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Why didn't I think of doing this? I've tried Genesis pads on the 2600 but felt like they cut down my reaction time too much. I'll have to keep an eye out for one of these now. One of the GameStops nearby has a 3rd party one made especially to play fighting games, but maybe I'll hold out for the real deal. Or maybe I'll hack a thumbstick onto a spare Genny pad. Anybody tried this?

"I wonder what a disembodied Eskimo head would look like rendered on the 2600?"

Combat should be a given. Frogs and Flies is good head to head fun as well.

Oops, didn't mean to put this here. If a moderator would be so kind as to please move this to the Marketplace forum. Thanks.

Here's my TI-99/4a set-up I'd like to trade. It includes the boxed computer, switchbox, power supply, 14 games, and papers. Everything is tested and working. The games are: A-Maze-Ing, Blasto, BurgerTime, Car Wars, Chisolm Trail, Football, Hustle, Moon Patrol, Munch Man, Parsec, The Attack, TI Invaders, Tombstone City, and Video Games 1. The unit itself is in great shape. Just a couple of barely visible scuffs on the top. The box is in fair shape with the usual wear around the edges and a small dent here and there, Also some tape residue. The styrofoam insert that holds the computer is fully intact and inside the box. The line across the box in the picture is just glare from the flash and not a scrape. The paperwork includes a Beginner's BASIC Manual, a few brochures, and some reference sheets. Ideally I'd like to trade it for an Atari 7800, if somebody has a spare.

Here's my little set up. The cabinet stores my few boxes, duplicates, and extra controllers. The crates on the left hold some of my other systems.

Yeah, I guess there he does look less like a man, or actually maybe even more... never mind. I must be seeing NE146's avatar too much. And on topic. It would be pretty cool if someone were able to shed some more light into the history of a company that made Atari games. I never read that helicopter story before. Good stuff.

*rolls up sleeves to defend a childhood favorite, wait a minute, I'm wearing short sleeves. I look really cool now.* Actually I agree with you for the most part but I always thought the spaceman was pretty well done. A lot more animated than many 2600 characters. He casts a shadow and IIRC he even has a belt. Just my rose-tinted 2 cents.

I now have, I believe 151 unique titles, 147 unique games ( for example, "Super Challenge Baseball" as opposed to "Baseball"), and about 25 label variations. I think I have only about 12 boxes for the 2600. I also have at least 30 dupes. I don't actively collect variations or boxes. If I see a boxed game or a variation of something I already have I usually won't buy it unless it's dirt cheap or I think I can trade it off. I like to display my games in the interlocking cartridge holders, both MusicMate and the Atari ones that hold 14. It's nice to have them out where I can get at them easily. I finally have enough of these to put all my games in, but probably not for long. Maybe when I get home I'll post a photo of my Atari pyramid.

It's Telly Savalas, an actor.

Yeah, I always kind of thought that the NES carts were a waste of solder and plastic....j/k. It did always seem strange to me that they were so big though. I wonder what the reasoning was. I haven't seen many 5200 carts in the wild but the ones I have seen are usually in better shape than the average 2600 wild find.

I'm going to show my wife these pictures just so she can see that my meager collection isn't so bad. Great pics by the way.

Target was one of the places my wife and I registered for wedding gifts. Hopefully they've improved in those 4 years. I know it may be hard to specifically blame Target for the quality of the merchandise we got, but it was pretty disillusioning when over half of the things we got from there stopped working within a year. Ever since then I've been leery of buying anything from there that uses electricity or has moving parts.

I'm on the Missouri side around Kansas City. I grew up in the country near Abilene, KS though. Of course I wasn't actively looking for Atari stuff then. It's scarce enough to find anything I need in the wild around KC, so I can imagine it would be kind of tough for you. Your best shot might be to ask your friends and neighbors if they have any Atari stuff in their attics.

