an atari game for sale in k-mart circa 1982

[memorymoog]

back in the early eighties how much were new atari games origionally? the only games i remember seeing for sale (im 21) are sega mastersystem, which usually was listed from 70- 100 dollars. maybe im wrong.

[blyind]

im only 15, but on the 3 factory sealed atari games i have, well one is intellivision, but hey..

leme go check what the prics tags are on them...

 

my factory sealed Bezerk for the 2600 has a price tag of 99 cents, my factory sealed Lock'n'Chase for the intellivision has a price tag on it for 50 cents...

my factory sealed E.T, has a price tag of 50 cents also.

 

 

 

[ 09-09-2001: Message edited by: blyind ]

[berzerk]

correct me if i'm wrong, new atari 2600 carts went for around $30 - $35

[blyind]

they probably did, im just going by the revco price sticker on my 3 factory sealed games, heh.

[macboy]

Most 2k games retailed for 24.95. Popular games went for 31.95 msrp. Some games creeped upt0 39.95.

 

Once all was said and done and you got the dept store discount it was like

 

$22, $30, $35

[Tempest]

Yeah that sounds about right because I would save up my meager dollar a day allowence back then and by the end of the month I could afford a new game.

 

Tempest

[ATARIPITBULL]

My mother bought me my first Atari 2600 system from a K-mart store in the Detroit area in 1980 for about $200, which came with a copy of combat in the box. She all so bought me Adventure, and it cost her $45, with tax, came out to allmost $50, and all the other games were the same price.

[+Random Terrain]

If you want examples of prices in 1982, you can click on the link below to see a scan of the "Cartridge Checklist" from the November/December issue of Atari Age magazine.

 

November/December 1982 - Volume 1 - Number 4 - Page 19

 

You can look at other Atari Age pages from that site here, or download scans of all issues from here.

 

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I also have a Sears Video Arcade section (with decriptions/prices) that I ripped out of a 1980 Sears catalog back then. Since you are asking about how much games were originally, I'll just mention the games shown in the red strip on the left side of the page that says, "New at Sears for Christmas 1980."

 

Space Invaders - $27.95

 

Night Driver - $19.95

 

3D Tic-Tac-Toe - $19.95

 

Golf - $19.95

 

Adventure - $27.95

 

Circus (Circus Atari) - $19.95

 

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Here are a few prices listed in an article from TV guide called, "The Best Video Games of 1981" (December 12, 1981):

 

Asteroids - $38

 

Missile Command - $32

 

Warlords - $32

 

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Here are more prices from a TV guide article called, "The Best Video Games of 1982" (December 4, 1982):

 

Berzerk (Atari) - $32

 

Demon Attack (Imagic) - $32

 

Pitfall (Activision) - $32

 

Frogger (Parker Brothers) - $30

 

E.T. (Atari) - $40

 

Starpath Supercharger - $70 (games for it - $15)

 

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Lastly, here are prices from the TV Guide "Insider" series that rated video games.

 

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June 18, 1983

 

Tennis (Atari) - $29.95

 

Keystone Kapers (Activision) - $31.95

 

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August 13, 1983

 

Enduro (Activision) - $31.95

 

Mission X (Mattel) - $30

 

Porky's (Fox Video Games) - $19.95

 

Alpha Beam with Ernie (Atari) - $30.45

 

Solar Storm (Imagic) - $24.95

 

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December 3, 1983

 

Frostbite (Activision) - $31.95

 

Crash Dive (Fox Video Games) - $14.95

 

Bump 'N' Jump (Mattel) - $33

 

Time Pilot (Coleco) - $30

 

Moon Patrol (Atari) - $35.45

 

Battlezone (Atari) - $30.45

 

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January 14, 1984

 

Popeye (Parker Brothers) - $33

 

Krull (Atari) - $30.45

 

Space Shuttle (Activision) - $34.95

 

Quick Step (Imagic) - $19.95

 

Sorcerer's Apprentice (Atari) - $30.45

 

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February 25, 1984

 

Mountain King (CBS Electronics) - $30

 

Congo Bongo (Sega) - $29

 

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Activision) - $34.95

 

Snoopy and the Red Baron (Atari) - $30.45

 

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April 7, 1984

 

Mario Brothers (Atari) - $35.45

 

Taz (Atari) - $34.95

 

Millipede (Atari) - $35.45

 

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D.A.H. from the F of i

 

[ 09-10-2001: Message edited by: F of i ]