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Yeah, you can tell by the thickness and shape of the plastic edges too, that it's a heavy sixer. Not too bad of a deal. Looks like it has the older style paddle controllers too, with the "Atari" on them... can't tell about the joysticks from that pic though.

All my carts are in separate clear plastic storage bags with a dessicant pack, so it really doesn't matter. But if you were really concerned and/or didn't have your carts bagged, you could easily make an insert, clear even, or white, or whatever, that would cover the holes. It's just the front and back of the drawer that has the holes. The "clear" parts of the drawers are frosted nicely too. The holes are pretty small though, at any rate.

What the heck is that picture? It looks like some sort of mesh creature made out of a joystick body... or am I seeing that wrong? Can you post a higher-res photo of that thing please? Looks pretty scary! EDIT: Nevermind, I'm a moron. I see now it's mesh gloves holding a joystick. I should wake up fully before posting

If that's the one I just looked at a few weeks ago, 2600 carts don't fit in there nicely. I ended up getting stackable units from Target that are absolutely perfect. They're made by Sterilite, are $9.99 each separately, so you can buy just as many as you need and no more. I bought 7 so far. The problem with most drawers from Iris or Sterilite is the height isn't right, but these are just perfect. They hold about 96 2600/7800 carts each. Vic-20, C64, Intellivision, 5200 etc all fit perfectly too. (Edit: by perfectly, I mean that there's a little extra space after putting the cart in to make room for the top of the plastic bags that I put all my carts in... not too snug, not too loose). I can't find the separate drawer on their website, but the below pic is of the 3-drawer unit of them that they sell. You can buy them separately though. For this purpose, you'd want the size of the top 2 on this. Just look on the website for "Sterilite Drawer" and you'll find these, then go to Target and they should have them separately. Highly recommended for anyone. I looked at all the office and dept. stores for a couple weeks for the right containers, and had almost given up when I found these!

That's impossible as Asteroids didn't become available until late int '81. That's what I was thinking too. It could have been Christmas 1981... let me think... definitely it was 3rd grade, Christmas. You're right, it was Christmas 1981.

My Sears heavy sixer has trouble taking some carts (extremely tight fit), so much so that I don't even use it anymore. Instead, I use a light sixer and have no problems at all with anything, including homebrews.

Asteroids. Which was also the very first VCS game I ever played, in the arcade-cabinet type setup at LaBelle's (a department store in Minnesota). Kids these days I doubt can have any comprehension of what it was like to see what was basically arcade games in a department store, that you could actually buy and take home. Magical, indeed. So, I begged, and I waited, and I begged, and I waited... finally, Christmas 1980, I opened a gift from my grandparents -- Asteroids! WOW! But there was no other box under the tree. That was it. Certainly no large Atari-sized box. Did they understand that just Asteroids didn't do anything on its own? Was there a miscommunication between my parents and my grandparents?! Oh no! Nope, finally dad brought it out from the bedroom... there it was, in all its glory. My very own VCS! I don't remember how long it was until we got another game, but for awhile it was just Combat and Asteroids, but it was one of the best days ever! Fortunately, plenty of other kids at school got VCS's that Christmas, with different games, so plenty of fun was had by all!

I know this is about the CC1, so sorry for being semi-OT, but... does the Krokodile Cart have this or a similar issue? I've been using it quite a bit lately and would hate to find that it would eventually die due not to neglect, but due to excessive love Looking at the big ol' crates of carts, I've even been pondering the idea of one day getting rid of most of them and just using the Krok (ok, let's be realistic, I probably wouldn't do that), but... ?

I had my order all ready, but this week 25% of each department where I work was laid off (permanently). I was spared, but I'm pretty sure it's a matter of 6-12 months for everyone else, so it seems a bit irresponsible to buy these now. It's a major bummer for this to have happened, and a minor bummer (comparatively speaking) to not get the holiday cart. Maybe next year once we're back on our feet in a more stable situation. This looks like a fantastic cart. Lots of great new games this year, which is nice to see!

It's always difficult to thin down the choices during the Christmas Sale, but this year is going to be particularly hard! I'm glad we have a while to order. Wow. Thanks everyone, this is the best sale and best selection ever. And extra thanks for bringing back Toyshop Trouble for those of us who missed it last year!

Two weeks ago it was down for a couple days, then it came back up. Now, it's been down for about a week or so. I was reading through all their reviews, and it was a really nice site. I sure hope it's not down for good.

