Atarius Maximus

ADVENTURE! It always seems to be the first cart in, and the last cart out when I find the time to play. Runners up would have to be HERO, Pitfall II, Room of Doom, Demon Attack, Yars Revenge.... jeez, I could probably go on and on here. AM

Thank you all for welcoming me in! I've just got back into collecting in the past 6 months or so, and it's becoming an addiction! I can't stop buying 2600 games! Somebody help me! I've finally (just recently) finished my complete collection of Activision and Imagic titles, which IMO are the best (most fun to actually play) games. My favorite game to play most recently has been Commavid's Room of Doom. I actually own the cart, but I tend to play my hacked version where the player and enemies look like the ones from Berzerk I just can't seem to get enough of playing that dumb game. I thought I'd share another of my Atari stories....One of the few amusing stories I remember from my childhood about buying games was my purchase of Swordquest Earthworld when it first came out (I guess I was about 11). I took it home thinking it was going to be similar to Adventure, and was thoroughly disgusted within the first few minutes. I took it back to the toy store, and with my Mother's help (I think she lied and said that I had just received that same title as a gift from someone else), we were able to exchange it for a copy of Keystone Kapers, which turned out to be one of my all-time favorites. Thanks again to everyone for making me feel welcome here! AM

Hello Everyone! I thought I'd finally introduce myself, as I've been reading these forums for a while now, and haven't posted anything until now. I'm the proud original owner of a 2600 6-switch and a 7800 that I purchased new (well, my parents bought the 2600 for me) in '80 and '86, respectively. I'm up to 285 unique carts for the 2600 (70 original purchases, the rest from ebay), and my original 15 carts for the 7800 that I bought new. Somehow, my old Atari consoles and games survived all of my parent's garage sales and spring cleanings! So, for all you orignal Atari owners, what is the Rarest cart that you are the original owner of? I don't have anything really rare that I bought new, but I am the original owner of a Pengo Cart, which I think has a rarity rating of 6 on this site. Anyway, I'm going to attempt to contribute to this community a little more often, I'm very impressed with how active and knowledgeable the regulars on these forums seem to be. Looking forward to hanging out more often! Atarius M.