Code Monkey

Every licensed NES cartridge has that indent. Press hard enough on the label and it'll look like that.

I have these. The blank one is Yar's Revenge.

20 hours ago, fcgamer said:

Does Spielberg still have these? Has it been confirmed that these actually exist, or are they just some sort of urban legend?

I'm reading his book Once Upon Atari, here is a photo of him handing over the cartridge. The third paragraph down explains the quick change he made to the title screen.

5 hours ago, Tulpa said:

Far be it for me to step up in Code Monkey's defense ( ), but the two games he listed are on the page Seth linked, and I didn't see anything that said they weren't eligible. By Code Monkey Logictm they should qualify, no? 

• The Incident
• Battle Kid (I haven't played the sequel yet)
• 8 Bit X-Mas 2013
• Legend Of Link
• Deadpool

I'm amazed nobody has mentioned The Incident yet, though I guess it's not really a technical marvel in any way, it was just really fun. Battle Kid was a good game but it was one of the most frustrating experiences of my life, I nreally snapped my controller in half on multiple occassions. Legend Of Link and Deadpool both use assets from other games but I'm willing to bet some of the other games mentioned also use routines and sub-routines borrowed from other games for collision / movement / sprite management.

Give it to the next person in line. I've literally bought everything I didn't already have from my local game store though I still keep going back for some reason.

I'm choosing rare because I have everything I want to play.

• Nintendo World Championships (grey)
• Nintendo World Championships (gold)
• Nintendo Campus Challenge
• Mah-Jong
• Air Raid

The last 2 would be complete, there are only single digit quantities of each known to exist.

Honourable mention to the 2 Atari cartridges, E.T. and Raiders Of The Lost Ark which Howard Scott Warshaw handed to Steven Spielberg with Spielberg's name on the title screen in place of the copyright. When you mention something unobtainable, this is the very definition.

21 hours ago, Tulpa said:

Way to be hyperbolic about it. I'm saying most customers don't care. They may be annoyed, but it's not this great barrier to entry you're making it out to be. It's a simple x.

Yeah, I'm sure they're going to miss your one decision to not visit because you can't move your mouse three inches. 

I'm not sure I want to involve everyone else here in participating in this debate but there are some aspects here that I find interesting in regards to socioeconomics.

Whether or not anyone else cares about it has no bearing on whether I care about it. The barrier of entry is objectively higher here, how much higher is irrelevant, my threshold of acceptance is 0.001. A properly coded website should use modals with dismiss properties onblur, this is an inexcusable offence.

Your second comment is that I shouldn't try if my attempt will not make a large difference. So according to your logic, nobody in a democracy should vote because single votes don't mean anything. I make my choices because I have the option of making a choice, not in pursuit of any end goal. I'm not asking you to protest with me, I'm simply making my choice because I can. You should make your choice and respect me making my choice, there's room for both of us.

20 hours ago, Tulpa said:

Do you only develop websites and not actually visit any? This is like half of the web now.

Is it annoying? Yes. Are customers suddenly not using websites because of it? No, they click the x and move on.

Your logic for why it's acceptable is because lots of people do it. That doesn't make sense, can I murder someone if lots of other people do it?

My solution: make their site analytics suffer from my choices

Your solution: do nothing

9 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

Are you really arguing over clicking an "x"? Raising the barrier of entry? April Fool's was 20 days ago. This is nuts!

Hey, I wanted to watch the Heat game, but you know, I disagree with having to have my ticket scanned on the way in. I'd like to go to the museum, but you need to stop me and charge me for admission? Pass.

I have to watch your car in the intro to your videos? PASS.

Welcome to ASD.

1 hour ago, Tulpa said:

You mean like a greeter you see at tons of stores?

Say, "No, thank you," (equivalent of clicking on the x) and carry on. It's not that hard.

No, a greeter would be the equivalent of a modal with a dismiss property where it disappears when unfocused. This is an indismissable modal that requires direct interaction. That's the equivalent of stopping your attempt to go into the store and instead giving your direct attention to the greeter, then interacting specifically with them until they allow you to pass. There is no option to ignore.

To anyone else here that develops websites, this is a prime example of exactly what not to do.

29 minutes ago, Gloves said:

Here ya go buddy:

If you want customers to use your product, don't raise the barrier of entry. I'll pass.

Imagine trying to walk into a store and someone steps out in front of you and won't let you by until you interact with them.

I tried using their website but there's a newsletter box covering half the page and nothing I click on works.

I think I got mine from these very forums for $25 each.

2 minutes ago, Gloves said:

It seems you missed the post where he said "PM me what you want": 

 

I did see that. But logically, if he's making them, I'll just wait until they're in stock. At no point did he mention they were only made to order.

22 minutes ago, a3quit4s said:

I started a post awhile back to see if there was interest in getting some boxes needed from him. It turned out he had some stock left and the rest is history. 

19 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

Some people don't read posts thoroughly.

I saw that post and subsequently kept watching his store to see if he made any. They never showed up.

My girlfriend was scrolling through local sales and found some sealed NES games for sale. I don't really collect sealed but I needed a few of them and they were still relatively cheap so I agreed to buy them but I couldn't go pick them up until the following day. The next morning the seller messaged my girlfriend and told her The Bandit Kings Of Ancient China was no longer included in the lot as someone else bought it but she can replace it with a copy of Batman Returns. If you collect NES games, you know there is a major difference in rarity between these two titles and I was so mad about that I almost cancelled the deal.

