The Bubblelope Scare

[The Bubblelope Scare]

lol, I've done this before. Sorry for those who almost raged over it

 

s'ok, you are forgiven, and I really don't mind the momentary spike in blood pressure. As long as it is boxed in some way -- you could make the box out of ivory tusks for all I care. Just protect the game box!

[The Bubblelope Scare]

Don't you hate it when you are waiting for that CIB game to come in the mail and there in your mailbox is the Bubblope^TM? You feel your blood pressure rise, "Son a b*tch," you say to yourself. "I told him to send it in a box."

 

You rip the Bubblope apart with extreme prejudice, only to find a priority mail box inside the Lope's innards. Slowly the red recedes from your vision.

 

This happened to me today and a few times in the past.

[Waterworld, am I missing something?]

Hmmm, I have to disagree, Just a bit. I bet it wouldn't last an hour at a $300 BIN. IMO. HHW

 

I am with you on this one, Wolf. The problem is not the shrinkwrap, or even the admitted water damage, it is his BIN price. Although some more pics would help.

[Buy Homebrews, Send Chickybaby to CGE!]

Received Medieval Mayhem today. WOO - HOO. That is some fun stuff. Can't wait to get some friends to play multi-player.

 

Thanks goes out to Al and Spiceware.

[Really?]

Wow, that 2600 is getting its 15 minutes of fame.

[Waterworld, am I missing something?]

Damn, did someone use that one as a sanding block? Given the condition, I am surprised they got more than $20.

[Dragonfire-how far can you get?]

There's more than one level?

 

For you, just keep hitting the Select switch till it shows the little Teddy Bear.

[Dragonfire-how far can you get?]

I usually can get over the bridge before being killed by the dragon. Interesting game, but it never really held my attention. Probably because I suck at it.

[Yar's Revenge]

 

That just made my afternoon... Thx man, I have a new desktop now!

 

 

[Happiness is]

Gawd, I love the smell of a newly opened SIB 2600 game

[Top 5 must have 7800 games]

Centipede

Food Fight

Dig Dug

Joust

Asteroids

[What's the rarest Atari game you have?]

Over in the Rarity Guide Forum, most of the talk seems to feel that SQ:WW is an 8. Just do a search for NTSC Rarity Guide and you will find threads for R8s, 9s, and 10s.

 

Please don't burst my bubble My CIB WW is my collection's crown jewel (Pics of my R9 and 10 carts)

[Authentic Activision Patch?]

Oh, and I almost forgot the Fishing Derby patch. You don't have that one either. I think aftermac is the only one to own that one.

[Authentic Activision Patch?]

Zwack,

 

Looks like you are stilling missing a patch -- my favorite one at that. I believe Nathan Strum is one of the few people that actually have this "patch" along with the original letter.

[Buy Homebrews, Send Chickybaby to CGE!]

Starfire is great as well. I am number 21 on the Starfire Elite Squadron. Getting that patch was sweeeeet.

 

I am VERY envious of that patch. Super game, my favorite homebrew, recommended.

[Atlantis II on craigslist]

F

LL

AAA

GGGG

GGGGG

EEEEEE

DDDDDDD

[Authentic Activision Patch?]

Speaking of Activision patches, I'm still looking for H.E.R.O. - Round, Decathlon - Silver, Decathlon - Gold.

 

Decathlon - Silver = you, me, and several other people. I have the gold patch -- silver is harder to get.

 

I am looking for the Pitfall II patch. If anyone has one, PM me, and I will make it worth your while.

[Call the Police]

Track n Field Game, Instruction, Controller atari 2600= $30

Nice box Track N Field atari 2600 = $250

 

Agreed, those boxes are hard to come by. I can only recall a couple in the past 5 or so years on eBay. I picked up one from ToyMailMan for $85, but that has its top ripped off, yet I still feel like it was a good deal.

 

Atari2600.com has CIB Track and Field selling most recently for $302.

[Call the Police]

I am envious of whoever snagged this. Damn! That is grand theft. Freakin' auction lasted all of 14 minutes.

[Yar's Revenge]

And the harder difficulty version:

 

Pffft! Try it with both difficulty switches set to A, and THEN it is harder. Maybe that is the "subtle" difference the writer was talking about.

[Atlantis II]

Or are you the seller of the item?

He's not the seller of the item. I think he is showing the message he got back from the seller.

Eitherway - anyone had confirmation of it's authenticity?

 

Either someone got a helluva deal on Atlantis II, or paid a helluva lot for a repro.

 

I wasn't willing to take the chance.

[Buy Homebrews, Send Chickybaby to CGE!]

Any royalties I would have made on this sales event can also go towards the Send Chicky & Bean Fund.

 

Thanks! I've added Medieval Mayhem to the list of available games.

 

..Al

 

Awesome! Kudos to all those involved. I have purchased MM.

[Is there lunar lander and pool for 2600?]

There was a Lunar Lander on the FB2, IMHO not that great of a game. There is a bin available if you search for it that you can try out via Stella or flash cart.

 

My HO is that it is a pretty good game. It is one of the main one's I play on my FB2.

[Another Air Raid for Sale!]

I want to kick Randy square in the balls.

 

And I want to watch!

[These were never made... correct?]

They're on the boxes, but not in our collections... until now of course

What's the story behind the heavy fours?

 

Someone just dropped a 4-switch onto a heavy chassis.

 

Yep.. I did

 

I was just using the fake system to illustrate what I was asking about. The reason why I wrote the topic was to find out if any were ever made, and why they appear on boxes if none were ever made. Just looking for a good story.

 

The story I heard is that it was simply a case of being easier/cheaper to air brush out the 2 switches on the box as opposed to re-doing the whole thing picture correctly. But no, they didn't make these.