WildLicorice

Awesome. Thanks for the info! Looking forward to opening them up and taking a look And yeah that's along the lines of what I was thinking of as well. Thanks!

Hello, I apologize, this may be a silly question, but I keep coming up with no results when searching. I'm a long time gamer, and I've recently been looking to buy games I remember from my childhood. I've been watching a lot of "what to look for" videos to spot repo carts and one of the things that always comes up is the two digit number stamped onto the back label. I just recently bought two games (Contra and Metal Gear) who have the number "24" but it looks printed and not stamped/imprinted into the label. Is this typical? I've seen listings on ebay with the same "print" but also some that are stamped like I've come to expect from the videos and articles I've been looking at. Was there a time where they went from the "print" to the "stamp?" None of my original games I did still have from childhood are printed like these two. I did order a game bit when I bought the load of games, but the bits haven't arrived yet for me to open anything up. I'm leaning towards this being normal, but I just found it odd that the number wasn't stamped in. Also, they aren't high valued games, so I would think the time and resources wouldn't be worth faking them. I'm not so much worried about these two in particular to be fake, more just looking to improve my knowledge on the subject.