What to do with Broken Carts

[oleanhosting]

I know AtariAge buys them, I have sold them alot, but what about games that when you push them into the Atari they are stuck. The black plastic in the middle wont go down. Does Atari Age buy those also? I would hate to throw it away. Any Ideas?

[Philflound]

It may have sticky food or something else preventing it from sliding. You may want to try cleaning it. Also, if you pop the screws, you can always remove the circuit board protector. You haven't mentioned whether or not these games work,or you don't know yet.

 

Phil

[oleanhosting]

I dont know if the game works or not..

[deathtrappomegranate]

What becomes of the broken carted?

[Mindfield]

Depends on why it doesn't open. Usually one of the posts holding one of the springs snaps and the spring ends up rattling around loose inside the cart until it gets wedged in the dust cover. Not much help for those, really, but if you save up enough of them, maybe you can build something cool with them. :-)

[PacManPlus]

Thank you Now that song is stuck in my head

[Cobra Commander]

Blow them up with fire crackers.

[Albert]

I know AtariAge buys them, I have sold them alot, but what about games that when you push them into the Atari they are stuck. The black plastic in the middle wont go down. Does Atari Age buy those also? I would hate to throw it away. Any Ideas?

 

If the plastic dust cover won't go down, it's usually due to the board inside the cartridge not being seated properly or the spring coming loose. Unless the cartridge has warped due to some reason, they are still generally fine for our use as long as the cart is in good physical condition.

 

..Al