NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-11T22:09:47 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-11T19:44:44 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T12:45:55 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 Originally posted by: ProgrammingAce

Originally posted by: qixmaster

take this discussion elsewhere. this isn't about the zelda game

You're absolutely correct, it's about this Arcadia. Please follow along with the rest of the class.

If VGA is going to claim they can authenticate prototypes, then there needs to be some mechanism where they can validate the cart based off inspecting the product. If I sell a loose cart to someone else, I'm not going to vouch that they haven't altered it. Follwing the owner is a decent metric, but using that as primary authentication is foolish.

I buy a cart from buyatari, reflash it with an smb rom hack, then VGA authenticates it because buyatari is a trusted seller and he acknowledges I'm the one who bought it?

Say i buy this prototype, pull the rom and change the ending credits to "VGA Sucks", then reflash it to the same cart. Do you think they'll authenticate it? 'Cause i don't think it's really all that authentic at that point...
If you are buying the hardware and not the data which will be dead at some point anyway then it hardly matters. VGA can at best only authenticate the dev board as being genuine. 

I think you will agree VGA is able to do this much and now we can stop talking about it


]]> SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T12:28:41 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 Originally posted by: ProgrammingAce

Originally posted by: shane7951

^^ This forum is for bumping personal auctions not discussing whether a company can authenticate a product or not. That topic should be held elsewhere.

Bump
  Free bump and a little advice for ProgrammingAce . You and your shit is getting pretty old in this thread. If you want to keep repeating yourself about the same damned thing for days on end, maybe you should start your own thread about it instead of shitting in this one.


]]> SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T12:01:55 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 Originally posted by: shane7951

^^ This forum is for bumping personal auctions not discussing whether a company can authenticate a product or not. That topic should be held elsewhere.
Bump

]]> SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T11:32:14 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T11:27:33 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 Originally posted by: shane7951

^^ This forum is for bumping personal auctions not discussing whether a company can authenticate a product or not. That topic should be held elsewhere.

So the whole 8 pages worth is about the auction? ]]> SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T11:19:42 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T11:19:36 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199
VGA (Video Game Authority) – for packaged and prototype video games and related items

First time I've noticed that. Mark your auctions will do good so enjoy it! ]]> SMB/DH/WCTM proto and VGA GRADED ARCADIA VI http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=80531 2012-08-10T10:51:56 -05.00 VGS_MrMark0673 199 Originally posted by: qixmaster

take this discussion elsewhere. this isn't about the zelda game
You're absolutely correct, it's about this Arcadia. Please follow along with the rest of the class.

If VGA is going to claim they can authenticate prototypes, then there needs to be some mechanism where they can validate the cart based off inspecting the product. If I sell a loose cart to someone else, I'm not going to vouch that they haven't altered it. Follwing the owner is a decent metric, but using that as primary authentication is foolish.

I buy a cart from buyatari, reflash it with an smb rom hack, then VGA authenticates it because buyatari is a trusted seller and he acknowledges I'm the one who bought it?

Say i buy this prototype, pull the rom and change the ending credits to "VGA Sucks", then reflash it to the same cart. Do you think they'll authenticate it? 'Cause i don't think it's really all that authentic at that point... ]]>