nashnooga Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 So I went to the flea market to look for old games. I walked around for a while and saw a sega master system in a box with controllers and everything and the pack in game for $20 almost bought it too. I turned to walk down another isle, I was getting ready to leave when I saw it an Atari 2600a (darth vader) with a huge stack of games, I figured that the guy wanted too much for it, but decided to ask him anyways. "how much for your atari?" "10 bucks for everything there's like forty games here too." Of course I bought it, but it didn't have any controllers or ac adaptor, I walked down the isle some more, and this mexican guy had a 2600, and boxes of controllers, adaptors, etc. I asked if he had an ac adaptor, controllers, and rf switch. So I got 2 joysticks, an ac adaptor, and one of those rf boxes for a 5200 for $10, and he threw in some paddle controllers for free. I got home, and since I don't know anything about atari systems I was looking for a place to hook it up to the rf, I realized that there was suppose to be some cord coming out the back, so I had to run to 4jays and buy one, now I am in atari heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 welcome! A whole old world has opened before you. Enjoy! And hella find by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Hey nash, you made a good choice, those prices sound pretty decent, even if you got common carts wich are usually the ones with better gameplay. The Atari 2600 alone is worth that and more. It was nice from him to throw in those paddles, now you should look for games like Kaboom!, Warlords or SuperBreakout. You can use some Armor All to make your system shine as new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashnooga Posted July 10, 2002 Author Share Posted July 10, 2002 Here are the games that I got with my 2600 Adventure Arcade Pinball Asteroids Baseball Boxing Boxing Casino Color Label Casino Black Label Chopper Command Combat Black Label Defender Demon Attack Wont Stay In Demons To Diamonds Donkey Kong Junior Flash Gordon Football black label Home Run Jungle Hunt Kaboom Kangaroo Kangaroo Karate Ms. Pacman Night Driver Night Driver Outlaw black label Pac-Man Pitfall Q*Bert Realsports Boxing Seaquest Space Invaders black label Space Invaders black label Space Invaders Color Label Street Racing Super Breakout then i got these coleco games too BC's Quest for Tires 2 Zaxxon Fortune Builder Donkey Kong The Dam Busters Blockade runner Wing War Slither Montezuma's Revenge I have no Coleco Vision, nor do I know anyone who has one, maybe someone would want to trade something for these (they are probably common carts too i think donkey kong was the pack in game for the coleco vision) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 I'd be interested in those coleco carts. Just got into Colecovision and I need most of those. I've got lots of Atari doubles, would be more than happy to trade 2 or 3 atari for one coleco, are there any in particular you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inextremis staple Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 man... what a find all you ever see at flea markets in republica are stupid "arts and crafts" crap if you can even call them that oh well theres gonna be a big flea market here shortly so ill check things out then oh and did ya notice? i moved up another rank arent ya proud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbfinley2 Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 What a lucky find. It took me for ever to find my Atari in the wild.I called ever thrift shop in the phonebook not to mention going to everyone I could find.-----------tb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Here are the games that I got with my 2600 Adventure Arcade Pinball Asteroids Baseball Boxing Boxing Casino Color Label Casino Black Label Chopper Command Combat Black Label Defender Demon Attack Wont Stay In Demons To Diamonds Donkey Kong Junior Flash Gordon Football black label Home Run Jungle Hunt Kaboom Kangaroo Kangaroo Karate Ms. Pacman Night Driver Night Driver Outlaw black label Pac-Man Pitfall Q*Bert Realsports Boxing Seaquest Space Invaders black label Space Invaders black label Space Invaders Color Label Street Racing Super Breakout then i got these coleco games too BC's Quest for Tires 2 Zaxxon Fortune Builder Donkey Kong The Dam Busters Blockade runner Wing War Slither Montezuma's Revenge I have no Coleco Vision, nor do I know anyone who has one, maybe someone would want to trade something for these (they are probably common carts too i think donkey kong was the pack in game for the coleco vision) Look at the organization. The list is even alphabetized, impressive! Welcome to the world of collecting! Ahha, he is starting to become a label variation guy too! Now come over here for a second...meet the boxed people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerthehun Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 If any of those coleco carts are left after Andrew pics the ones he needs, I'd love to trade off some of my 2600 doubles for 'em! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supaevil Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 nice find and thanks for trying to help me with my vader where do you live anyways in southern california i was just guessing since when i go to swap meets i find mostly mexican chaps there not theres anything wrong with that i am just trying to be a detective thats all. Hope you are not going to the same ones i am going to i dont want any competion around here yah hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashnooga Posted July 10, 2002 Author Share Posted July 10, 2002 nice find and thanks for trying to help me with my vader where do you live anyways in southern california i was just guessing since when i go to swap meets i find mostly mexican chaps there not theres anything wrong with that i am just trying to be a detective thats all. Hope you are not going to the same ones i am going to i dont want any competion around here yah hear! don't worry I go to the one in concord in northern california Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Interesting in California to be a collector. I was there for the Atari 30th Birthday this last spring, and I found Atari very hard to find anywhere. I hit every thrift and flea in Sunnyvale, San Jose, San Fran, Napa and Oakland. Found a boxed Sunnyvale Heavy sixer (refurbished from factory) and 10 common games for 80 bucks at the San Jose market. A fella there said two years ago the stuff was everywhere, but now there was nothing, and what was there was worth a fortune. As for others, I bought 5 great shape boxed Intellivision carts for a buck each, Atari 800 games for a buck each, and got a Fairchild Channel F 2 and 6 boxed games for 30 bucks. Strange how in DC I have been so lucky with Atari, and dry on the others. Now I leave home, and there is a bunch of other stuff. BTW, found all that in two days. Not a bad haul. Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett6400 Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 great find! okay, so where are the flea markets with $10 boxes of 2600 stuff in NEW ENGLAND? anyone, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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