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  5. Posted

    A bit better than my last entry and new personal best!

     

    2,951

     

    Heart breaking when you're so close to a multiple of 500. I hadn't even tried this game until this weeks HSC and like it. This game feels similar to Kaboom; simple but very addictive.

     

    My Tip: DONT BLINK! :D

     

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  7. Posted

    Decypher is a strong cotender but I think toymailman gets rookie of the year, did you see his collection pics.....holy sh*t :lust:

     

    I would agree that toymailman could actually be the rookie of the year for the 2600. I think i would be more like rookie of the year for Atari collecting i have pretty much finished my collection for the 5200 and 7800 in one year. Only need a couple more titles for each of those.

     

    Wow, thanks guys! It is an honor just to be mentioned in this thread. :D

    It has been tons of fun collecting 2600 stuff too. The Flashback 2 is what brought back all my childhood memories early last year and got me into it. I was really happy to find this site and amazed at how strong the Atari 2600 was still going after 30 years!!

  9. Posted

    Wow, I had to read your post twice to make sure I read it correctly. I am very sorry to hear this and can't believe it. You are a great guy and I have always enjoyed dealing with you. It looks like there is a lot of good advice and views in this thread already. All that I would like to emphasize is to do some calm thinking. Sometimes, stress can make people make quick decisions. I just want the decision you make to be the right one for you. Whether this is selling everything, taking a break, slowing down a bit, etc.

     

    Good luck with it man, I know this would be tough for me to deal with.

  10. Posted

    Just curious. Seems rarity on this one has gone up recently. Whats it worth?

     

    Cassidy

     

    It may even fetch over $200 if u were to place it up on ebay. I think its along the same rarity as Spriinger and Miner 2049er Volume 2 and i was desperate enough to pay about $275 for my Springer and i really don't regret it i rarely see a loose Springer or Espial .....although Espial i do see a wee bit more. If Homer had to offer $65 before someone found him a loose one i would say a complete would definitely fetch $200 or more if the hefty bidders like Toymailman, Decypher, or a newbie that i have been noticing going after the completes Dragoduby. I am really glad i have mine already so i don't have to compete with these guys LOL.

     

    You wouldn't have to worry about me on this one as I have a CIB Espial (thanks to the 5th Ghost!). Fair game on the others though! :)

  13. Posted

    Do you think there was anyway that maybe the previous owner took this wrap off one game and put it around this one to protect the box? Congrats on a new rare game to your collection man. You are going after the real rares now i see!

     

    Yeah, I think all I have left are the really rares! I think the last 1% will cost more than my current collection combined, yikes!

     

    As for the wrap it looks to be in really great shape. No breaks, tape or glue.

  14. Posted

    I just got the CIB Waterworld that has been taunting me on the Atari2600.com website (some cash/some trades). Anyway, this item must have been sold in stores as well as through the Video Club. Mine still has the original shrinkwrap with a price sticker of $23.99 reduced to $9.99 from Kay-Bee toys. That was a great deal for someone!

  16. Posted

    Awesome :lust:

    If I were you I would inquire about maybe starting a side buisness making these. If there are no legal issues but I don't see why there would be, if anything it would probably make a few more people buy some of these games knowing there could be the option of a box for it.

     

    Thanks man! Yeah, it took me awhile before I decided to buy unboxed homebrews (seeing how I like boxes :) ). Then when I got them, I figured I'd try it myself. It would be nice to do it, but the time per box is a big obsticle. I need to start having kids and in a few years put them to work on it. Like people used to do on farms.

  18. Posted

    So you are the one buying all the CIB stuff from Atari2600.com

    Between you and Atarimania75 I missed out on a lot of titles I should have picked up :) (Time pilot, Frontline and Room of Doom come to mind)

     

    Oops! Sorry 'bout that. You should still be able to see the three titles you mentioned in my pics above. :) I believe all of those were thanks to Atari2600.com.

     

    I wish I lived closer to see his place first hand. Great selection, service, and always seems to get some interesting or hard-to-find stuff.

     

    It's what it is.....THE WALL!

     

    Ah ha, now I know. Thanks, and love the wall paper!

  20. Posted

    After posting the pics of my boxed collection, there was intrest in seeing some close-ups of the custom boxes spotted in there. I have attached them below.

     

    Fall Down, AStar, and Four-Play

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    Inside shot to see how nice the cart stays in place!

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    Here are the contents with everything taken out.

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    The cartridge holder I designed works great for making sure the cart doesn't flop around inside the boxes. I use it for boxed prototype released stuff too such as RealSports Basketball, Stunt Cycle, Combat Two, etc.

