Rick Weis Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 have any of you found an atari 2600 game in a place you would never think would have atari games? i bought Alien (new) when it first came out!! where did i buy it you ask? a 7-11 store the cash register (way back when) would not even go that high! 21.95 + tax i never thought a 7-11 store would have video games for sale! Take care, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smile_walle Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Really?? I didnt know that you found at 7-11 store that who selling video games?? That is very strange, you seem got that happen for first time at 7-11 store! To me? I will curious and go see 7-11 stores here in Canada.....maybe not?? Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 My dad bought me Pac-man when it first came out in some road side gas station in Ohio, when coming back from Florida, if I remember right, when you could not find a copy around my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 I found a PAL Circus Atari cartridge at a Thrift Store here in Dallas. I wonder how that happened? -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariKen64 Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 there used to be 2600 games for sale at the local thrift drug, drug store. also someone i knew told me they found some at a foodland grocery store ages ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Back in the mid-'80's, Canadian Tire sold Atari 2600 cartridges (and consoles). I remember that they also sold Commodore computers (Vic 20, C=64). As all Canadians will know, despite the name, this is more of a housewares/general hardware store than a place that just sells automotive supplies. Happy Canada Day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 When I was young and visiting my grand mother in Wisconsin for the summer. She bought me Commando Raid at a Red Owl grocery store for $7.99. I remember they had about 5 games all of them U.S. games. Later my dad went back and bought me.... *looks around* Sneak N Peek Don't let that get around tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 have any of you found an atari 2600 game in a place you would never think would have atari games? i bought Alien (new) when it first came out!! where did i buy it you ask? a 7-11 store the cash register (way back when) would not even go that high! 21.95 + tax i never thought a 7-11 store would have video games for sale! Take care, Rick Was there ever a Atari 2600 game that was put in kid's cereal boxes? I have seen other items like CDs with computer games but I wonder if in the day there was Atari games in kids cereal boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 My dad bought me Raiders of the lost ark at a Tom Thumb grocery store in Dallas. I can also remember Dart Drug here in Virginia used to sell games. I think it was growing pains for the industry. Honestly, nobody knew how to market this stuff. Makes for great legend about it all! Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Was there ever a Atari 2600 game that was put in kid's cereal boxes? I have seen other items like CDs with computer games but I wonder if in the day there was Atari games in kids cereal boxes. Hehe imagine finding a 2600 Pac-Man in your breakfast. It sure would make me loose my appetite Would probably need tons of sugar ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Actually, you mention Canadian Tire selling 2600 stuff, they always have and still do sell videogame stuff. I bought a great deal of my Sega Genesis games there, AND even now I remember seeing PSX and PS2 games there... consoles as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted July 2, 2002 Author Share Posted July 2, 2002 Was there ever a Atari 2600 game that was put in kid's cereal boxes? I have seen other items like CDs with computer games but I wonder if in the day there was Atari games in kids cereal boxes. NO! i don't remember them ever having atari games packed in with cereal boxes! BTW: thank you all for your stories! find them very interesting! Take Care, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 That would be quite a bit of missing cereal! Anyway, there used to be a drug & food store here called Revco, which had a lot of old-person decorations (y'know -- figurines, music boxes and candles amongst the magazines and school supplies). My mom dragged me there one day, and my eyes, attuned to the merest flash of a 2600 box even back when I was 12, darted to the side of an aisle, where hanging on those little silver hooks that always fall off was what appeared to be the entire VidTec catalogue, plus Seaquest and Cosmic Ark! For 99 CENTS APIECE!! This was '83 or '84, so it must've been just at the beginning of the major industry shake-out. My mom, thankfully, was in a good mood that day...so, later, so was I!! CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Ah, there is nothing like getting closeout 2600 games back in 1984. I got a ton of M-Network games at Walgreen’s (drug store) in downtown Cincinnati back then. But of course in the early 90's, there was nothing like getting all those red label Atari games for a buck at All for One (where the price of everything in the store is $1.) Of course I passed up on buying Solaris, because I had never heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 strangest place I ever found Atari games for sale? Probably at the Village Pantry near my apartment back in Indianapolis (onlysaw them there twice though) Strangest place I ever got an Atari cart? A funeral. I gave up Haunted House for Journey Escape when I was 8. JE is still my favorite 2600 game!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincYnoTi Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 i've found new atari games at: 1) all-for-one 2) big lots 3) some hardware store in nebraska, they were selling the atari 7800 w/40 games package that was more commonly found at Famous Brand Electronics...i bought several of those for about $20 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Was there ever a Atari 2600 game that was put in kid's cereal boxes? I have seen other items like CDs with computer games but I wonder if in the day there was Atari games in kids cereal boxes. NO! i don't remember them ever having atari games packed in with cereal boxes! BTW: thank you all for your stories! find them very interesting! Take Care, Rick There were no pack-in games with cereals, but I clearly remember a contest or some kind of mail-in offer for PARKER BROS games. If not I'm not mistaken, it was POST cereal brands that ran this program. I think I got my copy of Spiderman this way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted July 3, 2002 Share Posted July 3, 2002 Back in 1999 or 1998 we had hurricane floyd hit the east coast. and up in NJ we ended having it as a tropical storm Philfound would be helpful to verify the year. but i got down roping up the garbage cans making sure they dont fly away. and as i finished what flew and hit my leg...... a Chopper Command Activision cart. i always thought that was a cool thing since i wasnt even looking for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranthulfr Posted July 6, 2002 Share Posted July 6, 2002 have any of you found an atari 2600 game in a place you would never think would have atari games? There was a local book store that seemed to have all the latest Atari 2600 games back in the early 80s. It was within bike-riding distance. They had a trade-in program where you could bring in old games for credit towards new ones. I think that's where I originally picked up Yars' Revenge and maybe Haunted House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gulag picture radio Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 In the late 80's in the Chicago suburb that I grew up in, there was Mitch's Coin Shop that had Atari carts in the window. They were $2.85 each. Neighborhood kids sold the games to Mitch for him to put in the window. I got a couple games there, but the one that I remember best is Ghostbusters. He also started brokering toys too- really weird seeing a MIllennium Falcon hanging in the window of a coin shop for $25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBOTRON2084 Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 My friend Woods found 4 games in his dads basement after he passed away...funny thing is his father never owned an Atari to his knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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