StanJr Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 My boss called her sister to see if she had any old atari games that she would sell me. The sister said yes, she had 21 games(Pitfall II, among others). But then the sister said she would have to call her son because they were his games. So she calls the son, but son says, "Don't sell those! I've been looking for an Atari console for 4 weeks so I can play those again!" So close to my first massive score... DiSTANppointed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4 Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 scoring is overrated anyway. I scored some the other night . .uh .. am I in the right forum? Actually that really sucks, I had a friend pull that on me, he shows me his old pile of Atari games and his mint condition Atari Jr. and offers to let me hold onto the games and stuff. hen I tell him I have a collection and he freaks out and decides he should collect them too. His idea of collecting so far has been hidding the console at his mohers house so no one can touch it. Meanwhile he forgets about it. [ 03-23-2002: Message edited by: Monster greifen an ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Monster greifen an: His idea of collecting so far has been hidding the console at his mohers house so no one can touch it. Meanwhile he forgets about it. I hope you told him the whole idea of collecting is to actually play the games and enjoy them, not hoard them in a clost where nobody can see them! Videogames were meant to be enjoyed, not stared at from the wrong side of a glass case. I fear the day when most people collecting classic games are not gamers, but people collecting as an investment. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 Hold on now!! I do both, I collect and play my games but I have so many that are still sealed and never opened that I have them in my display case with my other atari collections but I do by loose copies of these games so I can play them, now does that make me bad and good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 quote. . . but son says, "Don't sell those! I've been looking for an Atari console for 4 weeks so I can play those again!" Hey, he sounds like a fellow Atari Age member in the making. Could you hook him up with a console or tell him to hit the flea markets? Most large flea markets have at least one 2600 console for sale. Unless he is just saying that because he doesn't want his mom to sell his stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted March 25, 2002 Author Share Posted March 25, 2002 I know you mean well, but... Dude screw that. Pickings around here are slim enough already. There is no way I'm going to contribute to the problem. Ol' Stan's gotta look out for #1 from time to time too. Besides, maybe he'll get discouraged and give up, then sell me all his games. Self-centered Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4 Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Screw that dude, pickings are slim around here too. I don't mind people getting into the collecting but it will be a cold day in hell when I suggest the head out to my favorite game spots and pick up whatever they see. Whatever is there is mine! Turns out people have told me many times about their collections, in fact just last night at this bar. Some dude hears me discussing drunken Atari talk. He says hey I have pone of those in the attic, with Forst bite and a huge mound of games. I freak, stay calm and don't let him know you are too interested (that always scares them away) So I casually mention that I collect Atari stuff and would buy whatever off of him. He asks me how much, So I say I would give him maybe ten for the Atari system (Vader console) and we could discuss an amount when I see the game pile, maybe fourty for the whole mess. Then he is like well, I know they are a collectors item and I probably wouldn't be able to go under a hundred or more. Nobody has those things anymore. I was POed at this point and just walked off! I highly doubt he had much better games than FrostBite but I still would like to get that stuff back in circulation amongst people who care not to mentio add that Vader console to my collection. That jerk will probably leave the Atari there in this attic until he dies and they auction the stupid thing off for two bucks, which I won't get because I will be at work and my friends will have beat me to it!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Master Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Slim, ha ha ha ha!!!! I've only found one cart in the last 5 months, and it was Phoenix!!!!Slim aint the word for down here. There word is dry, compleatly dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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