KAZ
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Thanks for all the input StanJr!
I think I get more of a kick out of caring for my hardware/cartridges than I do actually playing them. I like the exercise of collecting more than playing too.
I'm always looking for an excuse to meander over to Radio Shack to find some new cool way to put my electronics together.
And I've said it many many many times, but it is just an awesome experience to clean a cart's board (with isopropyl alcohol and Q-tips), and have a bunch of black dirt (accumulated dust probably) come off on the Q-tip. And if the cart wasn't working before you cleaned it, but it did AFTER you cleaned it, it is three times the reward.
Out of the 61 Atari 2600 carts I have, like 5 were "repaired" like this, most notably a pitfall that I had bought off ebay wasn't working (was all glitched), but worked after I cleaned it.
The two that still don't work are Q-bert and a Night Driver I got from Goodwill. I'm going to do open heart surgery on the Night Driver very soon, and see if I can do anything for it.
Q-bert is so clean inside it...crap I can't finish it in a poetic way. It is VERY CLEAN.
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Quote: GOO GONE takes off marker, grease pencil, dirt, funk, goo, stickers, glue, fungus, and gunk.
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That is funny as hell, what is funk and gunk? Is there a difference?
I'm just joking around of course, but maybe they really are different too, hehe.
I'm guess that boxes would have the same issue as carts with Goo Gone, with the real problem being getting the box or cart label WET, and thus "warping" it. If you apply it lightly, I'm sure it won't damage it any more than water might.
Peeling a sticker off that has been Goo Gone is a unique and fun experience. It seems to dry it out, and makes all the gluey stuff cling to itself.
[ 05-27-2002: Message edited by: KAZ ]
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Interesting, I posted this on the Atari 2600 message board, and it was moved here, the the cold, dark, forbidding place of "Marketplace". I know why (of course), although I also know that alot of people want to get stickers and crap off of their cartridges.
Yeah, this Goo Gone worked amazingly on one cart. It was a Venture cart, and as you know the label only covers part of the cart, the bottom part doesn't have a label. In black marker was written TWISS
It was also written on the back of the cart.
I don't know what it means, and wanted to get it off.
Goo Gone went to work on it, it was amazing. It is not completely gone, but I faded the black like 7 shades. My Q-tips were completely black after each attempt.
I'm thinking about using it on the hard water stains in my bathtub, as this product is incredible.
This has been The Truman Show
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I have two (non-working) Atari 2600 carts:
Q-bert and Night Driver
I was thinking of testing Goo Gone on the Night Driver, to see what effect it would have on the label.
There is a sticker on the front of the Night Driver that I want to get off (Goodwill puts stickers on the front of the carts sometimes, it just sucks!)
It worked great on stickers that were on the BACK of cartridges, but I don't want to try it on the front of a cartridge, in case it will damage the label.
Has anyone had a bad experience with Goo Gone damaging the color on an Atari 2600 cart? I've read the faq on Atariage about cleaning carts, but they just say "be careful", it isn't specific enough.
It takes off marker quickly (like there was red marker on the back of one that came off extremely fast).
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I think this is a GREAT question, and I'd like to know the answer to it too.
Here's what you are saying (it is obvious of course):
There are like 10 label variations of
SPACE INVADERS
There are like 10 label variations of
COMBAT
That would make 20 carts...
but that would be TWO GAMES.
Utilizing information from my emulator....I am almost entirely certain that there are
AT LEAST 500 unique games.
Using Atariage.com for example, they have ONE rom for Space Invaders, even tho there are numerous label variations (text and pictures)
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I tried logging into the fake paypal site, using NO login name or password....
It says something like:
Your account has been verified, you may now continue using Paypal.
I got a security certificate warning about the site too, meaning it wasn't from the real paypal site.
It does kinda make me mad that people keep trying to **** other people over like this.
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The first site is fake, but yeah, it seems to link to the REAL paypal secure site.
The makers of the fake site, then, are after people's login names, and passwords.
That's how it looks to me. You could even probably still "send money" to people using the fake site, because it links to the real one. Sneaky bastards.
Am I correct on this?
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I wanted to add one other thing. I'm definitely right about this auction being strange, BUT, sometimes these types of auctions are really sleeper auctions, and might have like 1 REALLY valuable game hidden in the whole mess.
