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[TheMightyAxle]

Hi !

Although I am new around here, I thought everyone might like to have a look at my small, but modest Atari 800 XL collection. It started off as a trade for an unwanted handheld console, after seeing the machine in action and remembering playing one, way back in the 1980's at a friends house.

Hardware ::

The Badge



The Atari 800 XL



The beautiful polished metal buttons ...



Atari XC12 Tape Deck



Competition Pro 5000 Joystick



Software ::

Mastertronic Games



Cartridges : River Raid and Pac-Man



You may also like to know that I collect Mastertronic Tapes, currently for the Commodore 64. I am considering the Atari as well, although I will have to find out how many were released. There are around 239 for the Commodore 64 and I have 216. The closer to finishing the collection, the harder it gets, as a few are more difficult to come by. I have a blog which you can follow at : [ http://allthingsmast....blogspot.com/]

I will post Photos of my Commodore Hardware soon as well, Commodore 128, 1541-II etc.

If you would like me to reduce the size of the Photos, I can, but it is also nice to see the kit its glory !

Cheers !

[high voltage]

Wow, awesome Mastertronic Collection for the C64. What are the last ones you need and how rare are they?

[TheMightyAxle]

high voltage, on Mon Feb 6, 2012 10:48 AM, said:

Wow, awesome Mastertronic Collection for the C64. What are the last ones you need and how rare are they?

This is what I have left to complete the set for C64 - Mastertronic :

Mastertronic : PIGS IN SPACE
Mastertronic : SKIWRITER (Cass)
Mastertronic : 5 A SIDE SOCCER
Bulldog :DR JACKEL, MR WIDE
Rack It :ANARCHY
            TUNNEL VISION
Americana : SARACEN
Buldog : SPORE
Americana : TALLEDEGA
         MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
Rack It : HEROBOTIX
Mastertronic : ULTIMATE COMBAT MISSION
Ricochet : TRAILBLAZER
Rack It : SUBTERRANEA
Ricochet : EIDOLON, THE
Americana : RAID
        BALL BLAZER
Ricochet : ROGUE
Ricochet : HOW TO BE A COMPLETE BASTARD
Amerciana : ALCAZAR

I think Pigs in Space by Mastertronic was floating around a couple of years ago, although I've not seen it yet.

[mimo]

Mastertronic UK list of released games

http://www.atarimani...er=1301&step=25

Mastertronic USA list

http://www.atarimani...er=1302&step=25

Nice to see you joining the dark side Alex

[high voltage]

AM says 33 Atari UK releases, here's another list:
http://www.guter.org...ronic_stats.htm

Edited by high voltage, Mon Feb 6, 2012 2:43 PM.

[TheMightyAxle]

Thanks for the info guys !

30'ish titles for the Atari sounds like a good figure to go for !

[TheMightyAxle]

Another two Mastertronic titles added to my collection :



Super shoot'em up action with Gridrunner and One Man and His Droid.

[high voltage]

Very good.
There's a Americana C64 Saracen on UK ebay at the mo for 2.25
eBay Auction -- Item Number: 320846422596

[TheMightyAxle]

high voltage, on Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:51 AM, said:

Very good.
There's a Americana C64 Saracen on UK ebay at the mo for 2.25
eBay Auction -- Item Number: 320846422596

Thanks for the heads up ! I bagged one only the other week from the same seller !

[high voltage]

After Mastertronic go on to complete Players, that was a good little software house. I lived nearby and actually once stood in front of their door on some industrial estate near Tadley. Should have taken a pic....

[TheMightyAxle]

I have finally hooked up my Atari 1050 :



Just need to get some software to run on it now, I have plenty of 5.25" Disks for it though, which is always a bonus.

Another one for the Mastertronic Collection :



Good ol' Action Biker !

Edited by TheMightyAxle, Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:20 AM.