iguana Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 I was beguinning to think it was all a conspiracy! I have been to like 15 thrift stores and they all looked at me like I had 3 heads when I asked if they had any Atari carts. Well today at lunch I cfound one! i got 4 games for $4.00 Space War, Strawberry Shorcake, Cookie Monster and Kangaroo. I had Kangaroo, but I bought it just the same b/c I was too excited to find any games. I doubt they are that good to play (I do not see myself sitting down for a wicked game of Strawberry shortcake!) but at least I finally found some outside of a flea market! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 Good finds! Trade you for the Strawberry Shortcake... Most of what I find are super commons. Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 congrats on your first thrift finds pretty cool finds, i just got strawberry shortcake myself last week for $3 I got these items today: Genesis- NHL Hockey (sealed) NES- Mad Max (just cart) NES- Total Recall (just cart) SMS- Choplifter (complete) 7800- Karateka (sealed) 7800- Hat Trick (sealed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iguana Posted March 5, 2002 Author Share Posted March 5, 2002 Cassidy, I may trade it to you. I do not know if it works yet, I am at work and sadly without my 2600! I will clean it and check tonight. what would you trade me for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 You know i was thinking i wasnt doing so well on finding game in the wild. But i guess i have. Since i started collecting atari games back 2 months ago .Ive found at my local flea market 40 games that i have gotten for a buck each all commen.I did get skeet shoot which is a 5 rare so that was good find i guess. And at a video game store in raleigh NC i found 12 games i wanted and didnt have they had alot more but the store was to high 3 for 10 bucks all commens.Funny thing is tho i couldnt find a copy of frogger. Any place ive gone and had to beg for one on here. Coudnt see my self paying 6 bucks for frogger from Best even tho i love ordering from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 I still for the life of me can not find any game worth buying at any thrift stores by my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 quote: Originally posted by ATARIPITBULL: I still for the life of me can not find any game worth buying at any thrift stores by my area. have you tried the comic shop in allen park on allen road yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Yes, its just around the corner from my house but all they ever have are games like pac-man and asteroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 You are not the only one, Ataripitbull. It seems that some parts of the country are Atari rich and some have little or no Atari items at all. I have not seen anything Atari related in any thrift shops here in South Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4 Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 I agree that some parts of the country have all the luck. I think fads take place in certain areas better than others and let me tell you Arkansas is one of the slowest places on earth to catch on to cool things. Good thing for me I live in a college town where people come to pawn off their junk for cheap living but I still have a hard time finding stuff here. I even wen all the way to Kansas City and looked in a bunch of game stores and nothing. Although I did find an original Atari joystick there for a buck. I bought it since up to that point I was using a Sega Genesis controller. I needed the original feel. Since then I have found a slew of original controllers, more than I know what to do with. Thank goodness for the Genesis though or I would have been screwed out of playing for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonlightKnight Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 quote: Originally posted by ATARIPITBULL: I still for the life of me can not find any game worth buying at any thrift stores by my area. I know what you mean. I don't have anywhere I can pick up stuff. We have a couple of thrift stores in town but I've only once seen Coleco carts at one of them. And of course I was broke when I saw them! When I went back with money they were already gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Ataripitbull: i found a few games at that comic shop there last week Sea Hunt Sea Hawk Strawberry Shortcake Turmoil Desert Falcon Towering Inferno but these games are probably considered common to you tho right? [ 03-05-2002: Message edited by: Lemmi ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malix Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hey Lemmi, You finally found that NHL Hockey you have been searching for?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 Well yes! I all ready have those games you mentioned Lemmi new and in there boxes. What I want to find is a copy of Friday the 13th or Quadrun at some dam store so I don't have to spend hundred's of bucks for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 quote: Originally posted by ATARIPITBULL: . What I want to find is a copy of Friday the 13th or Quadrun at some dam store so I don't have to spend hundred's of bucks for. Well have you prayed every night to find these items in the wild? because you might need a miracle to find those kind of things at a store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Malix: Hey Lemmi, You finally found that NHL Hockey you have been searching for?? Yeah i found NHL 98 complete for $5 and i picked up the Original NHL hockey for $6 just for the manual (did you know the original hockey came in to different sized cases? well it did ) and i made a trade just for the NHL 96 manual now i have the whole collection complete (finally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 I recently found 25 plus boxed 2600 games in the wild. Three were Sears gatefolds from 1977. Incredible condition, and one was still sealed in the plastic. I went through a feast last year (several big number hauls for under 30 bucks) and then months of nothing. The boxed ones were two days before Christmas. It was the best gift I could have found (for myself, that is ). I usually buy the commons in the wild, because I need donors to make other games with. I like to use commons of course, because who wants to destroy a rare label or uncommon cart? I just refuse to pay three bucks for Combat. Something in me just says its wrong. Besides, Combat boards only support 2K games! Cassidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Asmo Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 What other games do you make? Just kinda curious. Cheers, KA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black dog Posted March 7, 2002 Share Posted March 7, 2002 My thrifting luck seems to be all or nothing. I can go weeks without seeing a thing and then all of a sudden things will everywhere. Lately my luck has been great. Last week I got: 2 shrink-wrapped sega genesis games-$2.00 ea. 5 boxed nes games-$2.00 ea. 7800 system in box-$5.00 Today I went to goodwill and got a nes in mint box still in styrofoam for $10.00. It looks like it was never used. The great thing about goodwill and salvation army is that the stuff is always dirt cheap. Alot of times at flea markets the sellers want too much money for what they have because it is so "rare". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 You mean firday the 13th for the NES? If so i hope that wasnt rare or the NES. I had it and traded it and alot more nes games in about a year ago. At my local video game store.To get some PSone games. Now all i care about is classic gameing and wish i had ttem back.But oh well i have my atari stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 quote: Originally posted by KBeXpress: You mean firday the 13th for the NES? If so i hope that wasnt rare or the NES. I had it and traded it and alot more nes games in about a year ago. At my local video game store.To get some PSone games. Now all i care about is classic gameing and wish i had ttem back.But oh well i have my atari stuff no i dont think he means the NES version of Friday the 13th as it is quite common the the NES, im guessing theres one for the 2600 but im just guessing here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 I picked up 6 more 2600 games today for $8 (now im broke untill next wednesday ) BurgerTime Tron Deadly Discs Oink (2nd copy and a better label) Real Sports Volleyball Real Sports Soccer Zaxxon (2nd copy and a better label, looks brand new) The total actually came to $18, but i only had $8 so he gave me a huge break (thank god ive known the guy for 8 years ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Hey Moycon, remember that X-mas package you sent me? well i was going though the doubles that you sent me (nope i hadnt checked them to see if they worked yet) I cleaned up the Berzerk (no problem there) but when i got to the Missle command cart there was a huge rattle inside of it so i opened it up to find about 12 dead flying bugs (species unknown, but they might be a GA bug) inside of it and the chip on the PCB was majorly rusted, but it worked just fine after i cleaned all the bug guts and poop out of it ya might want to shake all your carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Lemmi you had a chance to fire up that Big Nose NES cart I sent you yet? I know you got it and were happy about the condition. But I also told you that while it worked in my NES I had funky scramble lines during the game play which made it basically unplayable. Just curious if it came up okay for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted March 8, 2002 Share Posted March 8, 2002 Yup it had the lines in it for a few seconds but that was cause my top loader was dirty, but yup it works fine and plays great all the camerica games i have get those lines from time to time, all is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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