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    Default Worst Idea Ever. Warning, this is not for the faint of heart.

    Please check out this link.
    Not for the faint of heart!

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/8BitMemory

    What do you guys think of destruction of collectibles for THIS?!

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    I dont like to click on links to sites I dont know. Whats going on there?

    Worst idea ever would be for Philips to relaunch the CD-I and have Bubsy 3D as their lunch title.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schiggidyd View Post
    Please check out this link.
    Not for the faint of heart!

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/8BitMemory

    What do you guys think of destruction of collectibles for THIS?!
    I think that this is a GREAT idea. The more this knucklehead and folks like them destroy old games and systems, the more our collections go up in value!

    WOOHOO!

    p.s. Idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    (not the poster here... but the idiot(s) gutting innocent unsuspecting Gameboys and NES/SNES carts.

    Just like the GOD DAMNED ( I do hope God Damns these people too) dim-bulbs that turn GREAT vinyl (not Barbara S's...i fucking hate her too) into fruit bowls... (I HATE These bastards).

    http://www.instructables.com/id/Vinyl-Fruit-Bowl/

    https://www.google.com/search?q=barb...L-fuyAGA8IDADQ

    It is FRIDAY, I'm starting my Drink on....

    ....OH MY GOD... I just looked online at all of the Vinyl into Fruit Bowl sites... I wanna' hurt someone now real bad...
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    Quote Originally Posted by SOL BADGUY View Post
    I dont like to click on links to sites I dont know. Whats going on there?
    Gameboys, lobotomized into retro-looking hard drives that will surely make you 'the envy of all your geek friends'. Classic NES cartridges, their entrails torn free, replaced with external pc storage. An atrocity.

    Except that LJN game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SpaceHarrier View Post
    Gameboys, lobotomized into retro-looking hard drives that will surely make you 'the envy of all your geek friends'. Classic NES cartridges, their entrails torn free, replaced with external pc storage. An atrocity.

    Except that LJN game.
    I would guess that he's probably stripping down Mario / Duckhunt carts and slapping on a reproduction label, it's not like this dude has an abundance of copies of these games that are in demand at his disposal to wreck them. He can destroy all the copies of X-Men for NES he wants though, he's doing the world a favor.

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    The better classic games look like he photoshopped the images. I bet he went around to stores and got sports titles and other crappy cheap games, then prints out the stickers for those better games onto them. With the gold cart Zelda games though I hope he didnt gut them, but I guess some people really really hate Zelda 2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spman View Post
    He can destroy all the copies of X-Men for NES he wants though, he's doing the world a favor.
    He could have bought defective games that weren't working anymore, someone bought some cheap NES games off me to use as hard drive cases. I didn't have any defective games at the time so he got cheap commons, but he was asking for defective games. It's why I don't throw out broken games even if they can't be repaired, somebody might be able to use them.

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    Probably could have just bought a few empty cartridges from any of the sites that mold them, then print out the game label. More steps and would raise the price of the trinket, but would have still saved a game from being destroyed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSoup View Post
    Probably could have just bought a few empty cartridges from any of the sites that mold them, then print out the game label. More steps and would raise the price of the trinket, but would have still saved a game from being destroyed.
    Aren't those cases around $5 each or so? None of them really look like real NES games anyway, it's just cheaper and better looking to buy crap games in bulk and just use those cases.

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    I will not shed a tear for X-Men for NES.

    Not a one.
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    Guys, I think he uses real cartridges.

    "This is a discounted item. There are some cosmetic flaws in the cartridge, so it has been discounted $10. An example of cosmetic flaws would be some minor damage to the label, non-removable writing, or discoloration in the cartridge."

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    Quote Originally Posted by SOL BADGUY View Post
    I dont like to click on links to sites I dont know. Whats going on there?
    I'm surprised you've never heard of Etsy. It's like THE site for people selling game-related crafts (and crafts not related to games too).

    Anyway, destruction of carts aside, it's just a dumb idea and looks dumb too. If you guys want to see some genuinely cool game-related crafts, ones that actually showcase real creativity and talent, check out http://www.spritestitch.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aussie2B View Post
    I'm surprised you've never heard of Etsy. It's like THE site for people selling game-related crafts (and crafts not related to games too).

    Anyway, destruction of carts aside, it's just a dumb idea and looks dumb too. If you guys want to see some genuinely cool game-related crafts, ones that actually showcase real creativity and talent, check out http://www.spritestitch.com
    And look! They do it all without destroying the very products they represent!

    But according to the 8BitMemory guy on Etsy, he "Loves the classics!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schiggidyd View Post
    Guys, I think he uses real cartridges.

    "This is a discounted item. There are some cosmetic flaws in the cartridge, so it has been discounted $10. An example of cosmetic flaws would be some minor damage to the label, non-removable writing, or discoloration in the cartridge."
    Well, if he's pealing the labels off copies of Bases Loaded and TMNT, which is what I suspect he is doing, that doesn't mean those cartridges aren't in flawless condition themselves.

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    He's destroying common NES games to make crap? Whatever, there is more than enough copies of all of those games floating around that I couldn't care less. Let's be realistic guys if tomorrow he melted 10000 copies of Legend of Zelda and turned it into a big plastic ball the price of Zelda wouldn't move. They printed a LOT of these things. Now if he starts killing Cheetamen 2 carts he might have a shot at effecting market value. Which I'm sure isn't his goal but these aren't "treasured collectibles" to most people, let's be honest.

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    Why don't folks complain when people make repro carts out of common carts?

    Bit of a double standard there, eh?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitsune Sniper View Post
    Why don't folks complain when people make repro carts out of common carts?
    People complain about it all the time.

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    This is a horrible idea, not only because it takes perfectly good retro gaming (for the most part) and ruins it. Also, the idea of a USB drive is to be portable. These things make horrible USB drives.

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    I will not shed a tear for X-Men for NES.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSoup View Post
    People complain about it all the time.
    This.

    Because, you know, there aren't enough copies of NBA Live '95 to satiate every person on Earth who wants a copy 50 times over.

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