atari_envy

lol. I have that thought every time I look through my Atari collection and see the post cards offers, subscription cards, and "drop us a line to let us know how you are doing" comments. Would I get a "Return to Sender" or would it end up on somebody's desk? And for Christmas, I am going to take advantage of this "exclusive" offer and pick a new copy of Crazy Climber and Atari Video Cube. Might as well throw in the coffee mug and the Atari scarf.

AIRLOCK for the 2600. This was the first time I plugged an Atari game in and understood the comments about the glut of bad games leading up to the crash. Wow, absolutely no thought, effort or testing went into this mindless cart. This can be said for almost all DataAge carts, except for the Frankenstein's Monster. That is gem.

Kaboom: 45 minutes (Finally broke the 3,000 barrier and earned the patch -- which I already have) Missle Command: 1 hour (Man, I love this game) HERO: 45 minutes (Barely got a new high score, but I can't get past level 10) Pitfall: 30 minutes (Still best game ever) Pitfall 2: 30 minutes (Probably would have been my favorite if I had played it in my youth) Chopper Command: 30 minutes Several others for less than 15 minutes (Adventure, Quadrun, Robot Tank, Stampede, Room of Doom). I am hopelessly addicted. Must. Have. More.....

This is a case where I might have to just settle for the bronze. It is one of four I am missing.

You may still do so. Feel free to start by throwing in that Sentinel cart of yours I am also accepting boxed Quadruns, Crazy Climbers, and various other boxed/shrinkwrapped games Thanks for the comments and posting your pics. Good stuff!

We got it at K-Mart about 8 years ago when we moved into the house. There is no brand name on it. Originally this was my girl's TV and entertainment center. The shelves were for their movies and some toys. Well, Daddy had other plans when he started collecting Atari -- it was a perfect fit.

OK. Even though I have a bad case of Atari 2600 envy looking at other people's collections, I decided to go ahead and take some pictures of my collection. It is modest (over 300 games), but almost all of it is in very good condition. Nothing really rare, though, my personal limit is $250 for a single game. More pictures are in my gallery: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?a...m&album=295 In about two weeks will be my 3 year mark collecting Atari games. It has been a lot of fun and $.

I just don't get why people can't believe this is really the patch that Activision sent me... Well, you definitely don't suck at making patches. Kudos on a very funny patch and letter. This one was also added to my patch collection.

Sick. Crazy sick. There is a lot of lot stuff I am coveting in that collection.

My apologies if this has been posted previously, but even so, it is worth a look for us AA newbies. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=90...50639&q=80s The Berserk/Matrix crossover cracks me up.

That is freaking hilarious. I printed it out on a color printer and added it to my patch collection. Are you the same photoshopper that did the "You Suck" patch and letter? If so, please post pics again for our viewing pleasure.

Glad to see some love for ESB. I can't believe it's scoring in all the way down in the 70s of this list. And wow, if Defender is in your top 10, your number 1 might be replaced once you play Stargate/Defender II. It is an awesome port that makes the first release look pretty clunky.

I am NOT a fan of the CX80 Trackball. Gameplay using the CX80 is very poor whether on the 2600 or 7800. I bought 2 of them to make sure it just wasn't a faulty trackball giving such a poor response. The 5200 Trackball, on the other hand, is outstanding. It is well made and it adds a lot of fun to Centipede, Missle Command, and other games I haven't discovered yet. I have to confess, I am a 2600 bigot/fan/supporter/proponent. The 5200 is more of a novelty for me. I bought one because I was a big fan of the arcade version of QIX which isn't available on the 2600 or 7800. I like the 7800 mainly because it does a good job playing 2600 games and several of its arcade ports are really good (Centipede, Dig Dug, Food Fight, others come to mind). I played the 5200 and 7800 Centipede versions again just to be sure. Yes, the 5200 version looks and sounds good. But the 7800 is more playable even against the 5200 trackball. Given my bias, I will likely not wade into the "5200 vs. 7800" comparisons. So what I am really saying is that the best version is Millipede on the 2600.

Gotta agree with that comment. Everything looks better with faux wood trim. And six switches are always better than four