     

    I am very sorry if I left anyone off the credits section of the boxes that should be on these. I tried to use what was in the manuals and in the AA Store description as best I could. I am also hoping this is not illegal! I mean using proprietary logos, designs, etc. If so let's just say no one ever saw this post, okay? :ponder:

  21. Posted

    Very nice collection you've put together in short time! I see a few of mine in there, makes me a bit sad, but I know they went to a good home.

     

    Yes, thank you very much, I will take good care of them. I also got a couple from the 5th ghost. Atari2600.com is a major contributor, Video 61, and of course eBay.

     

    Please do us all a favor and post pix of your homemade box fronts and backs. Ever consider producing them in quantity and selling? You could count on me to be a paying customer. Your creations would make excellent additions to The Wall!

     

    I will start a new thread, probably tonight, with some pics of the boxes I've made. I would love to make them in quantity, but each box is pretty much hand made. Cutting, gluing, measuring, etc. It literally takes me about 45 minutes per box! And that's the time after I made the image on the computer and printed it out.

     

    Also, I still feel relatively new here so what's "The Wall"??

  22. Posted

    Thanks for all the compliments everyone!

     

    To answer a few questions...

     

    The Cooper games are Bobby is Going Home and Mr. Postman. Again most cooper games are not high on my list, because I think most were just knock-offs of other games, right? The Froggo games I got a good deal on so I figured what the heck.

     

    The homebrew boxes for Combat Rock, Fall Down, Gunfight, Swordfight, etc. are all custom. As you can see I like boxes (ooooo pretty). So when I get a game that never came with a box (mostly homebrews) then I feel compelled to make one. I actually own most of the homebrews available in the Atari Age store, but haven't got around to making boxes for them all yet.

     

    The way I make them takes a bit of time, but I do want to make a box for them all eventually. My wife really likes the way A-Star turned out. Not much to look at from the side (white box with "AStar"), but the front and back are pretty cool. I like my Fall Down and how I made the front-side red and the back-side blue and the colors meet along the side. On the front I usually try to put the same image that's on the cart. For the back I use screenshots, descriptions and credits.

     

    I also made a nice little cart holder that fits snugly inside these boxes. It works well with other games like Combat Two, RealSports Basketball, etc. Before, the cart would just flop around in the box. Now it stands front and center like a good cart should!

  23. Posted

    Just stay far away from XONOX. LOL

     

     

    Yeah, no kidding. For my purposes, I am calling my XONOX "complete" for now. I at least have all the games. Two as singles the other 6 as doubles.

     

    At this point, I am mainly trying to get boxed games that are distinctly different from anything else. Hence, my small Sears collection. The big Sears titles I wanted were the 3 exclusives. You can see in my pics, I even put those in the spots where their Atari counterparts would have gone rather than with the other Sears. (sorted in CX# order) Call me crazy!!

  24. Posted

    Thank you. :D

     

    As you can see a few titles are high on my want list, because I only need one to finish off certain sets.

     

    Subterranea - Imagic

    Stargunner - Telesys

    Universal Chaos - Telegames

    Up & Down - Sega (I lump it with Sega)

    Picnic - US Games

     

    Some titles I have conceded the fact that I will probably never own. It has been a very rare occasion to break the $150 mark for a single game. There have been a few exceptions and there will probably have to be a few more! Titles like Quadrun, Out of Control, etc. will only be possible if everyone here falls asleep for a year and I can snatch it on eBay with a single bid for $9.99! One can dream, right!

  25. Posted

    I did some more matches. The higher Atari difficulties eventually dominated Activision game #1. I only did the first two matches with Atari Game #7 as it was clear the Activision was outmatched at that point.

     

    Therefore, I moved Activision up to its Game #2 difficulty and started the Atari from the bottom again. Activision easily won Atari Game #1, as expected. Then I moved Atari up to Game #2 and thought Activision would still easily win. However, this was not the case. The first game was a draw (5 Kings-5 Kings, each just bounced around). Then the second game, technically was a draw, but I gave it to Activision.

     

    It seems Activision Game #2 still plays much too defensively. It had a large advantage over Atari (4 Kings + 1 piece vs. 2 Kings + 2 pieces). It never pressed it to finish Atari off. Atari always seems to try and finish the game if it has an advantage.

     

    At this point I am not sure how much better of a player Activision Game #2 will be over its Game #1. It definitely takes longer to "think", but hasn't been able to prove itself better yet. We'll se what happens by my next update.

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