I too have this game. I believe it was only given out to employees of the Aqua Net Hair Spray company during the 1980s. The gameplay is similar to Plaque Attack except you fight off nasties like dandruff, fleas, and small burrowing rats that seek to destroy your mullet. This game is also unique in that it is one of the few Atari 2600 games with an ending. If you protect your mullet long enough it will become truly glorious and attract the attention of a woman with a similarly stunning beehive hairdo. The ending screen treats you to a beautifully rendered scene (by 2600 standards) of a wedding ceremony.

Isn't there a side-scrolling shooter (ok, maybe not truly side-scrolling before all you techies jump me ) that generates a somewhat random landscape and enemies? I seem to recall that being mentioned in an AA thread before. Maybe someone else remembers. I don't think anyone said Human Cannonball yet. That generates random values for wind and elevation.

I had a pretty sorry selection of games back in the day but I remember playing a lot of M*A*S*H, Pac-Man, and Space Cavern. For some odd reason I still enjoy Space Cavern quite a bit, must be the nostalgia factor. Lately, I've been playing a lot of Seaquest. Great game.

That's actually "Magic Bullet Bill" Excellent theory desiv!

I've been keeping a list of what I buy, where I got it and how much I paid, since I started looking for games more regularly about a year and a half ago. It's kind of fun to look back and remember where I got them, even though I'm not usually a list maker. I started with my Vader and about 12 of my childhood games. Now I've got around 135 unique titles and 25 or so label variations. Also 3 2600 consoles. I've only bought 2 carts from eBay and have about 10 carts from AA trades. The rest is found in the wild. It's a small accumulation compared to many here, but it's a satisfying hobby and I enjoy showing it off to visitors--especially if they want to fire up a few games. I'll probably end up giving one of my extra consoles and most of my dupes to one of my brothers-in-law.

Hehe, yeah it's good to have a woman that will humor you. @VidGameKing, That sounds awesome. Too bad about the first picture tube. I look forward to the photos.

My wife put the ixnay on having Atari stuff outside of my game room, actually the Man Room as we call it, yes she actually calls it that too. I say go for it. Make sure you get some woodgrain modular cart holders with some choice games up there too. So how did you go about fitting this into an old TV cabinet? Did you have to hack your Sony TV up? We want pictures!

I would have to say the original Grand Theft Auto. There are so many different ways to play. See how many people you can take out with just the pistol, flamethrower, car etc (this is especially good with the demo as you have a set time limit), steal every car you can and pack them together for blocks then set them off, head to head against or collaborative with a buddy, and uh...the missions. I guess I would have to be allowed 2 games because I would need something from Wisdom Tree to cleanse my soul.

I constantly see a minivan with a resale shop sign on the side at thrift stores around here. One of the Salvation Army stores that used to yield a decent find every few months has dried up completely. Not even a SMB/Duckhunt or Genesis sports game turns up anymore. Something has changed. Another time as I'm buying a Sega Saturn the clerk says he wishes he would have seen it first. Actually I wish he would have seen it first too, since it doesn't work. As frustrating as it is to know that a business or employee might be getting to all the good stuff before me, I have to admit that if I was in their shoes, I'd probably do the same thing.

I say Alex Rogan. But if moycon actually gets the Girls of AtariAge bikini calendar produced, I'll back him.

I think what will occur might be similar to what is happening somewhat to the classic car hobby. People will appreciate Atari as a curiosity and as gaming history but it won't hold the same appeal to people that didn't grow up with it. I know we have some younger people here, (said the aged and wise 24 year old) but they are the minority. In the car hobbyist world a lot of the oldsters are dying off. Sure, they liked their Model Ts, their buddies liked their Model Ts, but the younger generation of hobbyists isn't as interested. Even though the cars are still valued, demand is down and takes prices with it. In 30 years retrogamers (they'll call us antiquegamers) will be talking about the Xbox they found at the Salvation Army for only $800, asking how to get it working again and how to hook it up. There will be what-if discussions like, "I wonder what Microsoft would be like today if Bill Gates had never discovered it was possible to imprint Windows onto human brainwaves?" Then if they are into cars, they'll go down to the autoshow and drool over the 1999 Honda Accord with a whaletail spoiler and a muffler made out of an economy size coffee can. Brrrrr...