Grand Prix is Activision.

Corporate greed, bad management, and a programmer who really isn't into the project = consumer disappointment. When I was 8 though, it was still a lot of fun... I didn't know any better. Thought that's all the 2600 could do, I guess.

I'd say more likely it's real, but the 100 "newly found" boxed copies that turn up in a couple months aren't real. That's probably why the delay. It takes awhile to make that many fakes, especially semi-convincingly. This whole "I'll just hold it for awhile to see what happens" thing just makes no sense. It's not likely to go UP in value after the initial hype, and the only things that can happen after that are 1) the cart dies = it's worth less, 2) more turn up = it's worth less. If it were legit, and he were prudent, he'd have sold it awhile back.

I'm so bad, I've had a hard time dealing with the thought of possibly getting rid of some duplicate systems... heaven forbid getting rid of the last or only of a system! You never know when you're going to need that backup ColecoVision or O2!

You can see this stuff in the game listings on this site... for example, if you look up Sears Arcade Golf, at the bottom it shows related titles, which is in this case Atari Miniature Golf: http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html...wareLabelID=990

I hope it happens soon or I may be S.O.L. as I'll probably be without internet for awhile at the family holiday gatherings in the boonies!

You got a great deal, all those for a buck each! Wish I could find the same thing, especially all at once. I had tons of mint boxes and when I moved after high school (1990), threw them all away. I have 50 or so boxes now, but mostly just the newer re-release ones that everyone has, and commons. Probably not as cheap as you want, but check www.best-electronics-ca.com as they have a bunch of boxed 2600 games.

17 left! Great deal, thanks for the tip!

Thanx guys =] I saw two sealed ones go for about $2 on ebay not too long ago. Now I don't feel so bad about forgetting to bid. Plus everything here looks very good. The cart is kinda touchy (like many Activisions, in my experience), but there should be another one in the dupes pile. Wow, I need to start watching ebay more often for deals like that. I'd love to have a CIB Space Shuttle. Funny, I got it new as a kid, and I remember the switch overlay, but not the part that goes on the front of the 2600 with the instruction steps. I'll bet I had it, I just didn't realize it fit there. Oh well! As an aside, it seems like no matter how much I learn about Atari, to this day, there's still more new stuff to see -- it always has a way of staying new for me.

I'll second that. Toyshop Trouble is my most played 2600 homebrew, one year later. I'm so disappointed that I didn't get this one last year. I wasn't around to do the Christmas deal last year. I know some may feel that a reissue would somehow make theirs less special, but OTOH, wouldn't it be great if more people could enjoy this game that I hear is so great? I'd buy a re-issue in a heartbeat.

That's the funniest thing I've heard all month! I actually rarely ever (if ever) lie about what I paid for something. I just don't let her see most stuff coming in! It's funny though, one day last week when she intercepted a package coming in, she says, ominously, "Remember, I know what you have, and I will notice anything new." I just said "yes dear", but thought "oh... no... trust me, you have no idea the carts and other stuff I have hidden away... believe me!" Plus, she wouldn't know a Demon Attack from a Demolition Herby. Right now is the best time to get stuff, just make her think that they might be presents for her! Yeah, I tried that, and it works sometimes, but when the name of the place it's coming from has either "Atari" or "Video Game..." in the name, that's a really really tough sell!

That's the funniest thing I've heard all month! I actually rarely ever (if ever) lie about what I paid for something. I just don't let her see most stuff coming in! It's funny though, one day last week when she intercepted a package coming in, she says, ominously, "Remember, I know what you have, and I will notice anything new." I just said "yes dear", but thought "oh... no... trust me, you have no idea the carts and other stuff I have hidden away... believe me!" Plus, she wouldn't know a Demon Attack from a Demolition Herby.

Furthermore, you can use 2 Star Raiders controllers in place of a pair of keyboard controllers as well. You'd just have to make different overlays for them, which is pretty easy to do. Very nice compared to the keyboard controllers IMO.

I first read this entire thread several years ago... I've moved twice since then. Someone seriously needs to make this game, and it eventually needs to be a cart available in the AA store. Really. Even if it doesn't have the custom KITT steering wheel, I'd be fine without that. EDIT: I forgot about the obvious licensing issues. And even if it were possible to get the licensing, I'm sure HardWork had that contract in hand years ago now, right?