Could have been the janitor or a non-attendee? Probably turn up on Pawn Stars. Pretty disgraceful if it was an attendee, spoils the whole point of the expo.
Could have been the janitor or a non-attendee? Probably turn up on Pawn Stars. Pretty disgraceful if it was an attendee, spoils the whole point of the expo.
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I reiterate: theft is theft. If you can't figure out that basic concept, and judging by the coherence of your riposte it might be a struggle for you, then kindly refrain from posting gibberish in a thread such as this.Originally Posted by Gameboy Color
Someone had something they worked hard on stolen from them, and as a result, they weren't able to let other people experience it. This is a bad, bad thing. What the hell is wrong with you?
Yeah, one or a few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us. I like the honor system, but it doesn't work in reality like in this example. I think I've also noticed the game selection in the console gaming section being depleted, not sure if it was because of people stealing the games, or because the owner took it away for their own reasons.
Just because this is a prototype doesn't make it less valuable, in my view, makes it more valuable, and if this guy/gal doesn't turn the game over, I hope they get caught, but chances are they'll store it away and we'll never see it again.
Spoken like a true theif. I'm not joking, your mentality is the exact same as a petty thief.
That was because when I was not able to monitor over the game stations I would take all of my personal games out of there except maybe one per console, and I would put them away somewhere safe. The few that were left over have been around for years for game station duty so if one of those came up missing it would have not been such a loss to anyone personally.Yeah, one or a few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us. I like the honor system, but it doesn't work in reality like in this example. I think I've also noticed the game selection in the console gaming section being depleted, not sure if it was because of people stealing the games, or because the owner took it away for their own reasons.
Just because this is a prototype doesn't make it less valuable, in my view, makes it more valuable, and if this guy/gal doesn't turn the game over, I hope they get caught, but chances are they'll store it away and we'll never see it again.
Also, I was hiding some of the games behind the TVs so that they were out of sight, out of mind.
There were times I left my games out and was walking around the show, but nothing ever came up missing. I guess the one thief that was there must have just been eye balling that proto. I think 99.99999 percent of the people there were honest and would have never stolen anything even if they had the opportunity.
I purposely didn't bring any of my more rare and sought after games for game station duty. I just picked out games that people could play real quick and put down, that were somewhat common and not worth too much. I think the most expensive game I had out was probably Splatterhouse for the TG-16. Also, I tried to bring as many burns as possible for the CD based consoles.
Last edited by Oldskool; 08-03-2010 at 04:09 AM.
Yeah I kind of wonder if maybe he's the one that stole the game.
Thief or not, I call douche bag.
I hope it turns up, Oldskool. I'm sorry this happened.
Don't worry, the theft isn't going to stop me from completing the game or showing other game demos at shows. The fact that Atari 7800 fans couldn't play the game on Sunday is what most annoys me about the theft.
Find attached an image of the cart just in case its ever seen again. Its is quite distinctive. Could a mod add it to the first post in the thread if possible.
Yeah, same here, as it wasn't until Sunday that I actually gave the demos at the AA booth a good once over.
That really sucks. Especially because it's not really something you think would ever get stolen. I mean it's not like he could sell it for very much, not much of a market for black market home brew carts.
Of all the things to steal? You gotta figure the culprit is on a short list if he cares enough to swipe a 7800 dev copy.
I read about this first over at AA. What a crappy thing for someone to do. The person has to know that he or she will never be able to sell it. All they accomplished is the hurting of the exposure to an upcoming game and the dispicable act of theft.
I don't know about that. I didn't even know they where doing a Halloween for the 7800 before it got stollen. Now there are threads everywhere about it and everyones all worked up. Now they should sell a ton.
I can see it now. "The game thats so good, someone stole it!"
Messin with my games is like messin with my emotions.
In yo face!
The game has nothing to do with the film and its not a remake of the 2600 game either. Halloween is just its working title too.
Oh, it wasn't my proto. I was lucky, nothing of mine got stolen.
Maybe because of what happened, the programmers should add in a zombie thief holding a proto cart. You have to blow his head off, and he splatters all over the wall Splatterhouse style.
I think his point was that any publicity is good publicity. It's a shame that some idiot stole this but at least some good seems to be comming from it...exposure.
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Added to original post.
I am wondering if the game was actually stolen. Could it have been accidentally sold to someone? It looks just like the other Homebrews. It is just hard for me to wrap my head around the concept that someone would steal this of all things. I mean there were certain items at this show that were 20 times as valuable as this game. Actual prototypes of NES, Atari 2600 were floating around, but the thief goes, and steals a proto of a homebrew. It just doesn't add up. I have a feeling that this will turn up sooner or later.
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