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  2. Posted

    I have this game with tapes factory sealed....can I sell mine for $125?

     

     

    (note: mine is not for sale..just a question for thought)

     

    Depends what all you have (from atari2600.com price guide):

     

    Coleco Smurfs Save the Day Cartridge only $33.14

    Coleco Smurfs Save the Day Cartridge, game tapes, and Instruction manual only $88.32

    Coleco Smurfs Save the Day with Kid Vid Controller Cartridge, game tapes, and Kid Vid Recorder $129.89

    Coleco Smurfs Save the Day with Kid Vid Controller Complete in box $163.31

  3. Posted

    To be honest in reality my score is really not reflective any great accomplishment. It is more reflective that my life is so pathetic that I dedicated my time, and energy on a game in order to keep my focus away from the fact that I am a complete loser. That is why during the summer I plan on going after some other video game record. This is my way of mentally escaping.

     

    Damn, Homer, that is pretty harsh even if you are just kidding (which I definitely hope and assume you are).

     

    Let's hug it out big guy. Doughnut?

  4. Posted

    While not scientific, I decided to compare other R5 games to see how many are listed on eBay. I tried to take a cross section of different companies with a recognizable game.

     

    HERO 4

    Time Pilot 0

    Artillery Duel 7

    Beamrider 1

    Megamania 5

    Snoopy and the Red Baron 2

    Laser Gates 5

    King Kong 3

    Dragonstomper 0 (I am thinking this has become more of an R6 or 7)

    Bump N Jump 6

    Crash Dive 4

    Cross Force 4

    Marine Wars 3

    Star Wars Arcade Game 1

    Montezuma's Revenge 1

     

    Based on my random sampling, I would expect that an R5 game would have roughly 3-6 games listed on eBay under normal circumstances. I have been watching Motorodeo for the past couple months and 6 is the *fewest* I have seen, and 13 is the highest. Currently there is 9, with one just selling today.

  5. Posted

    Atari 2600 NTSC Motorodeo completed auctions Feb 2005 through Feb 2010

     

    New in shrinkwrapped box 107

    Complete in box 23

    Cartridge only 5

     

    Total sold on eBay 135, average of 27 per year.

     

     

    JC is the man. So over the past 5 years, more then 2 per month has been sold and paid for. That is a pretty solid run and definitely not a "Rare" title since there has been and still is a constant supply available. Right now there are 9 available for sale or bid ranging in prices from $9.99 to $99.99.

     

    Homer mentions the Venezuela seller, but there are currently 3 different sellers from Venezuela selling these. I wonder if there is any connection between the 3 and if they are getting them from the same source. Leads me to believe there is a lot more of them coming.

  7. Posted

    It's not a 3 pack. He's selling 3 games, he is just to cheap to have a picture for each game.

    HA HA, my bad, you are right. It is three games. Well, not as bad, but still thinking this cart has fallen from an R10 to now probably a 3 or 4.

     

    Ya it's getting to where this is gonna have to be adjusted in the guide to a R3 as even being able to call it a R5 is pretty misleading at this point.

     

    Do any of the resident statisticians have any idea how many of these have been sold on ebay since the great find? I'm sure there were very many that were also sold off ebay as well. I know thats how i got mine

     

    I sent an email to JC at atari2600.com. He should have those stats, let's see if he responds. I am curious too.

  10. Posted

    It's not a 3 pack. He's selling 3 games, he is just to cheap to have a picture for each game.

    HA HA, my bad, you are right. It is three games. Well, not as bad, but still thinking this cart has fallen from an R10 to now probably a 3 or 4.

  11. Posted · Edited by atari_envy

    I swear, they are going to start giving one away free with every 2600 purchase on eBay. Now they are being sold in a 3-pack for $15:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 1504310460711?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=150431046071&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    There are 7 Motorodeo auctions running now on eBay. This has been going on for a while and not showing any signs of slowing up.

     

    EDIT: brandonwrite correctly points out that it is 3 carts not a 3 pack. Always read the fine print, right?

  12. Posted

    Love it :thumbsup:

     

    I know it has been beaten to death in the 8 bit forum, but maybe some members on the 2600 side haven't seen the Moon8, The Dark Side of the Moon in 8-bit:

     

  14. Posted

    I snagged this one - after trying for a few years to get one. Coming CIB, I expected it to go for a lot more than that. Actually, I lucked out, as $86 was my max bid! :D

     

    --Timster--

     

    Okay how about this one? A Spectravideo CompuMate Atari 2600 keyboard.

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2705534733921?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=270553473392&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

    That keyboard is pretty cool. I was going back and forth about bidding. It would make a nice display piece in an Atari collection. Glad that an AA member got it.

  16. Posted

    Interesting. I forgot about the eBay store change, that would account for the good size bump of recent. However, I wouldn't completely discount what ianoid says. There has been a steady rise the past few years, and I am seeing a lot of new sellers enter the market.

  18. Posted

    hey Tanman, why no manual? just wondering.

    any story behind that?

     

    You can read all about the "loan command center" and how to protect it by holding the joystick in a special yogo stance and pressing the fire button with your big toe by reviewing the back of the box.

     

    HAHA

     

    lol. The conversion to the AA dark side is almost complete.

     

    BTW, have you looked at any escrow services for the auction? Seems like with any big dollar auctions I have seen they use escrow acounts (I can't speak from experience, just seen them described in the auction listing). I bet Google know all about those.

  19. Posted

    Yeah, it's obvious that the illustration is simply wrong. I wouldn't be surprised if the person who created the illustration had ever even seen an Atari 2600 joystick. :D

     

    ..Al

     

    Agreed. After all, the picture of the CX-40 is wrong since it shows the wire coming out of the opposite end as the fire button.

  21. Posted

    Enough of these are starting to surface that I feel like this cart has turned into an 8 on rarity, but regardless the price has slowly been on the rise. However, for just a bit more, I feel like you can get one with the end label and in better condition.

     

    I picked up mine -- cart and manual -- for $225 and felt that I overpaid in a bidding war about two and half years ago. But now I see that the cart and manual is selling for a little over $300.

     

    I know a lot of people don't like this game, but I do -- was playing it the other night.

  22. Posted

    For the first time since I have been collecting, eBay is returning over 10K items for a search on "Atari 2600". To put it in perspective about 5 years ago, I did the same search and had 1978 items returned, now it's 10,365. I remember the 1978 number because I had the thought, "One less item and the count matches the year of its release."

     

    The number has been climbing steadily and seems to have taken a jump with eBay's new policies for listing. Seems like we are seeing both a rise in the amount of supply and demand of Atari 2600 items. The net result seems to be driving the common stuff prices into the ground (for example .01 -.99 listings for loose commons) and raising the price of the more rare stuff.

     

    Just my 1/50th of a dollar.

  25. Posted

    :-D

    Until such time as there is another box found, Tanman is my personal Sir Edmund Hillary, and Al is Tenzing Norgay.

     

    Indeed. Here is the photo took of the historic moment.

     

     

    Al has a very big head. :lust:

     

    AX

     

    He got it from running this site

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