The Piper

You'll know as soon as you pick it up.

I have a set that says "paddle" in raised letters with round firing buttons.

Cakewalk-9 Stargunner-7 Miner 2049er II-7 All from the wild. The best of my collection are my 2 prototypes though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1357969117 heh

253 atari 2600 carts not counting any variations or doubles. 26 different titles from Sears Tele-Games. +2 4-in-1 activision carts from Australia.(pal). and 2 prototypes -there are probably a few more carts lying around,and over my friends house. I didnt even know I had over 200 till I just counted them. I can recognize a game I have or need on sight anyway,lol.

I cant find a Commando for Atari,but I got it for NES and C64.Great game,Ive had it for my Nes since new.///// Atari 2600 stuff is rapidly disappearing now around here,no doubt about it.Most of the basements that have had Atari's stored there have been cleaned.Even the video game vendors at the fleas are all out of Atari,or anything rarer for it.I used to see at least one find for every 4 flea mkts,on a bad day.Now its like one for every 12 flea mkts,maybe worse.Only found 3 consoles total,and some(not many)common carts,1 console I got lucky, the collection had Miner 2049er 2,but I had to spend $35 for the lot.I havent missed a weekend of flea mkts yet this spring,and only a fraction of what I got 2 years ago for 2600.It used to seem like I'd be holding a box of Atari stuff,and buying another.Made lots of other great finds this year though.Im staying away from those Genesis games,heh heh heh,but now have taken up a classic Nintendo collection.(6 weeks ,over 200 games now!)

I have 4 games like that,they are PAL. Funny pictures on the box,and instructions on the back.Popeye eats cabbage,according to its instructions.I think they are just european atari games,no?Im gonna email the seller and ask if it's PAL. [ 06-09-2002: Message edited by: The Piper ]

whoa nice intellivision find.Commando?!?!? Didn't know it was made for intellivision.

Oops,I forgot to mention the Timex Sinclair in styrofoam with boxed 16k ram module and 3 sealed tapes for $10,but thats not too cool anyways,heh heh.

quote: Originally posted by -^Cro§Bow^-: [QB]I forgot to mention that about 10 of those carts in the box..were Intelly carts...and carts I didn't have either... Like: Bump N Jump Pac Man Atarisoft Centipede Mission X Utopia (I actually didn't have this one yet) AstroSmash (Didn't have this one either) and a few more...commons... Oh..there was a little cart in there called Nova Blast...hehehe... QB] Thats certainly a score to remember!congratulations. So is pac-man the same as Atari's graphics?

Well my weekend of rabid video game hunting went well. Saturday yeilded a TON of NES stuff,but only 2 atari games.(sears pac-man + barnstorming)I like NES,so for me it was a day to smile.I got a sealed Blue Marlin,on top of around 30 other games,etc. I even found an old PC magazine with a pre release review of my favorite game EVER,Unreal. I got up today,Sunday and went just for the heck of it.It was cloudy so didnt look to good.In fact it rained by 9:30 A.M. So I'll cut to the chase-I found a Coleco system complete+atari expansion,2 atari trackballs(they have white bottoms,so I'm guessing they were for the 800?),5 Atari games,no biggie on the games,but Chopper Command has its box,and Winter Games+instructions.Sadly only 1 Coleco game,Q*bert.This cost $10!!! Then I turned the corner and saw an 810 disk drive,I asked the guy if he had the pwr supply,he said"look in those 2 boxes over there,didnt you see them?". I looked in the 2 boxes,and to my amazement,no power supply,but both are FILLED with disks.Big boxes here,mixed original disks,and neatly labeled hacks.Each individually bagged for protection.1 box is software,the other box is games,muahahahha!So I am not a con artist or anything,when he was going thru them doing his sales routine,I had to agree that the games certainly are classics,and my eyes lit up on each game he showed me.Rightfully so!We talked for a few minutes.I asked how much he would sell a few of the games for.He said he was asking $150 for everything. I had $27 in my pocket,and I told him that prior.Then,somewhere out of heaven,he says"why dont you give me $26,and take that box,that box,and that box"(pointing to EVERYTHING)"and keep a dollar for coffee"."And if it works out for you,next week I',m here on Saturday A.M.,you can give me more money".I said"WOO HOO"then"O.K.,I will give you another $20 Saturday"He said"yeah,great deal" So I pulled my car around,and picked up the boxes,and grabbed the change from my car and handed it to him($3). He was very nice,just too add something funny,I heard some other people saying "you sold that atari stuff?!?!" This guy has never seen me before,and I don't think he expects me too actually give him $20 Saturday,this is a ghetto were talkin about here,and he is a seedy LOOKING individual himself. Wont he poop himself when I hand him $20 next Saturday? Before I had my computer and knew about these being worth money also,I still bought it all( at fair prices,so I thought),but I used to haggle almost every transaction. Now I just haggle when I think the price is too high,which is very rare,judging from what I can re-sell the doubles for.Thats just me.

I used to love Laser Blast.A few years back,my friend ruined it for me.He showed me how you can never die.Duh.Just come out and shoot the bases right away before they can fire at you.Works like a charm.This otherwise would be a great game,but that is some serious glitch.Boom-Boom-Boom.Over and over.Never fails.

I am guessing the mod chip/emulators are going to keep MOST psx games on the very low side.You can trade games online,for free.It's illegal,but doesnt stop people obviously.

If the money order was cashed by the addressee,then it was not lost or stolen.

well i'm gonna keep an eye on them,for fun, they SHOULD go for $10 anyway,by the time its over.At least miracle warriors and spellcaster,dangit.