-man has both prongs....that's weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 i own 18 red label carts all have both prongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 i own only 2 and both have their prongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted November 23, 2001 Author Share Posted November 23, 2001 Hmm, something's going on, maybe I have really bad luck. That or the lady who owns all those shops doesn't like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 All my red label games have all their prongs... however, the casing is slightly thicker on them than any other carts I have, so they don't fit as well into the Atari (I have to shove them in pretty hard). I also have a Pole Position II that has a prong bent to one side... since I don't have a 7800 yet, I'm not sure if it's ruined or not. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted November 23, 2001 Author Share Posted November 23, 2001 Ze_ro, That's the 7800 game I had the problem with, carefully bend it back into position and it should be fine (although I was jamming my game into the system before I noticed this and it worked ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 quote: Originally posted by King Atari: That's the 7800 game I had the problem with, carefully bend it back into position and it should be fine I've tried doing this, but it doesn't seem to bend easily... and I don't want to push it too hard in case I accidentally break it off. Of course, the game is only Pole Position II, so it's pretty likely I'll end up getting another one of these without really trying to --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted November 23, 2001 Author Share Posted November 23, 2001 As I said, I rammed mine into the system and it worked before I noticed the problem, all you really need is one prong for it to go in, especially in a regular 2600, you don't need any for a 7800. I'm not sure what to tell you, just be really careful. If all else fails, there's always ebay ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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