marillion Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 ...and is it legit? Prototype tester? Peace, Chip Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 These often show up at the site of all evil. It's not a "prototype" in any sense of the word...just eprom copies of games and the board to plug them into. Way back before the crash, eprom cart copiers were advertised in many game and electronic hobby magazines. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-91889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marillion Posted June 6, 2002 Author Share Posted June 6, 2002 So it's nothing to get my panties in a bunch over, eh? Good...more cash to spend on boxed games... Thanks for the info... Peace, Chip Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-91890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Nah, nothing to get too excited over. Pirate EPROM set-ups were pretty common back in the day. They're neat to have, but have no "prototype" value. I'm going to bid on it for the Sears console though. Tempest Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-91891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Piper Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 I missed one of those sears consoles on ebay by minutes,and it sold for about $30,(my sort of price range)Damn! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-91892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 they might be fun but are nothing really special ... that's the "homebrews" of the eighties ..... the medium of the pirate scene .... i have a few too, but i tend to spend less on such items ... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-91893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Referring to pirates as homebrews!? Sacralidge!! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-91894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 ok, speaking about the 2600 it might be a little inapropriate, but i remember lots of friends back then, who hacked games and let them re-rum from eproms ..... and as i remember, we call hacks homebrews too nowadays .... maybe that is a sacrilege too :wink: anyway, these boards appeared more often in private homes than in programmers labs .... i think. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-92673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Cripes! US $172.50! Looks like it's gonna cost ya for that Sears console, Tempest. *Starts buying eproms and labeling them "prototype" Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-93290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Oscuro Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Thanks for the info everybody. I told my friend Atari Addict at Forumplanet's Classicgaming Forums, he showed me this. So...I got in contact with the seller before all this info came my way. I believe that there is a good possibility the eeproms are burned; here's a section of an email he sent me when I requested info. Read on! If you are a collecter of video games in general, I would like to sell this n64 thing. It's called a z64 (backs up your n64 games on zip disk). I don't believe he's being dishonest, quite the reverse. However the real item of value here would be that Sears console; and since I see that lots of people seem to want it (including posters in this topic) I will refrain from doing so. Regards, Edwin Herdman edoscuro@attbi.com Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-93593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Oscuro Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 As for where he got it, he said his dad knew people at atari. Of course, you see the serial number (what, 2692 isn't it?) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9701-what-the-hell-is-this/#findComment-93595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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