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Re: Danger Express?
10/27/14 04:32 AM


> I dont kno if i agree with the value side, a proto is exactly that, a proto. It is,
> has and will always be. A dump can be made and emulated but that emulation is not a
> pcb nor a cabinet so i really dont see how it could de-value the pcb that much,


Sorry for the late reply. Accurate emulation drops the t-total fuck out of the value of most pcbs, proto or not. I should know considering what I've been doing since ~2001 or whenever I got into pcb buying. It's to the point where if something isn't dumped, shitbag sellers always try to use it against us. I had one guy sending me messages wanting me to trade my $500 mint Cave kit for a broken Kaneko puzzle game that wasn't dumped. Once dumped it would be worth around $50 and the only people who would even buy it are techs who are confident they could fix it. But sometimes inaccurate emulation (like Cave emulation on the newer games) doesn't affect the price because the emulation is not close enough, if it's not close enough to where you can reasonably compare scores vs. pcb play then it will have less of an effect on the market for popular games. There are other situations where even if the emulation is good, if the game was good enough and rare enough then emulation doesn't make much difference on the price, like with Space Harrier or Gradius, the price is astronomical. But those are few and far between.







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* Danger Express? Antny 08/22/14 11:33 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? jordanrom  08/25/14 12:32 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? Dullaron  10/29/14 12:38 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? McHale  10/29/14 01:23 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? Dullaron  10/29/14 09:24 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? McHale  10/29/14 11:31 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  08/26/14 05:10 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Brian Deuel  08/26/14 06:17 PM
. * Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla Sune  08/26/14 10:11 PM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla MrGoodwraith  08/27/14 09:48 PM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla Pi  08/28/14 12:50 AM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla Heihachi_73  08/31/14 08:18 AM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla Renegade  08/28/14 02:29 AM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla Trebor  08/27/14 01:35 AM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla jonwil  08/27/14 02:07 AM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla SmitdoggAdministrator  08/27/14 02:53 AM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla Traso  08/27/14 08:43 PM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla SmitdoggAdministrator  08/27/14 08:49 PM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla Traso  08/28/14 10:35 PM
. * Re: Rarity, physical PCB vs emulator bla bla SmitdoggAdministrator  08/28/14 10:51 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? R. Belmont  08/26/14 07:27 PM
. * Stranger Danger *=/STARRIDER\=*  10/27/14 01:37 AM
. * Re: Stranger Danger Anonymous  10/28/14 08:48 PM
. * Re: Stranger Danger Olivier Galibert  10/27/14 08:50 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  08/26/14 07:48 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  08/26/14 06:30 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Renegade  08/26/14 11:49 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  10/27/14 04:32 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? McHale  10/27/14 05:55 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? R. Belmont  10/28/14 05:00 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  10/27/14 05:58 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? McHale  10/27/14 07:02 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  10/27/14 03:22 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? McHale  10/27/14 07:11 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Anonymous  10/28/14 09:05 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? CTOJAH  10/27/14 07:10 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Anonymous  10/28/14 09:07 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  10/28/14 03:26 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? Antny  08/26/14 11:26 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Brian Deuel  08/26/14 06:44 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? SmitdoggAdministrator  08/26/14 06:46 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Brian Deuel  08/26/14 06:55 PM
. * "All aboard the discrete 'Danger Express' " train gregf  08/27/14 12:06 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? Jason  08/25/14 04:01 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Ramirez  08/25/14 02:29 PM
. * 3rd Torch from Right = Evil Skull [nt] Tomu Breidah  08/27/14 07:22 AM
. * Re: 3rd Torch from Right = Evil Skull Traso  08/27/14 08:44 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? R. Belmont  08/25/14 06:16 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? R. Belmont  08/25/14 03:39 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? gregf  08/25/14 06:36 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? Antny  08/25/14 05:45 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? Vas Crabb  08/25/14 05:25 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? gamez fan  08/25/14 01:21 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? fortuna_chan  08/23/14 06:56 PM
. * No :( Phil Bennett  08/23/14 04:52 PM
. * Bouncer next week? Antny  08/23/14 06:21 PM
. * Re: Yes! Foxhack  08/23/14 05:26 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? B2K24  08/22/14 11:35 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? Antny  08/22/14 11:38 PM
. * Re: Danger Express? StilettoAdministrator  08/23/14 06:13 AM
. * Re: Danger Express? Antny  08/23/14 12:15 PM

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