do you think offcut labels affect value? PIC ADDED

[qbertandernie]

EDIT: found the pic of the messed up mario duck hunt label...it wasnt mario duck HUNG, that was my mistake!....

check out the photo here http://photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/?action=view

Skip to the second shot..its clearer
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i saw an ebay auction with a mario/duck hung game that the label was severely off cut, and it made me wonder if this would be more or less sought after by collectors. i figured more because there are very few of these, but im sure there are some purists. i kept the picture from the auction but could not locate it right now.

what about game inserts? ive seen dreamcast games with misprinted back covers(so looking at the edge of the game shows the title missing or off center)...

whats everyones opinion?

oh, the auction was for an NES and games, i just noticed it after someone else had won it. i think it went for about $45, about what i wouldve expected. emailed the guy and asked if he wanted to sell it(hoping he was just buying it to play)...no reply.

[max 330 mega]

i think they would be more valuable slightly, i know id be interested in having some misprint items to show off.

[TRM]

For the NES, I know there is a copy of Captain Comic with an upside down label. Several of these were made. I also know of Legends of the Daimond (instead of Diamond). Once again, a lot of these carts were made too.

[PapaStu]

We here in Playstation land LOVE our misprints and variants. They give us something additional to stress over.

My Personal Favorite
http://www.game-rave.com/variant/gundam.jpg

[Jibbajaba]

For the NES, I know there is a copy of Captain Comic with an upside down label. Several of these were made. I also know of Legends of the Daimond (instead of Diamond). Once again, a lot of these carts were made too.

I have the legends of the diamond one.

http://www.alaimolabs.com/daimond.jpg

Chris

[MarioAllStar2600]

We here in Playstation land LOVE our misprints and variants. They give us something additional to stress over.

My Personal Favorite
http://www.game-rave.com/variant/gundam.jpg

So that's what you call your collection now? What happened to Stu's happy place of Games or whatever? LOL

yea I know there is a Warlords (2600) box that had a misprinted color. They are more valuable, but I don't think that drastic of a difference. They are definatly more valuable, lower print runs.

[o2william]

Pole Position for the Atari 2600 is famous for having two misprint versions, "Pole Positn" and "Ploe Position." DP guide doesn't list separate values for them, but I know collectors are willing to pay extra. Same goes for "Raiders Lost Ark."

I have a Video Olympics cart that was mislabeled by the factory as Breakout. I wonder if that's worth anything?

[DDCecil]

I remember my very first DP post:

How much is my Majesco Pac-Man 2 SNES game with the upside-down label worth?

[Habeeb Hamusta]

Technically I don't think they would be worth more. They are just cool to have and has different values depending on the person.

[mikeetler]

mario/duck hung

I'd get it just for the name variation. 8-)

[tholly]

there was the sticker on the edge of Katamari Damacy that was spelled Katamari Damashi....im assuming every edge label had this mistake, but its still a mistake

[izret101]

I think it depends on the type of mistake and how common that mistake actually is. I would be willing to pay a little more for game that was misprinted. I would never point out something like that to someone though. Unless i knew there was know way i could get it or if i would be better off just telling them.

[v1rich]

I have a Video Olympics cart that was mislabeled by the factory as Breakout. I wonder if that's worth anything?


I think that would not be worth anything because anyone can take a game apart and put another one inside it. I have a wailaie country club golf with tetris 2 inside it and tetris 2 wrote on the front of the cart, and a loose family feud without a cover that have just been "operated" on. So I woud not trust that and I doubt anyone else would either. I would also be hesitant to trust label cut offs and things like that.

[Oobgarm]

there was the sticker on the edge of Katamari Damacy that was spelled Katamari Damashi....im assuming every edge label had this mistake, but its still a mistake

That's not a mistake. DAMACY is what it was called locally here in the US, DAMASHI is the Japanese translation of the logo.

[charitycasegreg]

For the NES, I know there is a copy of Captain Comic with an upside down label. Several of these were made. I also know of Legends of the Daimond (instead of Diamond). Once again, a lot of these carts were made too.

I have the legends of the diamond one.

http://www.alaimolabs.com/daimond.jpg

Chris

I have that one too.

[Flack]

I remember going and getting Space Invaders for the Atari 2600 with my dad the day it was released. We got it home, opened it up, stuck it in the Atari and turned it on to find ... Bowling. The game had a Space Invaders label and everything, but it was Bowling. We took it back and they were out, so we had to wait like a week to get a new one. I remember because my dad let me skip school for it (one of three times he ever let me skip school), and all we had to show for it was frickin' Bowling.

BTW, the other two times he let me skip school was when Pac-Man was released for the 2600, and the last day of school in 3rd grade, when Return of the Jedi came out.

