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Serious question (reasonable cum jokes only)
Question: Many AES carts were glued together on the posts inside of the cart shell, yes? I know SNK is known for inconsistent manufacturing practices, so this could be a case by case thing. This is a thing, though, yes? It's something I've come across for literal decades at this point.
Story:
I've been around these parts for a LONG time (back to the DHP mailing list days in the mid-late 90's). In my years, I've come across countless AES games where the cart shells were glued together at the posts inside of the cart.
Yesterday when I posted my loose, authentic copy of Ninja Master's on Ebay I did not display board pics because the cart was glued on the posts and I didn't want to risk damaging it by popping it. I got some high-end collector (Rahul Solanki) reach out to say he's an expert Neo-Geo collector who worked for SNK, and said they never glued their carts along with some other claims - like cartridge weight being a "trade secret" (when anyone with a kitchen scale can weight these games) - saying Ninja Master's only came on white PCBs when my copy and the copy scanned in on Arcade Collector are not, etc. Long story short, I pried the game open and posted board pics.
He purports that the game was opened to check authenticity then glued back together by somebody other than SNK. Why would anyone in their right mind glue the posts if there were none to begin with? Makes no sense. I have numerous carts that are glued on the posts, including old/extremely common games that have no need for an authenticity check like Fatal Fury 2.
Thoughts? Resources? Who is this guy? Am I missing something?
Question: Many AES carts were glued together on the posts inside of the cart shell, yes? I know SNK is known for inconsistent manufacturing practices, so this could be a case by case thing. This is a thing, though, yes? It's something I've come across for literal decades at this point.
Story:
I've been around these parts for a LONG time (back to the DHP mailing list days in the mid-late 90's). In my years, I've come across countless AES games where the cart shells were glued together at the posts inside of the cart.
Yesterday when I posted my loose, authentic copy of Ninja Master's on Ebay I did not display board pics because the cart was glued on the posts and I didn't want to risk damaging it by popping it. I got some high-end collector (Rahul Solanki) reach out to say he's an expert Neo-Geo collector who worked for SNK, and said they never glued their carts along with some other claims - like cartridge weight being a "trade secret" (when anyone with a kitchen scale can weight these games) - saying Ninja Master's only came on white PCBs when my copy and the copy scanned in on Arcade Collector are not, etc. Long story short, I pried the game open and posted board pics.
He purports that the game was opened to check authenticity then glued back together by somebody other than SNK. Why would anyone in their right mind glue the posts if there were none to begin with? Makes no sense. I have numerous carts that are glued on the posts, including old/extremely common games that have no need for an authenticity check like Fatal Fury 2.
Thoughts? Resources? Who is this guy? Am I missing something?
Prolly some Wata Games enthusiast.