It isn't the case here, but you know what I'm saying.
A person, for example, who's after a rare Waterworld 2600 cart, isn't likely scroll down 9 miles to try to find his ONE cart on a list of 200. He's probably got better things to do.
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This auction has red flags all around it.
Looks like someone with a low rating pushed up the price, but then it is that other guy's fault for setting his max bid so high.
I doubt the seller is going to get any money out of this, and since the winner has a 1 feedback, they aren't going to care about negative feedback.
The seller gets screwed out of this whole deal, because now they'll have to relist their item (costing them extra money), because people like to play games on Ebay.
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Let me quote from this auction:
It is BRAND NEW and has never been played with other than when I tested it (working perfectly of course).
Um, what? It is brand new, but I opened it.
So it isn't brand new anymore is it?
When I think of brand new I'm thinking shrinkwrapped, or at the very least SEALED, and NOT opened and played with, even ONE SINGLE TIME.
Then how could you be sure this isn't a fake either, like someone who has dam good abilities in making labels, and using eprom burners or something.
I'm not saying that this is a bad auction at all, he just misrepresents himself. Having the box and instructions to Waterworld I'm sure is unbelievably cool.
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Well here's the interesting "phenomenon" of Atari 2600 on Ebay. There's SO many auctions, that you would have to think that there are alot of sleeper auctions out there that people simply do not look at.
And you'd figure that there's only SO many people who would want something like a boxed Frostbite, and those people likely already HAVE it, so the competition gets lower.
Now if you take Atari 5200, you won't get ANY sleeper auctions, cuz everyone will likely see everything being sold, nothing can escape. There are only like 4 pages of stuff to look at.
And what about people who set really low buy it now prices...and put their auction up JUST MOMENTS before you look at it. You would beat everyone to that, and might get a CRAZY insane deal, like a boxed Quadrun that someone simply didn't know the value of.
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The price guide on that website was from '95-'98, which is just fine.
But as a popular "benchmark", let's look at the value of "Quadrun".
This site says that its value averages:
$105.25
As you may have noticed, Quadrun these days seems to grab $400-$600 regularly.
BUT, it still speaks to the cart as being rare.
If this price guide says that a cart is worth $100 in '95-'98, you can bet it would be rare today too.
Therefore, since Atari carts would tend to increase in value over time, those prices should be considered to be the lowest price a cart would probably sell for. They are all "conservative" estimates.
Here's some others, from Ebay.
I bought from Ebay/Price Listed on That Site.
Stampede: $4.00/$1.56
River Raid: $4.75/$1.57
Chuck Norris/Artillery Duel: $21.99/$6.90
Spiderman: $7.99 (the wild)/$2.15
Can we say I got screwed? Maybe.
Being outbid 3 times on separate occasions for Chuck Norris on Ebay, I just finally said, ENOUGH. And did a buy it now.
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Wow, that site was a good price list guide.
He averages alot of Ebay final sales together, which makes it VERY useful to look at.
Makes me kinda depressed to see some that I "overspent" on Ebay for, but I've got some good deals too I suppose.
There's one deal that I'm thinking of that was unbelievable (wink wink)
I think I'll go play my Air Sea Battle now.
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Assuming that the Atari 2600 is your favorite console even when you compare it to the most modern systems of today, what are your top 5 reasons for thinking it is the best?
I'll withhold my answers, so that none are the same as yours.
An example might be something like:
"Best designed cartridges of any video game system".
[ 05-26-2002: Message edited by: KAZ ]
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Well I went to Radio Shack, but they didn't have item #64-4422 (as what was in the faq).
The guy said it appears that the item was discontinued, and no longer made.
So he suggested I go to a hardware store (like maybe Home Depot).
On the way to Home Depot, I stopped at a Circuit City, but they didn't have it.
I ended up at Home Depot, looking for a contact cleaner (I was looking for WD40 Electrical Contact Cleaner), but they only had the regular stuff.
BUT, I did pick up a contact cleaner
It is: "CRC QD Contact Cleaner, Quick Drying Formula" (Electrical Grade).
I also picked up some "Goo Gone".