[tholly]

there was the sticker on the edge of Katamari Damacy that was spelled Katamari Damashi....im assuming every edge label had this mistake, but its still a mistake

That's not a mistake. DAMACY is what it was called locally here in the US, DAMASHI is the Japanese translation of the logo.

wow...good to know...i always thought it was a mistake

you can now ignore my previous statement, since it has been proven wrong

[o2william]

I think that would not be worth anything because anyone can take a game apart and put another one inside it.

I know what you're saying, but I don't think that's what happened to my cart. You can't open a first-party 2600 cart without tampering with/destroying the label (the screw that holds the cart case together is underneath it), and the label on mine is in such good condition that I doubt it was ever tampered with. Someone could have doctored it if they took a Video Olympics cart, removed its label, had an unused Breakout label lying around, and stuck it to the cart. It's not impossible (I have some unused 2600 labels myself), but I think a factory goof is more likely.

I still doubt it's worth anything extra, but it doesn't really matter since I don't plan on getting rid of it anyway. I got it in the first 2600 lot I purchased when I started collecting in 1995, so it has some sentimental value.

[qbertandernie]

was more wondering about off cut labels and inserts. i know a lot of 'typo's from the factory are around, but what of labels that are only half pictures or cut off center and other things of that nature?

[slip81]

was more wondering about off cut labels and inserts. i know a lot of 'typo's from the factory are around, but what of labels that are only half pictures or cut off center and other things of that nature?

I would say that with something like that grading it would be hard. If it could be proven that it was a factory screw up, then it might be worth more. But with things of that nature it would be hard to tell (unless there were a ton of them, then it probably wouldn't be worth much) if it was a factory error, or someone just tampering with the label.

[rbudrick]

there was the sticker on the edge of Katamari Damacy that was spelled Katamari Damashi....im assuming every edge label had this mistake, but its still a mistake


The symbol for "si" is the same as the symbol for "shi" in Japanese.

I think the Atart 2600 had more typo labels than any other system. Some games had so many misprinted versions I lost count...

-Rob

[qbertandernie]

if the label was half one side of the graphic on the wrong side or if it were vertical and horizontal or half off of the label(with the rest of the label present, it would have to be a factory screw up. i was wonderine mostly because i saw a dreamcast game for sale on a little higher end of the what-i-am-willing-to-pay scale, and am still kicking around buying it. the back insert is off center a bit, so when you look at the side the name is partially off the cardboard. the insert is the proper size though, just cut funny...

any significant change in value of the GUNDUM version of that game for psx?

[Jasoco]

Don't forget "Elimonator Boat Duel" for the NES. Though, I think ALL of them have the misspelling on the label. So it wouldn't matter. Unless they eventually fixed it.

[izret101]

I dont know how many of these are like this but i have Mortal Kombat: Deception Kollectors Edition (Scorpion cover) everything that shouold say Moloch (demon from MKDA) says Mokoch. I hope that (somhow) very few were made with this error. Mine was the 14,833 made so i doubt it.

Off topic does anyone know how many of each cover were printed?

[NintendoMan]

I personally don't like it at all when a game label is misprinted or whatever. I don't want the game if it is.

[Qixmaster]

Don't forget "Elimonator Boat Duel" for the NES. Though, I think ALL of them have the misspelling on the label. So it wouldn't matter. Unless they eventually fixed it.

all of them are like this. I have looked into and have NEVER seen any spelled correctly.

As for the legends of the diamond game.... i am 97% sure that they are all mispelled as well. SO... these two misspellings are common at best.

As for upside down labels on NES carts.... I find them very cool. I know the captain comic cart was printed like this... and about 35-40% of the time it will be like this (only the blue cart, not the black cart). Another interested upside down label that i found in the wild is a Yoshi label for the NES put on upside down. Very cool indeed. Anyone else have/know of upside down NES labels?

-Josh

[XxMe2NiKxX]

One of my Final Fantasy cart's has the label printed on it backwards.

[TRM]

One of my Final Fantasy cart's has the label printed on it backwards.

I would like to see that.

[izret101]

One of my Final Fantasy cart's has the label printed on it backwards.

I would like to see that.

I would like to have that.

[qbertandernie]

bump to show the screwed up game label pic if anyone is curious...link is in the first post...

[Ed Oscuro]

Yet if they printed Mario upside down on a Super Mario Bros. cartridge?

Well, the days of magically inverted Jennies are over...printing is done differently now; you're just likely to have bad color seperation or colors placed on the label "out of sync."

Typos aren't so much fun, but an artwork error...that'd be nice :)

[qbertandernie]

check the link for the photo

http://photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/?action=view

the second pic is way betterer

[izret101]

It was still pretty poor. I know i have 3 differant models of SMBs/Duckhunt each has some slight variation from the others.

[charitycasegreg]

Thats just weird... but cool.

[Promophile]

So is the "Gundum" misprint more valuable? Just picked up one for 2 dollars at EB the other day.