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#6 smart boy cart found Smart boy

Oct 8, 2014 at 1:26:36 PM
mini me (0)

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new to the site friends told me I need to post this to this group just acquired this cart and from what I have seen only 5 are confirmed of being out there This one is Batman the video game not sure what to put value on it not really worried about it I think its a neat piece to own and probably one of a kind whats everyones thoughts


Edited: 10/08/2014 at 01:29 PM by mini me

Oct 8, 2014 at 1:33:12 PM
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haven't seen one of these in years. Not sure on the exact number that have been found though or the price. If I remember correctly, it's just an old school reproduction? Hopefully others can chime in

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Oct 8, 2014 at 1:35:26 PM
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from what I have read early bootlegs made for video rental stores I bought it on a fluke never hearing of the smart boy line

Oct 8, 2014 at 2:11:19 PM
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Old repro from back in the day, I think they were based in NYC.

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Oct 8, 2014 at 2:28:59 PM
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Interesting item!

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Oct 8, 2014 at 2:40:59 PM
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Basically Smart Boy carts are a glorified pirate. The carts were sold to video rental stores as a cheaper alternative to official NES carts.
 They also made the inserts named Quik Play for the Smart Boy rental cases.



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Oct 11, 2014 at 3:27:14 AM
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Yup, just pirate carts, and immensely overrated imo. With so many other (more interesting) pirate companies out there, it always makes me wonder why these guys receive so much attention, in price and what not.

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Oct 11, 2014 at 10:33:14 AM
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Originally posted by: tracker465

Yup, just pirate carts, and immensely overrated imo. With so many other (more interesting) pirate companies out there, it always makes me wonder why these guys receive so much attention, in price and what not.
Think they don't show up to often.

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Oct 11, 2014 at 11:03:59 AM
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Originally posted by: JaxsBox

Originally posted by: tracker465

Yup, just pirate carts, and immensely overrated imo. With so many other (more interesting) pirate companies out there, it always makes me wonder why these guys receive so much attention, in price and what not.
Think the fact they don't show up to often makes them desirable. Have heard in the past that most of these were destroyed? How true that statement is beyond me. Just passing along the rumor more or less.
No idea about the rumor of these being destroyed, what was the reason given?  That they were fakes?  Or because the rental company was done renting NES games?  Interesting stuff either way.

The problem with that sentiment (for me, personally) is that there are literally thousands of rare NES obscurities, ranging from unlicensed gray-market stuff (i.e. Sachens, Gluk Video), to bootlegs like the Hong Kong games stuff, Smart Boy, Supervision, Spica, etc.  But none of the aforementioned stuff is particularly easy to find, and I am sure that without much effort I could think up another (rare) NES cart that would be comparable to Smart Boy, yet with a more interesting history.  That is why I just don't get the demand or desire for these things.




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