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NEGAMCO Basketball Game
1982-83 Season Cards Included
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Negamco (originally
Nemadji) has been around since the late 1950's. After an initial run of
the Basketball game in 1959 the company merged with the Big League
Manager company and for most of it's original run was distributed and
produced in conjunction with that game. While the same company produced
both games they marketed the Negamco series of games as the "little
brother" to the Big League Manager series since they were simpler and
less expensive games. To my knowledge the games were available only
through mail order. The company stopped producing new season sets in
the 1990s.
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I'm far from an expert on
Negamco games but I believe this is the original issue for this
particular season. The form for ordering additional card sets that is
included with the game only goes up to the 1981 season and none of the
reprint card sets that I have seen use the yellow card stock that these
are printed on.
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The game parts are in
EXCELLENT-NEAR MINT condition. I believe it includes all the parts that
originally came with this edition of the game. The back of the rulebook
mentions each team having a team defense rating card beginning with the
1970 edition of the game but there are none of those included. Not sure
if they were lost or were never issued. Otherwise everything is there
and looks like it was barely played with. Overall I would grade the
game parts 8-9 on a 10 scale (see condition guide below).
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The game box is in VERY
GOOD condition. It has a
split on one of the short aprons and some small faint stains on the
lid. I would grade it a 6 on a 10 scale (see condition guide below).
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Do you know that sinking feeling when you are in
the middle of
replaying a
season or sequence of games only to find that the card for one of the
key
players is missing? Well I have thoroughly
inventoried this set and
compared it to the roster list so you can be assured that you
won't get
that feeling while playing with this set. I am not of the
opinion
that a simple card count
will do. The sets often came with missing or
duplicate cards from the
factory, and who knows what the original owner may have done with them
in the course of playing with them.... Be sure to ask
your card seller if they have in fact verified
that the card set is complete by comparing it to the
original roster
list.
I have also carefully inspected each and every
card in order to determine the condition grade I have given to this
set. I do
not feel that a cursory flipping through of the cards is adequate to
determine the condition of a set - it is too easy to miss
something.
Once again -
I would suggest asking your
card seller to verify that they have done a
careful inspection of the condition of all the cards in the set
before putting their grade on it.
CONDITION GUIDE:
MINT
(10): I
will only
give this grade
to brand new, unused items. NEAR MINT (9):
Shows virtually no use. Seldom if ever played.
Cards
will have at worst some dented corners from shuffling around in the
box. Perhaps some very light handling creases to the
instructions
or other minor flaws with the game parts. Boxes will have
only
the slightest hint of shelf wear. EXCELLENT (7-8):
The game has seen some use but it was obviously taken care of
well. Cards may have denting to the corners, perhaps
a few
may have
light stains or other very light handling wear, but the vast
majority will be close to flawless. Game parts
might have
some light handling creases or other signs of
careful use. Board might have just a hint of color loss or
dented
corners. Boxes will have light rubbing to the artwork or
perhaps
some minor dishing or a very light stain. VERY GOOD (5-6):
The game was not especially well cared for, but it still has
fared pretty well. Cards will have dented corners and
perhaps
some may have rubber band wear to the edges. A few cards
(less
than 10%) may have handling creases, yellowing to the
edges
(a few may be yellowed on the faces), or light stains.
Perhaps a
couple may have writing or some dried rubber band residue (this will be
noted). All card results will be fully readable.
Other game
parts will show obvious use but nothing will be torn, badly
stained or have any serious damage. Box may have
some
rubbing, light staining, dishing, 1 or 2 neatly split corners,
minor writing and/or a few pieces of tape. No major
structural
damage and artwork will still be generally attractive. GOOD (3-4):
Obviously no care was taken with the game but it is still perfectly
playable. Cards will show moderate to heavy use and many will be
yellowed, stained, creased, written on or have rubber band
residue. A couple may be torn and taped back together.
All
card results will be fully readable. Other game parts show
considerable use but the game is complete with all parts in
usable
condition. Box may have staining, writing, split
corners,
dishing and/or other structural damage but it will be intact and still
usable. POOR
(1-2):
Only suitable to fill a space in your collection.
Cards are
heavily worn and some are badly damaged. Game will be missing
parts (these will be noted). Box will have serious damage and
may
be missing aprons or badly torn.
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