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mcgrail0007@netzero.net
06-01-2004, 12:31 AM
I bid on this auction because the guy said that there are about 100 games on here. Does anyone know if this multicart actually has this many games on it?
http://www.videogameauctions.com/cgi-bin/auction.pl?item=61086635808
Griking
06-01-2004, 02:01 AM
I don't know the answer to your question but really, this is a question that you should have asked before you bid on it, not after.
with 5 dipswitches you can obviously only select a maximum of 32 games.
i highly doubt it has more.
the pcb doesnt look like a production board.
im not into colecovision, but i dont think they used manually etched boards neither for prototypes nor for retail games, this one looks like a pirate/homebrewn to me.
i wouldnt pay more than $30 for this cart unless i knew it was legit.
Bratwurst
06-01-2004, 09:11 AM
with 5 dipswitches you can obviously only select a maximum of 32 games.
How did you get that number may I ask? :hmm:
video_game_addict
06-01-2004, 10:06 AM
It would take at least 6 dip switches to have 32 games,
http://members.cox.net/j_riezinger/images/games/5200overlay.jpg
I don't think Defender has tested it. First off they die alot, and it's not like you can get SK to fix, it may not even work. I think he has no game list, and doesn't know the workings of the dips, to realize the total number of games that can be selectable on it. It is definitely not 100s of games.
mcgrail0007@netzero.net
06-01-2004, 10:26 AM
I don't know the answer to your question but really, this is a question that you should have asked before you bid on it, not after.
I wouldn't have placed a bid so quick, but someone had killed the buy it now. Now I don't know about the auction service that this auction is on, but on eBay someone can place a bid to kill the buy it now and then retract their bid and use the buy it now to buy the item. I bid to prevent that from happening.
The seller claims that there are about 100 games on it. There is a big difference between 100 games and 32 or 16 games. I wouldn't want this multicart if it only has 32 games on it. It is pretty much the same label that Sean Kelly used on his menu driven complete multicart.