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Title: Insertion marks
Post by: Everblue on April 14, 2015, 03:58:23 AM
I am about to get a White PC Engine and it is in a really, really, nice condition, which obviously I would like to keep that way. I was wondering, will it get scratched/get insertion marks after a while of changing games in the slot? Cheers!
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Everblue on April 14, 2015, 05:11:53 AM
LOL ok ok. Funny. So, back on topic? :P
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Dicer on April 14, 2015, 05:16:57 AM
I am about to get a White PC Engine and it is in a really, really, nice condition, which obviously I would like to keep that way. I was wondering, will it get scratched/get insertion marks after a while of changing games in the slot? Cheers!

Eventually over Years and YEARS and YEARS yes, but I've rarely seen a OG PCE with heavy scuff marks...

Insert gently, she will thank you for it ;)
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Otaking on April 14, 2015, 05:29:04 AM
I am about to get a White PC Engine and it is in a really, really, nice condition, which obviously I would like to keep that way. I was wondering, will it get scratched/get insertion marks after a while of changing games in the slot? Cheers!

Eventually over Years and YEARS and YEARS yes, but I've rarely seen a OG PCE with heavy scuff marks...
+1, it would take a long, long time of regular playing for even mild wear occur.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Gentlegamer on April 14, 2015, 05:40:10 AM
You don't want game equipment to be too pristine. It's meant to be used, not sit on a shelf as a museum piece.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Necromancer on April 14, 2015, 06:01:18 AM
I'd guess there's more risk from wear from your fingernails and cheeto dust than from the huey itself.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Otaking on April 14, 2015, 06:09:59 AM
I am about to get a White PC Engine and it is in a really, really, nice condition, which obviously I would like to keep that way. I was wondering, will it get scratched/get insertion marks after a while of changing games in the slot? Cheers!

Eventually over Years and YEARS and YEARS yes, but I've rarely seen a OG PCE with heavy scuff marks...
+1, it would take a long, long time of regular playing for even mild wear occur.
Just to clarify it would take a long time for wear to occur on the hardware, but not for the software.
Insertion marks will appear on the back of HuCards after regular use, nothing serious or damaging to the software though.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Everblue on April 14, 2015, 06:12:59 AM
Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant insertion marks on the console itself. For example this one has a few visible on the protruded lines running towards the cart slot.

(http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/nec_pc-engine_1s.jpg)
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Otaking on April 14, 2015, 06:17:42 AM
Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant insertion marks on the console itself. For example this one has a few visible on the protruded lines running towards the cart slot.

(http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/nec_pc-engine_1s.jpg)

That's what we mean too, wear to the HuCard slot where the card comes in contact with the console.
The above picture of the engine looks pretty grubby all over, I'm not convinced that discolouring on the ridges comes from inserting HuCards. It' probably just dirt that can be washed off, nothing permanent.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: schweaty on April 14, 2015, 06:23:43 AM
start with the tip.  just to see how it feels.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Necromancer on April 14, 2015, 06:31:45 AM
Maybe I wasn't clear. I meant insertion marks on the console itself. For example this one has a few visible on the protruded lines running towards the cart slot.

Those lines belong there; they're molded into the plastic.  Like otaku said, those are just dirty.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Gredler on April 14, 2015, 06:32:33 AM
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Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Everblue on April 14, 2015, 06:49:16 AM
Thanks for the answers AND the entertainment =)

Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: SignOfZeta on April 14, 2015, 08:27:14 AM
Please get a grip. This shit does not matter.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Mercutio on April 14, 2015, 08:59:21 AM
Jesus. The last thing anyone who actually plays these needs is for these things to be treated like AES cartridges.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Opethian on April 14, 2015, 09:05:27 AM
there is a feeling of dirt
manual has pains
there is no box theory
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Necromancer on April 14, 2015, 09:07:46 AM
The saddest thing in the world is a huey without insertion marks, for it means that nobody's loved it.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Mercutio on April 14, 2015, 09:08:39 AM
there is a feeling of dirt
manual has pains
there is no box theory

There is a scratch.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: technozombie on April 14, 2015, 09:32:00 AM
If it really matters that much get an everdrive and just leave it in. There, problem solved and you just saved a ton of money.
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: SignOfZeta on April 14, 2015, 09:34:55 AM
there is a feeling of dirt
manual has pains
there is no box theory

What is the one where they describe the item as "blue", meaning that it's been sun faded?
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Everblue on April 14, 2015, 06:23:12 PM
Thanks for the haiku too! Nothing like starting the day with a poem dedicated to the PC Engine ;)
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: ClodBuster on April 15, 2015, 01:35:36 AM
I love a box. <3
Title: Re: Insertion marks
Post by: Everblue on April 15, 2015, 02:11:56 AM
Funnily, console boxes and manuals I do not care for. But hey, if I am spending a pretty penny to get a nice looking system, what's the problem with trying to keep it in the same condition?