I got home and went to work on a sticker from Goodwill that was on the back of an Atari 2600 Cartridge. Once I put the stuff on, it peeled right off (kinda felt like when you remove a sticker from wax paper (like mailing labels).
One cart had red marker on the back of it, and it steamed right through that stuff (my Q-tip was completely red).
Then I got to the contact cleaner, and sprayed it on the inside of one of my Atari paddles, right in the middle of that "pot" area, and twisted the paddle around a bunch of times.
I went over and played Breakout, and it worked great!!
It still jitters just a tiny tiny bit, but not like before, where it would jitter two inches both ways.
Thanks for your help!
[ 05-25-2002: Message edited by: KAZ ]
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I hear alot of people saying stuff like "I wasted part of my life playing this or that game for hours".
Life, to me, is to be fun. The more fun I'm having, the happier I am.
Alot of games like Final Fantasy 7 make life worth living, because it IS so much fun. Like tasting chocolate cake (or whatever your favorite food is), it makes life worth it.
Of course, if you don't earn money, you can't afford games, or food, or a place to live. So some priorities are pretty well set for alot of people.
I say try not to feel guilty at all for spending hours and hours on games.
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It doesn't sound like a wierd request. I myself would think it would be cool to display a box of Atari 2600.
Alot of times systems + boxes sell for alot on Ebay because OF the boxes.
I have a feeling you'll have a hard time finding someone who actually has ONLY the box of an Atari 2600. If they had a box, I would think they'd try to sell the whole package on Ebay.
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I watched a bunch of movies from that site you provided. It was great to see bits and pieces of the show again. Including all the game introductions.
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The chance is high that he's just running a simple scam.
Most would see it for what it is, a scam. But if even 2% of the people who visit his auction (453) actually believed him, he'd get $9.06 (this is how much I think he might get on this).
With this money he could get a pack of smokes, and some snacks.
IF you did drive by his place, and it seemed to be on the "up and up", then he might actually be telling the truth. Course if he's just got a PO box or something, it is totally a scam.
When I win this auction, and don't pay, I hope he complains to ebay about me, that would put a smile on my face
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I'm the top bidder! God I cannot wait till I might win this very rare item.
Interesting product. I'll bet it is a video or something about some guy asking for money from people on Ebay. Maybe it is a poster with all these words on it!
I'll have to clear it up with the seller, however.
[ 05-24-2002: Message edited by: KAZ ]
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I'm still looking for anyone on the net who has a BANDAI MONKEY BUSINESS game watch that they are willing to sell.
It would be nice to own the old Pacman game watch I used to own too.
I don't have either now, I don't know what happened to them, they probably just wore out, and my parents got rid of them.
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Awesome, I read that previous thread.
I do have rubbing alcohol and Q-tips, tho I don't think that will do much good.
Instead I'll try to locate that cleaner that Radio Shack sells (thanks for the item number and all that).
Then I'll drag out my Night Driver and have some fun
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The paddles that I got from an auction jitter like crazy! After a little bit, the jittering "improves" a little bit.
By jittering I mean when you move your character on the screen, it moves right and left quickly before coming to rest at its final spot.
I was wondering if anyone's ever made non-jittering Atari 2600 paddles.
Several of my games use the paddles now, and it would be nice to have functional ones.
Like I bought some refurbished Atari 5200 controllers, and they work awesome!
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The moon and E.T. are related (oh shit I said too much).
Noone ever thought to look for them ON THE MOON.
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simple question
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I have a black vader model Atari 2600, and I can answer any questions you might have about hooking it up.
But there's not much to tell.
The straight answer is that other than the power supply that hooks into the Atari 2600 directly, the only part I had to get was a "Gold-Plated Phono-to-F" Adapter
It is a tiny thing that attaches to the end of the cord, no need for any switchboxes or anything! About 3 bucks.
The power supply came with it when I got it in an auction. The cord I speak of is a permanent part of the Atari, and can't be removed.
And lest you say something like, "then how do you watch your TV without a switchbox?" The answer I might give is why watch TV when you have an Atari 2600, but the real answer would be something like I have a "Mini A/B Switch" that split two video sources, much as a switchbox would, but technically you don't need it to play the Atari.
[ 05-27-2002: Message edited by: KAZ ]