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    Default 5200 engraved #'s..

    Do all Atari 5200 carts have numbers carved/engraved into the labels and do they have a meaning?! Does the same game (say Qix for example) have the same number 163 carved in all of it's labels?!

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    I had always assumed that they were week/year codes as in 16th week of '83. I looked at my Qix and I believe it was 243. However my theory is pretty well shot since after you mentioning it I looked at all my carts and they all work that way except my cart of Soccer has 532 on it

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    It's possible to have a 53rd week though (or at least a couple of days of one) since 52 weeks = 364 days. Perhaps your Soccer was made on the last day of 1982?

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    On new year's eve? Damn, that worker was pissed.

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    I have the same discussion over at AA and nobody there knows what the #'s are.. someone suspects aliens. I have 163, but one of the guys at AA has 263R. Now that baffles me even more that they have letters too.

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    Yeah make that two votes for the alien conspiracy.

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    I never noticed the numbers before and have no idea what it means. My Qix has 25 3 R.

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    If they are date codes (which is very probable), the letters could indicate specific manufacturing plants.

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