Fast forward about 5-7 years and the Batman game is now worth double the other game because it's all ex comic book collectors getting into sealed games. That sealed Batman is one of the most valuable games I own.

Games included in the lot:

• L'Empereur (cellophane removed, never opened)
• Kings Of The Beach (sealed R seal, Wata has never graded one)
• Batman Returns (sealed, graded 9.4)
• Advanced Dungeons And Dragons: Pool Of Radiance (sealed, graded 9.2)
• Target: Renegade (sealed)
• Ghostbusters II (sealed, graded 9.2)
• Eliminator Boat Duel (sealed)
• Pipe Dream (sealed)

Total price on the lot was $600 CAD which wasn't that great of a deal at the time. I know the other local guy that bought Bandit Kings Of Ancient China and he immediately sold it for a profit. I also know he knew I had bought the lot because the seller told me he was quite convincing with prying that one game from the lot even though it was sold.

16 hours ago, TrekMD said:

I got them from fsped09.  He had some left and was offering them.

How? They're not listed on his site.

I skipped this one but I'd be interested if it's surprisingly good.

12 hours ago, TrekMD said:

I had not posted these.  I got the boxes for these two games.  Love how they look...

Where from?

The Ultimate Stuntman

Megaman 3

Megaman 2

Jr. Pac-Man

3 hours ago, Scrobins said:

And who openly admitted to cheating on his taxes.

You misunderstood, I didn't cheat on my taxes. I'm purchasing games for my business.

I'm also claiming all of the games I've sold and paying taxes on that income, it goes both ways.

18 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

Fraud isnt a crime in Canada? Thats wild lol

It's not fraud. Like I said, I can tell you something I'm not selling is worth whatever I want. I could tell you a property down the street is worth $1,000,000, is it my fault if you buy it and find out if it isn't? In order for fraud to take place, it has to meet certain criteria and one criteria is that I have to gain an interest from the fraud. Wata helped increase the value of games they did not own and did not gain anything from the sale of games they did not own.

Whether or not Jim Halperin benfitted is not relevant to whether Deniz and Wata are guilty.

Whether or not Bronty benefitted is not relevant, he was just an advisor.

Whether or not Mark Haspell benefitted is not relevant, he wasn't the owner.

People here are confusing morals with crime, the 2 aren't the same. It was a shit thing to do but there isn't anything illegal about telling someone a product they have no interest in is worth more than it is. In fact, I'm not actually sure if the lawsuit even mentions fraud (maybe it does and I'll have to retract this) but I thought it was just about missing service level agreements.

The only financial gain Wata saw was from an increased demand for their grading service which isn't the same as whether or not a game is worth a million dollars.

17 hours ago, Tulpa said:

Seriously. A former president got slammed for $355 million dollars for basically what Code Monkey just described.

He inflated his assets in order to gain more loans, that is a federal offence and is not the same as telling people a hobby is worth more than it is. This isn't even in the same section of the law book.

17 hours ago, Brickman said:

Wildest take I’ve read in a while. Fraud is illegal. Also giving legitimate financial advice without a finance degree or license is illegal in most countries.

They weren't giving financial advice, where did you read that? Someone asked them what it was worth and he gave his opinion. If I go to my local game store and ask someone behind the counter what a game is worth, are they liable for fraud if it's not true? No, that's not considered financial advice.

17 hours ago, MrWunderful said:

Like you can lie in writing and its okay? Ill say “if you give me 100$ mil ill pay you back in 30 secs” and sign a contract, then i just dont and say “well it was on you to verify I could pay this back” boom just made 100 million? 

This is not comparable to what happened. Deniz did not ask for investments in his company and promise dividends. He told me and you that a game they did not own is worth a certain amount. If you go and buy the game, that's on you, it's only fraud if Deniz was the one selling the game which he was not. There is a world of difference here in inflating an asset that you own and do not own.

17 hours ago, Scrobins said:

You’re defending fraud, but weren’t you whining how you couldn’t buy one of KHAN’s games because he wasn’t “following Kickstarter’s rules”. You need to stop speaking like you understand the plain reading of basic rules of conduct.

It's not fraud. And yes I was and I still have not bought that game even though I think I own every other game he has made. He should follow the rules.

Again, there was deception and I don't think it was right but it also doesn't meet the criteria of a crime (except missing the SLA).

I don't get it, pretending something is worth more than it is isn't a crime. It's also not a crime for me to lie to you about its value.

I could literally draw up some charts in Microsoft Paint, fabricate some numbers, have my friends corroborate the values and do media interviews about the sky high prices. If you give me or anyone else money based on your zero research, the fault is yours, not mine. It is fully your responsibility for any investment you make based on any information you accept.

I could tell you Dogecoin is going to be the next official currency of the moon peoples and you better buy it all up. If you actually do that, that's on you. People are acting like it's somehow Deniz's fault that he convinced people to buy things.

Disclaimer: I have no interest in Wata and do not even collect sealed games. I just can't sit here and read about people saying it's anyone else's fault but their own for a bad investment.

Side note: I don't see anyone here discussing how the $100,100 Super Mario Bros. sale wasn't even actually a sale. Deniz mentioned in his deposition weeks ago that the game was never sold, the original owner (Bronty) still retains interest in the game and they made up the sale price for hype. I thought that would have more people upset, that was a pretty shit thing to do.