King Atari Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 Hey everybody, post what cart holds the distinction of being the centerpiece of your collection here. For me it would have to be "Frogger II: Threeedeep!", that's the rarest thing I got, plus it's really addictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 My Spider-man game is the centerpiece of my miniscule collection. I know it isn't rare, but its the game I have that I prize the most. Its the last survivor of my childhood collection Teary-eyed Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhindle The Red Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 River Patrol In the non-cart area, there's my instruction booklets to Glib and 2800 Super Breakout. I'm also proud of my complete collection of 2600 Star Wars games. (My four year old nephew loves Star Wars: The Arcade Game.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 Well I own some of the rare 2600 games like Waterworld, Crazy climber and so on. but the one game I own and love the most is my seal and mint in the box copy of Montezuma's revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 [beg]Hey Pitbull, can you scan that MR box for us?[/beg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 Well I sold off most of my collection about 4 years ago when I bought my house. But Im like Pitbull and have a thing for unopened boxes. I think at that time my fav was an un-opened Imagic "No Escape" With a joystick offer sticker on the shrinkwrap. (Thats how I knew it had never been opened.) Now with my collection diminished. (I have about 91 different loose carts mostly commons and about 20 boxed) I guess my favorite is an unopened copy of "Bugs"... Yeah its pitiful aint it? Non cart stuff is my collection of old video game magazines. I like to page thru them every now and again. Also I have a non-working joystick shaped like the Colecovision super-controllers that I havent been able to identify. It was made by Mastertronic and had a pistol grip bottom with the joystick sticking out the top with one button behind the joystick that you pushed with your thumb...Thats pretty cool...If only it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 I think the most impressive thing I have is my copy of Maxi 15 for the NES. I'm not a big NES collector, but as I understand it, this is amung the rarest games for it. Sadly, none of my Atari stuff is terribly rare. My Spike's Peak/Artillery Duel is the highest at a measly 6. My dreams of finding a Vectrex or Chase the Chuckwagon go unfulfilled... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 Well it would be my Vectrex. If I didn't sell it a few years ago!! I guess it would have to be my 2600 Sega Tapper cart. Very fun game. Almost 7800/NES quality graphics and good gameplay to boot!! Still looking for a "wild" copy of Pitfall2! -Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genki Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 My prized collection would be a boxed Children Discovery System with many games, most CIB. Almost no one remember these and almost nothing was mentioned of this on the internet. Even Mattewl doesn't remember it despite giving them the model # and product #. It was my first girlfriend that would start me on a love/hate relationship with computers for the next 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted October 13, 2001 Author Share Posted October 13, 2001 On the subject of Vectrex stuff, I used to have 3 games and the 3D mask, but I sold it to a modern-day beatnik at a flea market as well as a Bally Astrocade w/games (I had no idea how to make it work). Kind of wish I hadn't done that now, but oh well, I still have my 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesboulez Posted October 13, 2001 Share Posted October 13, 2001 I guess the centerpiece of my collection is what used to be a little oddity that I found in Arizona. I have three of the Xante cartridges from Tulsa, OK, which until a few weeks ago I had no idea what they were or how rare they are... Otherwise it was a non-Atari find I had at an antique mart — a boxed, complete Congo Bongo for the Intellivision. I'm still after Texas Chainsaw and Halloween, which will allow me to finally play the games I couldn't get as a kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 I guess the prize of my collection would be my boxed Coke Wins even though the box is pretty boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari70s Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 I too feel like tempest so many hard to say i do have that 8 bit Mogul Maniac noone knwos too much about i love. also Crazy Climber is nice. shuttle orbiter is a GEM since it is so mint.And also i got that wierd 2600 that i need to send to Curt when hes ready but so many oddities i dont knwo if you woudl consider all prize centerpieces but that 8 bit Mogul Maniac is a real head scratcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubersaurus Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 Well, I have Pac-Mania for the NES, but my most prized is a Channel F videocart 20 Schach with box and booklet. I don't even have a channel f, but that was too good a deal to pass up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 Hmm... My centerpieces are my 100+ prototypes. My non-prototype centerpiece is probably my NTSC Compumate (boxed) or my Quadrun cart (with instructions) signed by Steve Woita. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 I used to have two Chase the Chuckwagons as well as some pretty weird systems, including the APF-1000 Imagination Station (I think that's what it was called...?) and the Emerson Arcadia 2001. Right now, the coolest items in my video game collection would have to be the Samba de Amigo controllers and the Game Gear Frogger prototype, which is still in Arizona. As for the 2600, well, I don't own all the cartridges I used to... those Chase the Chuckwagons are long gone now. I guess I'd have to say Solar Fox just because it's one of those rare 2600 games that's better than its arcade counterpart. The simplicity makes it more exciting than the coin-op game, which was bogged down with a lot of confusing, unnecessary features. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 It's the Imagination Machine. I've been looking for one of those beasts to put my MP-1000 in. I have a Arcadia as well, it's a really underrated system. The original games were pretty crappy, but the oddball arcade games they made for it are awesome! Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nateo Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 My Atari 800... there's just something about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 The centerpiece would have to be my "SEEA GUEAST" cart. It's a Taiwan version of Seaquest but it still makes me laugh. My wife found it and "SPAIDDER FIGHT" at a thrift store. -Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted October 15, 2001 Share Posted October 15, 2001 Hey Chaz, in your pic, the Crackpots cart sitting on top of your Space Cavern cart creates an optical illusion if you look at it right. They look like the top and side of the same cart! Wavering Depth Perception Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted October 15, 2001 Share Posted October 15, 2001 My "centerpieces" are probably my Frogger II cart, my Road Runner cart, and the Tac-Scan cart I just got last weekend. Nothing too special in my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted October 15, 2001 Share Posted October 15, 2001 Hehe...not much in my collections either..but here are some of my prized ones. 2600: StarWars:TAG and Track n Field 5200: Rescue on Fractalus w /inst. I just won off ebay for $15. 7800: The unit itself is modded to play pal games and dump 2600/7800 carts to my PC. For games I would say my carts of Rampage,Double Dragon and then the following i got for 3 bucks each, Mat Mania,Ninja Golf, and Commando. NES: My Boxed MicroMachines and Complete Dragon Warrior 1. SNES: My CIB Chrono Trigger Genesis: Gunstar Heroes, Shining Force 2, etc...my Genny collection is almost as large as my 2600 collection so there is too many to list for favs... Intellivision: Happy Trails ColecoVision: Popeye and Frogger because they are so much fun to play!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted October 15, 2001 Share Posted October 15, 2001 I still have my original pitfall game... I have both: Texas Chainsaw and Halloween I also have: Waterworld But I really like all my atari 2600 collection!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted October 15, 2001 Share Posted October 15, 2001 Here are my Raries. I think I like the Crazy climber the best since I have the manual and stuff. http://www.atari2600.net/aspDisplayPicture...razyClimber.jpg http://www.atari2600.net/aspDisplayPicture...SirLancelot.jpg http://www.atari2600.net/aspDisplayPicture...oxRobinHood.jpg http://www.atari2600.net/aspDisplayPicture...dquestWater.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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