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    Wata & VGA Grading Fails

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    11 hours ago, Vectrex28 said:

    I wonder if they'd grade one of those Famicom edition Saturn Smash tapes made out of 100 yen copies of Dragon Quest...

    Likely they would.  They do grade homebrew.  I'm actually not even against that - you programmed the game.  You are the creator, and despite it being a low budget release, it's a more legitimate release than these hacks.

    Wata & VGA Grading Fails

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    10 hours ago, Startyde said:

    Well Wata is a new company with a lot of details to iron out, esp in regard to grading. "Nice guys from NA" was never a convincing endorsement for aptitude, and is particularly ironic given NA doesn't even exist anymore as it was sold out by also "Nice guys from NA."

    CGA had been grading toys for half a decade before going into games, and 15 years later still isn't perfect (no grading company is). There's just a lot of moving parts and noob peddlers lately and I feel they turn to Wata as an authority somewhat blindly. For example, there are two Ways GoW 1 for PS2 right now on eBay claiming to be first prints when they are not (first prints have holofoils and those don't). The sellers got the idea because Wata listed on the game that they have first party seals. I have no idea what that means, but these are second or third printings and people have no idea what they're grading or selling. Not necessarily Wata's fault but they aren't helping the switch listing a second print game as "first party seal."

    I think it's 100% WATA's fault.  They marketed themselves as a more competent and legitimate option to CGA/VGA.  They have been around and grading for 2 years.  They focus solely on video games, have people on their staff that are supposed to be -the- experts (or at least know who to go to), and even have partnered with an auction site, that should -demand- that they are grading legitimate things.  Do mistakes happen?  Sure, but this isn't a "mistake"/oversight.  They even admit on the label that they are hacks.

    Have a customer that wants something like this slabbed?  Ok, fine... slab it, but don't grade it, or at least don't grade it on a scale/in a way that is used for legitimate games.  This misleads people, arguably gives legitimacy to something that is equivalent to something I could make in my basement, and could lead people to be ripped off.

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    Wata & VGA Grading Fails

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    Just now, Startyde said:

    I don't judge what people grade, as one man's trash is another's treasure, so I have no problem. The turnaround times are a different matter entirely.

    It's not that they are choosing to have those graded, that's their busniess... it's that WATA is grading them at all (especially in a "sealed" grading scale).  They are repros... of hacks... sealed by a "company" or person that is, for all intents, a hobbyist - likely taking someone else's work without approval and/or compensation and making something unregulated and unauthorized - how does WATA even determine if/how these things were sealed to determine if they are truly sealed and not resealed...??  Even if they are 100% as they came from the seller, these in no way should be legitimized...

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    Wata & VGA Grading Fails

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    Missing  a bunch from my collection for the music cart charm, but it's enough to qualify.
    Also did the two music tracks for 1007 Bolts for the Chiptune artist
    Released 1007 Bolts/Hammers, UXO, and Freecell for the Publisher

    Beta tested multiple homebrews that were released (Larry, Armed for Battle, Trophy, Owlia, Rollie, etc etc) and made carts for multiple releases (Ninja, and a couple others I can't remember) for the Brew Crew

    Will make a pic/post for the 100+ homebrew carts later... I'm too lazy/my collection is too packed away ATM. 🙂

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    Astro Ninja Man

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    17 hours ago, Raftronaut said:

    GAH, this looks amazing

    and PAINFULLY expensive for what it is

    Then you'd really croak at the very similar recent Kira Kira Night Star release: 

    36,000 yen -_-

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    Which Homebrew Games Are Good (Redux)

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    Not mentioned yet, but still arguably my favorite: Armed for Battle

    I'm a huge strategy fan (or at least, historically have been), and a fun to play RTS on the NES still blows my mind.  This game doesn't get nearly enough credit, especially being made by one dude, and I hope and pray it gets a sequel/spin-off/SOMETHING in the future.

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    MagFest 2020 Photos

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    It was a great time as usual, for sure!!!

    Some of you slackers (con... <.<) need to find time to come next year! The more advanced notice, the better!

    Attached photos of the Danny Devito, and Shrek shrine for the lolz. XD

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    2019 VGS Secret Santa official reveal thread

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    15 hours ago, captmorgandrinker said:

    One of you needs to save me an empty Nikka bottle (or steam off a label) since that's the name of our eldest snake!

    Well, it was Nikko, but our vet has since informed us otherwise.

    Well I have a Nikka Coffey Malt bottle almost done that I could save for you 🙂

    It's the yellow label, instead of the pink "grain" label.

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