SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I bought a Springer Atari computer game not long ago on eBay for a VERY reasonable price. Is this game easy to find? Do many of you have this one. I have the box and instructions in nice shape also and it is neat. A rare game or maybe not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Have you seen Callipygous' rarity list, it's numbered 1-10 like AA: http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Sept2003Carts.txt from: http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Cart_Collection.html Springer is a 2 on his list, not too rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 Have you seen Callipygous' rarity list, it's numbered 1-10 like AA: http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Sept2003Carts.txt from: http://www.geocities.com/ejgnandt/Cart_Collection.html Springer is a 2 on his list, not too rare. EXCELLENT! Not that Springer is a 2 but the "Math Encounter" game cart that I got at my local flea market with a 800xl and a bunch of other carts is a 5! That sounds cool! How many of you have a Math Encounter? I also got Choplifter with this lot which is a 4. I guess Springer is rather common then. That site is great though! Thanks a lot I also found out about some of the Synapse and Dana games that I have. Don't see Alien Ambush often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Springer was a virtually unknown title with high rarity. Then a large supply was discovered in Canada, iirc. Why is it always Canada? Andrew Tumber sold a brand new Springer on eBay every week for a couple of years. Must have sold several hundred. I kept lowering the Rarity. Now apparently have all the NOS have been sold off, it might be time to bump the rarity to a 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 Springer was a virtually unknown title with high rarity. Then a large supply was discovered in Canada, iirc. Why is it always Canada? Andrew Tumber sold a brand new Springer on eBay every week for a couple of years. Must have sold several hundred. I kept lowering the Rarity. Now apparently have all the NOS have been sold off, it might be time to bump the rarity to a 3. Yeah, the guy was from Canada that I got it from. I guess most collectors have that one. If it wasn't for eBay though, I guess not many would have it. I wonder how much the first few went for. That would be interesting. It seems that eBay name "Poothacan" or something like that has a bunch of stuff with Synapse games. I got Claim Jumper and Slime from them....still need Chicken though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 That's exactly where I got my copy, which has been scanned for our 8-bit section.. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpendTooMuchOnAtari Posted October 2, 2003 Author Share Posted October 2, 2003 That's exactly where I got my copy, which has been scanned for our 8-bit section.. ..Al As much as I try to fit in...I am still new. A 8-BIT SECTION Sounds great but I had no idea. Maybe I have something to contribute, probably not but I have some computer stuff. Do you have both Dana games, I don't see Alien Ambush often, I have that complete. Was this one that someone had a lot of too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Don't forget that the XEGS was quite popular in Canada, and I think that quite a few distributors bought up old stock from the US in '87 and '88. I remember seeing (not just Atari titles) quite a lot of old 8-bit software that had "XEGS compatible" stickers in the Toronto area in '88 or so, and know that a few old titles were quickly put into distribution to capitalize on Atari's "new" game machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I keeping waiting for a similar "wharehouse find" for the other Tigervisions -Matterhorn, Espial. Five years ago, Springer was classified similar to what they are today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 I can almost guarantee that there will be quite a few interesting items in the market once people in the Toronto area start getting rid of their Atari equipment. I think I've mentioned before that I distinctly remember playing "Commando" and "Midi Maze" for the 8-bits in the mid- '80s, and Atari Canada often brought weird stuff to TAF user group meetings. With TAF dissolving and people "moving on" to other systems, I'm sure we'll see a lot of unique items eBayed in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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